2012 Veikkausliiga
The 2012 Veikkausliiga will be the eighty-second season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.
Teams
RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.
Team summaries
Location of teams in 2012 Veikkausliiga
| Club |
Location |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Manager |
| FC Honka |
Espoo |
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto |
6,000 |
Mika Lehkosuo |
| FC Inter |
Turku |
Veritas Stadion |
10,000 |
Job Dragtsma |
| FC Lahti |
Lahti |
Lahden Stadion |
15,000 |
Tommi Kautonen |
| FF Jaro |
Jakobstad |
Jakobstads Centralplan |
5,000 |
/ Alexei Eremenko Sr. |
| Haka |
Valkeakoski |
Tehtaan kenttä |
3,516 |
Sami Ristilä |
| HJK |
Helsinki |
Sonera Stadium |
10,770 |
Antti Muurinen |
| JJK |
Jyväskylä |
Harjun stadion |
3,000 |
Kari Martonen |
| KuPS |
Kuopio |
Kuopion keskuskenttä |
5,000 |
Esa Pekonen |
| IFK Mariehamn |
Mariehamn |
Wiklöf Holding Arena |
4,000 |
Pekka Lyyski |
| MYPA |
Kouvola |
Saviniemi |
4,167 |
Toni Korkeakunnas |
| TPS |
Turku |
Veritas Stadion |
10,000 |
Marko Rajamäki |
| VPS |
Vaasa |
Hietalahti Stadium |
4,600 |
Olli Huttunen |
Managerial changes
| Team |
Outgoing manager |
Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Incoming manager |
Date of appointment |
Table |
| VPS |
Petri Vuorinen |
End of contract |
n/a |
Olli Huttunen |
1 December 2011[1] |
Pre-season |
League table
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification or relegation
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| 1 |
FC Honka |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 |
FC Inter |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 3 |
FC Lahti |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 4 |
FF Jaro |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
Haka |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 6 |
HJK |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
JJK |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
KuPS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
IFK Mariehamn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
MYPA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 11 |
TPS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
VPS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Relegation to the 2013 Ykkönen |
Source: http://www.veikkausliiga.com/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
See also
External links
References
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| Domestic leagues |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia '12 '13 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '12 '13 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '12 '13 · Faroe Islands '12 '13 · Finland '12 '13 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '12 '13 · Latvia '12 '13 · Lithuania '12 '13 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '12 '13 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '12 '13 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
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| Domestic cups |
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '12 '13 · Finland '12 '13 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '12 '13 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '12 '13 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales |
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| League cups |
England · Finland '12 '13 · France · Hungary · Iceland '12 '13 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '12 '13 · Scotland · Wales |
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