Veikkausliiga 2008

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The 2008 season of the Finnish Veikkausliiga started on April 27, 2008, and ends on October 26, 2008. Defending champions are Tampere United.

1 Relegated and promoted
2 League table
3 Match table
4 Top goalscorers
5 Monthly awards
6 Overview
7 References

[edit] Relegated and promoted

AC Oulu finished bottom of the 2007 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. Veikkausliiga side FC Viikingit lost the relegation playoff tie with Ykkönen side RoPS, and were relegated as well.

[edit] League table

As of May 25, 2008.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	FC Inter	8	6	2	0	15	3	+12	20	Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2	FC Lahti	8	5	0	3	9	7	+2	15	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
3	MyPa	8	4	2	2	11	6	+5	14	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
4	HJK	8	3	4	1	15	5	+10	13
5	RoPS	7	3	3	1	9	7	+2	12
6	FC Honka	8	3	2	3	11	4	+7	11
7	TPS	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2	11
8	IFK Mariehamn	8	3	2	3	10	11	-1	11
9	VPS	7	2	3	2	4	3	+1	9
10	FC Haka	7	2	2	3	8	12	-4	8
11	FF Jaro	8	2	2	4	5	15	-10	8
12	Tampere United	7	1	3	3	8	13	-5	6
13	KuPS	8	1	3	4	6	13	-7	6	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
14	FC KooTeePee	8	0	2	6	5	19	-14	2	Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions

[edit] Match table

As of May 15, 2008.

	HAK	HJK	HON	IFK	INT	JAR	KTP	KPS	LAH	MyP	RPS	TAM	TPS	VPS
FC Haka								3-0				1-1			HAK
HJK							6-1	0-0							HJK
FC Honka	7-0									2-0	0-0				HON
IFK Mariehamn		0-2					4-2							0-2	IFK
FC Inter	1-0	1-1									3-1				INT
FF Jaro			1-0	1-2							1-1				JAR
FC KooTeePee									0-1					0-0	KTP
KuPS							2-0		2-3				0-3		KPS
FC Lahti					0-1									1-0	LAH
MyPa				0-2		3-0							1-0		MyP
RoPS										1-1		2-1			RPS
Tampere United			0-2			0-0							1-1		TAM
TPS			2-1		0-4										TPS
VPS	0-0	0-0													VPS
	HAK	HJK	HON	IFK	INT	JAR	KTP	KPS	LAH	MyP	RPS	TAM	TPS	VPS

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of May 25, 2008.

#	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ats Purje	FC Inter	5
1	Tomasz Sajdak	HJK	5
3	Timo Furuholm	FC Inter	4
	Mikko Hyyrynen	FF Jaro	4
	Mathias Wiklöf	IFK Mariehamn	4
6	Jouko Innanen	FC Haka	3
	Aleksandr Kokko	FC Honka	3
	Toni Lehtinen	FC Haka	3
	Nchimunya Mweetwa	RoPS	3
	Juho Mäkelä	HJK	3
	Mikko Paatelainen	TPS	3
	Jarno Parikka	HJK	3
	Rafael	FC Lahti	3
	Berat Sadik	FC Lahti	3
	Ilja Venäläinen	KuPS	3

[edit] Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month
May 2008	Job Dragtsma (FC Inter)	Ats Purje (FC Inter)

[edit] Overview

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Current 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
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	1,600	Pekka Lyyski
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Job Dragtsma
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Mika Laurikainen
FC KooTeePee	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Vesa Tauriainen
KuPS	Kuopio	Magnum Areena	3,500	Kai Nyyssönen
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Ilkka Mäkelä
MyPa	Anjalankoski	Saviniemi	4,067	Janne Hyppönen
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Keskuskenttä	4,000	Valeri Bondarenko
Tampere United	Tampere	Ratina Stadion	17,000	Ari Hjelm
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Martti Kuusela
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Tomi Kärkkäinen