2009 Veikkausliiga
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
HJK 22nd league title |
| Relegated | RoPS |
| Champions League | HJK |
| Europa League |
Honka TPS Inter Turku (via dom. cup) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 498 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hermanni Vuorinen (16) |
| Biggest home win | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
| Biggest away win |
RoPS 1-5 TamU KuPS 0-4 Honka RoPS 0-4 TPS |
| Highest scoring | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
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← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the seventy-ninth season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.
The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved Honka Espoo and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table, RoPS were relegated to the Ykkönen while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.
Promotion and relegation
KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
Overview
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 |  Olli Huttunen |
| HJK | Helsinki | Finnair Stadium | 10,770 | Antti Muurinen |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Mika Lehkosuo |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 |  Job Dragtsma |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Mika Laurikainen |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Ville Priha |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Magnum Areena | 3,500 | Kai Nyyssönen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 14,465 | Ilkka Mäkelä |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 1,600 | Pekka Lyyski |
| MYPA | Anjalankoski | Saviniemi | 4,167 | Janne Lindberg |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Keskuskenttä | 3,400 | Mika Lumijärvi |
| Tampere United | Tampere | Ratina Stadion | 17,000 | Ari Hjelm |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Pasi Rautiainen |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Petri Vuorinen |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Tomi Kärkkäinen |
Resigned | 15 May 2009 [1] | Petri Vuorinen |
15 May 2009 [1] | 14th |
| RoPS |  Valeri Bondarenko |
Sacked | 27 May 2009 [2] | Mika Lumijärvi Zeddy Saileti |
27 May 2009 [2] | 14th |
| FF Jaro | Mika Laurikainen |
Sacked | 18 August 2009 | Alexei Eremenko Sr. |
18 August 2009 | |
| Haka | Olli Huttunen |
Sacked | 7 September 2009 | Sami Ristilä |
7 September 2009 | 5th |
| RoPS | Mika Lumijärvi |
Sacked | 7 October 2009 | Zeddy Saileti Jorma Turpeenniemi |
7 October 2009 | 14th |
League table
| Finnish football 2009 |
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Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK (C) | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 52 | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 49 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | TPS | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 49 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | FC Inter | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 40 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1 |
| 6 | Haka | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Tampere United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 37 | |
| 8 | VPS | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 35 | |
| 9 | MYPA | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 34 | 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2 |
| 10 | FF Jaro | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | |
| 11 | FC Lahti | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 | |
| 12 | KuPS | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 23 | |
| 13 | JJK (O) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 16 | Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | RoPS (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 16 | Relegation to Ykkönen 2010 |
Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Inter Turku qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2009 Finnish Cup.
2Finland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Relegation play-offs
JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and KPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.
21 October 2009 15:30 EEST |
| KPV | 2 – 3 | JJK |
|---|---|---|
Itälä  24'Linjala 61' |
Kari 40' Lahtinen 49'Nam 69' |
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola |
Results
| Home ╲ Away[1] | HAK | HJK | HON | INT | JAR | JJK | KPS | LAH | MAR | MYP | RPS | TAM | TPS | VPS |
| Haka | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| HJK | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| FC Honka | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| FC Inter | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| FF Jaro | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| JJK | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| KuPS | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | |
| FC Lahti | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| MYPA | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| RoPS | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | |
| Tampere United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| TPS | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| VPS | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Top goalscorersSource: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
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Top assistantsSource: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
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Monthly awards
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|---|
| April[4] | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) |
Hermanni Vuorinen (Honka) |
| May[5] | Olli Huttunen (Haka) |
Sebastian Strandvall (Haka) |
| June[6] | Mika Laurikainen (Jaro) |
Jens Nygård (VPS) |
| July[7] | Pasi Rautiainen (TPS) |
Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS) |
External links
- Official site (Finnish)
- uefa.com
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Petri Vuorisesta VPS:n uusi valmentaja". keskipohjanmaa.com (in Finnish). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RoPS antoi kenkää Valeri Bondarenkolle". yle.fi (in Finnish). 27 May 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- ↑ Uefa.com
- ↑ Vuorisesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja (Finnish)
- ↑ Toukokuun Kuukauden joukkue nimetty (Finnish)
- ↑ Jens Nygårdista kesäkuun Kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
- ↑ TPS:n Lehtovaarasta Kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa (Finnish)
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