2022 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season2022
Champions HJK
Relegated HIFK
Champions League HJK
Conference League KuPS
Honka
Haka
Matches played74
Goals scored207 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Lee Erwin (20 goals)
Biggest home win Honka 5–1 SJK
(25 April 2022)
Inter Turku 4–0 Mariehamn
(29 April 2022)
Inter Turku 5–1 Lahti
(22 June 2022)
Biggest away win Oulu 0–6 VPS
(2 July 2022)
Highest scoring Honka 5–1 SJK
(25 April 2022)
HIFK 1–5 VPS
(18 June 2022)
Inter Turku 5–1 Lahti
(22 June 2022)
Oulu 0–6 VPS
(2 July 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
KuPS
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
KuPS
Longest winless run10 matches
HIFK
Longest losing run5 matches
SJK
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 2 July 2022.

The 2022 Veikkausliiga was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK won the championship for the third consecutive season.

Contents

Teams

KTP (relegated after one year in the top flight) were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2021 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions VPS (promoted after a two-year absence).

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
AC Oulu Oulu Raatti Stadion Natural 4,392
FC Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä Artificial 3,516
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Natural 6,000
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion Natural 9,372
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion Natural 7,465
HIFK Helsinki Bolt Arena Artificial 10,770
HJK Helsinki Bolt Arena Artificial 10,770
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena Artificial 4,000
Ilves Tampere Tampere Stadium Natural 16,800
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Artificial 5,000
SJK Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion Artificial 6,000
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Artificial 6,005

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamManagerCaptainManufacturerShirt sponsor(s)
AC Oulu Flag of Finland.svg Jyrki Ahola Flag of Finland.svg Lassi Nurmos Craft Go On Oulu / Codemate / Oulun Energia
FC Haka Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Tainio Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Bushue Puma Volkswagen
FC Honka Flag of Finland.svg Vesa Vasara Flag of Finland.svg Duarte Tammilehto PumaVolkswagen
FC Inter Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Grau [1] [2] Flag of Finland.svg Timo Furuholm Nike Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti Flag of Finland.svg Ilir Zeneli Flag of Finland.svg Kari Arkivuo Umbro Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti
HIFK Flag of Finland.svg Mixu Paatelainen Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Mattila Puma Aktia Bank
HJK Flag of Finland.svg Toni Koskela Flag of Finland.svg Daniel O'Shaughnessy Adidas Apu
IFK Mariehamn Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Norrmén Flag of Finland.svg Timi Lahti Puma Åland / Arkipelag
Ilves Flag of Finland.svg Toni Kallio Flag of Finland.svg Tuure Siira AdidasPohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy
KuPS Flag of Finland.svg Simo Valakari Flag of Ghana.svg Nana Boateng PumaPohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away)
SJK Flag of Spain.svg Joaquín Gómez Flag of Finland.svg Mehmet Hetemaj AdidasLähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa
VPS Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Nuorela Flag of Finland.svg Sebastian Strandvall Nike

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 HJK 2215433418+1649Qualification for the Championship round
2 KuPS 2214533616+2047
3 Honka 2212554521+2441
4 Haka 2211473638−237
5 Inter Turku 229584028+1232
6 SJK 229492932−331
7 Oulu 228683535030Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Ilves 226793136−525
9 Mariehamn 2266102533−824
10 VPS 2264123936+322
11 Lahti 2246121943−2418
12 HIFK 2216151548−339
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2022. Source: https://us.soccerway.com/national/finland/veikkausliiga/2022/regular-season/r66785/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results

Home \ Away HAK HFK HJK HON ILV INT KPS LAH MAR OUL SJK VPS
Haka —2–10–32–12–13–22–11–13–23–21–10–2
HIFK 0–2—0–21–20–10–30–10–31–11–60–21–5
HJK 4–12–1—1–02–11–41–13–21–00–11–03–1
Honka 3–24–11–2—0–02–12–05–01–12–25–14–0
Ilves 2–30–11–20–4—1–11–23–21–00–23–13–2
Inter Turku 0–22–20–10–12–2—1–25–14–02–11–01–1
KuPS 2–15–10–01–10–02–1—4–01–02–12–03–1
Lahti 0–10–01–10–21–12–10–1—0–20–21–30–5
Mariehamn 2–01–12–11–11–52–31–10–0—2–12–01–3
Oulu 3–01–11–12–12–21–00–30–03–1—1–00–6
SJK 2–22–10–13–23–31–12–11–21–03–2—2–0
VPS 3–31–10–10–13–01–20–12–31–32–20–1—
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HJK KPS HON HAK INT SJK
1 HJK (C, Q)2718454123+1858Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round —0–1——3–02–1
2 KuPS (Q)2717644321+2257Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round ——3–20–02–0—
3 Honka (Q)2714765327+2649Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 3–1——1–12–1—
4 Haka (O)2713684040045Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs.0–1————2–0
5 Inter Turku 27105124236+635———0–1—1–0
6 SJK 27105123338−535—3–10–0———
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Relegation round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification OUL VPS ILV MAR LAH HFK
7 Oulu 27116104643+339Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs.——0–2—2–14–1
8 VPS 27105125241+11352–1————4–0
9 Ilves 2797114343034—2–3—2–31–0—
10 Mariehamn 2797114143−2342–42–2——6–0—
11 Lahti (O)2756162655−2921Qualification for the relegation play-offs —0–2———6–1
12 HIFK (R)2716202070−509Relegation to Ykkönen ——1–52–3——
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalFinal
                
