2013 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

Season	2013
Champions	HJK 10th Veikkausliiga title 26th Finnish title
Relegated	JJK
Champions League	HJK Helsinki
Europa League	FC Honka VPS MYPA RoPS
Matches played	198
Goals scored	525 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tim Väyrynen (17 goals)
Biggest home win	HJK 6–0 FC Inter (13 June) FF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti (13 July)
Biggest away win	IFK Mariehamn 0–5 HJK (27 June)
Highest scoring	FF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti (13 July)
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and ended on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

Teams

FC Haka were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2012 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions RoPS.

Team summaries

MYPA

Honka

HJK

Jaro

JJK

KuPS

Mariehamn

Lahti

Inter
TPS

VPS

RoPS

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Location of teams in 2013 Veikkausliiga

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	6,000	Mika Lehkosuo	Jussi Vasara
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Job Dragtsma	Henri Lehtonen
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Juha Malinen	Mikko Hauhia
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Alexei Eremenko Sr.	Jonas Emet
HJK	Helsinki	Sonera Stadium	10,770	Sixten Boström	Ville Wallén
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	4,000	Pekka Lyyski	Jani Lyyski
JJK	Jyväskylä	Harjun stadion	3,000	Juha Pasoja	Janne Korhonen
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	5,000	Esa Pekonen	Rami Hakanpää
MYPA	Kouvola	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion	4,167	Toni Korkeakunnas	Tuomas Aho
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	4,000	Kari Virtanen	Antti Okkonen
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Marko Rajamäki	Jarkko Hurme
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Olli Huttunen	Sebastian Strandvall

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
HJK	Antti Muurinen	End of contract	n/a	Sixten Boström	1 January 2013 [1]	Pre-season
FC Lahti	Tommi Kautonen	Sacked	4 June 2013 [2]	Juha Malinen	5 June 2013 [3]	12th
JJK	Kari Martonen	Sacked	30 June 2013	Juha Pasoja (as caretaker)	30 June 2013 [4]	12th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	33	22	7	4	78	25	+53	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	FC Honka	33	18	7	8	51	37	+14	61	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	VPS	33	14	9	10	41	39	+2	51
4	IFK Mariehamn	33	14	7	12	57	62	−5	49
5	FC Lahti	33	15	3	15	47	49	−2	48
6	MYPA	33	14	5	14	42	37	+5	47	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
7	KuPS	33	11	8	14	43	42	+1	41
8	TPS	33	10	11	12	42	46	−4	41
9	FC Inter	33	9	13	11	31	38	−7	40
10	FF Jaro	33	9	10	14	41	50	−9	37
11	RoPS	33	8	10	15	25	36	−11	34	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
12	JJK (R)	33	4	10	19	27	64	−37	22	Relegation to Ykkönen

Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. MYPA qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by Fair-Play ranking.
2. RoPS qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Finnish Cup.

Results

Matches 1–22 Home \ Away HON INT LAH JAR HJK MAR JJK KPS MYP RPS TPS VPS FC Honka 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 FC Inter 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 FC Lahti 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 FF Jaro 2–2 0–0 7–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 HJK 4–2 6–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 IFK Mariehamn 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–5 2–2 4–2 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 JJK 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 KuPS 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 MYPA 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–4 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 RoPS 0–1 1–0 3–0 [lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–0 1–3 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 TPS 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 VPS 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 Source: veikkausliiga.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: The match originally finished 1–1, but FC Lahti fielded an ineligible player. [5]

Matches 23–33 Home \ Away HON INT LAH JAR HJK MAR JJK KPS MYP RPS TPS VPS FC Honka 4–2 1–0 3–3 2–4 0–0 FC Inter 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 FC Lahti 5–2 0–2 5–1 2–0 2–3 3–2 FF Jaro 1–3 1–5 2–2 2–0 0–3 HJK 6–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 IFK Mariehamn 3–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 3–2 4–1 JJK 2–3 0–0 0–5 0–4 1–3 KuPS 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 MYPA 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 RoPS 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 TPS 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 VPS 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 Source: veikkausliiga.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish) Rank Player Club Goals 1 Tim Väyrynen FC Honka 17 2 Rafael FC Lahti 16 3 Mikael Forssell HJK 14 4 Pekka Sihvola MYPA 12 Ilja Venäläinen KuPS 12 6 Demba Savage HJK 11 Erfan Zeneli HJK 11 8 Tomi Ameobi VPS 9 Kris Bright IFK Mariehamn 9 Jonas Emet FF Jaro 9 Irakli Sirbiladze FC Inter 9 12 Sasha Anttilainen MYPA 8 Dever Orgill IFK Mariehamn 8 Shahdon Winchester FF Jaro 8 15 8 players 7 23 4 players 6 27 12 players 5 39 13 players 4 52 25 players 3 77 29 players 2 106 36 players 1

Top assists Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish) Rank Player Club Assists 1 Erfan Zeneli HJK 17 2 Demba Savage HJK 10 3 Sebastian Strandvall VPS 9 4 Diego Assis IFK Mariehamn 8 5 Mika Mäkitalo FC Lahti 7 Bernardo Ribeiro IFK Mariehamn 7 7 Alanzo Adlam IFK Mariehamn 6 Hendrik Helmke FF Jaro 6 Robin Lod HJK 6 Jean Fridolin Nganbe Nganbe FC Lahti 6 Antti Okkonen RoPS 6 Pekka Sihvola MYPA 5 13 4 players 4 17 12 players 3 29 16 players 3 45 34 players 2 79 63 players 1

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Player of the Month
April [6]	Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)	Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
May [7]	Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka)	Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
June [8]	Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka)	Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)
July [9]	Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro)	Tomi Maanoja (RoPS)
August [10]	Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)	Abdoulaye Méïté (FC Honka)
September [11]	Sixten Boström (HJK)	Erfan Zeneli (HJK)
October [12]	Olli Huttunen (VPS)	Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)

Annual awards

Source: Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty (in Finnish)

Position	Player
Best Player	Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)
Best Goalkeeper	Henri Sillanpää (VPS)
Best Defender	Gideon Baah (FC Honka)
Best Midfielder	Erfan Zeneli (HJK)
Best Striker	Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)
Best Manager	Olli Huttunen (VPS)

See also

• 2013 Ykkönen
• 2013 Kakkonen

References

1. "Oma kasvatti aloittaa HJK:n päävalmentajana tammikuussa". HJK (in Finnish). HJK. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
2. "Kautonen vapautettu päävalmentajan tehtävästä". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
3. "Juha Malinen FC Lahden päävalmentajaksi". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
4. "JJK-RoPS: Härkäviikko päättyi tasapeliin - ottelu jäi Martosen viimeiseksi". JJK Jyväskylä (in Finnish). JJK Jyväskylä. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
5. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=&ID=51810 Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today FC Lahden valitus hylättiin
6. Lyyski Kuukauden valmentaja Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
7. Toukokuun parhaat julkistettu Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
8. Tim Väyrynen kesäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
9. Tomi Maanoja Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2013-08-03 at archive.today (in Finnish)
10. Hongan Abdoulaye Méïté Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
11. Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
12. "Veikkausliiga | Tim Väyrynen lokakuun kuukauden pelaaja". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26. Tim Väyrynen lokakuun kuukauden pelaaja] (in Finnish)

External links

• Official site (in Finnish)
• uefa.com