19 October 2022
6
SJK 		0
22 October 2022
7
Oulu 		1
7
Oulu 		0
19 October 2022
8
VPS (a.e.t.)		1
5
Inter Turku 		1
26 and 30 October 2022
8
VPS 		5
8
VPS 		022
4
Haka 		314

Quarter-finals

Inter Turku 1–5 VPS
  • Niska Soccerball shade.svg81'
  • Alanko Soccerball shade.svg37'
  • Kuittinen Soccerball shade.svg48' (o.g.)
  • Multanen Soccerball shade.svg66'
  • Hudd Soccerball shade.svg77'
  • Niemi Soccerball shade.svg85'
Veritas Stadion , Turku
Attendance: 1,052
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
SJK 0–1 Oulu
OmaSP Stadion , Seinäjoki
Attendance: 1,698
Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

Semifinal

Oulu 0–1 (a.e.t.) VPS
  • Jääskä Soccerball shade.svg108'
Raatti Stadium , Oulu
Attendance: 1,091
Referee: Joni Hyytiä

Final

First leg

VPS 0–3 Haka

Second leg

Haka 1–2 VPS

Relegation play-offs

Ykkönen playoff semifinalYkkönen playoff finalPromotion/relegation playoff final
                
17 Oktober 2022
2
TPS 		4
12 Oktober 2022
3
FF Jaro 		0
3
FF Jaro 		2
20 & 23 Oktober 2022
4
Ekenäs IF 		1
2
TPS 		112
11
Lahti 		123

Ykkönen playoff semifinals

FF Jaro 2–1 Ekenäs IF
Report
  • Efimov Soccerball shade.svg25'
Jakobstads Centralplan, Jakobstad
Referee: Petri Viljanen

Ykkönen playoff finals

TPS 4–0 FF Jaro
Veritas Stadion, Turku
Attendance: 2,389
Referee: Dennis Antamo

Promotion/relegation play-off final

First leg

TPS 1–1 FC Lahti
  • Pakkanen Soccerball shade.svg72'
Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Peiman Simani

Second leg

FC Lahti 2–1 TPS
Referee: Oliver Reitala

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 30 October 2022 [3]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Erwin Haka 20
2 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Multanen VPS 15
3 Flag of Finland.svg Agon Sadiku Honka 14
4 Flag of Nigeria.svg John Owoeri Mariehamn 11
Flag of Finland.svg Tim Väyrynen KuPS
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Michael López Oulu 10
Flag of Finland.svg Kai Meriluoto Ilves
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Dé Mariehamn 9
Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Pennanen Ilves
10 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Ikaunieks KuPS 8
Flag of Serbia.svg Bojan Radulović HJK

Awards

Annual awards

Award [4] WinnerClub
Player of the Year Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Erwin Haka
Goalkeeper of the Year Ulster Banner.svg Conor Hazard HJK
Defender of the Year Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Ricardo KuPS
Midfielder of the Year Flag of Finland.svg Petteri Pennanen Ilves
Striker of the Year Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Erwin Haka
Breakthrough of the Year Flag of Finland.svg Agon Sadiku Honka
Coach of the Year Flag of Finland.svg Toni Koskela HJK

Team of the Year

Team of the Year [5]
Goalkeeper Flag of Austria.svg Johannes Kreidl (KuPS)
Defence Flag of Finland.svg

Henri Toivomäki (KuPS)

 Flag of Finland.svg

Miro Tenho (HJK)

 Flag of Brazil.svg

Paulo Ricardo (KuPS)

 Flag of Colombia.svg

Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK)

Midfield Flag of Portugal.svg

Rui Modesto (Honka)

Flag of Finland.svg Anton Popovitch

(KuPS)

 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Ikaunieks (KuPS) Flag of Finland.svg

Otso Liimatta (Oulu)

Attack Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Erwin (Haka) Flag of Finland.svg Agon Sadiku (Honka)

Attendance

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 HJK 8,0964,6503,4464,048+164.6%†
2 HIFK 9,5657,1031,2123,188+169.5%†
3 SJK 4,4322,3582,0742,216+28.3%†
4 KuPS 5,3942,3361,3941,798−17.7%†
5 VPS 3,5242,2861,2381,762+100.5%†
6 Haka 3,2502,2401,0101,625+36.6%†
7 Ilves 3,9411,8442341,314−28.1%†
8 FC Lahti 3,5611,4677861,187+28.5%†
9 FC Inter 2,6522,122224884−38.0%†
10 IFK Mariehamn 2,193857614731−0.7%†
11 AC Oulu 1,3201,086234660−50.0%†
12 FC Honka 672340332336−31.4%†
League total48,6007,1032241,301−19.7%†

Updated to games played on 27 April 2022
Source:
Notes:
† Promoted from Ykkönen 2021

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