2020 Veikkausliiga

The 2020 Veikkausliiga will be the ninetieth season of top-tier football in Finland with KuPS being the defending champions.[1]

Veikkausliiga
Season2020
← 2019
2021 →

New league format

Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each team played against each other twice in the regular season. After the regular season the top six teams advanced to the Championship Series which determines the champion and European tournament qualification places. The bottom six teams advanced to the Challenger Series. The best team from the Challenger Series plays in a tournament against the Championship Series' 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams. The winner from that plays in a final series against the 3rd best team from the Championship Series. The last UEFA Europa Conference League qualification place goes to the winner of that final series.[2]

The bottom team from the Challenger Series will relegate to the Ykkönen, and second to last team will play in a relegation play-off series against the 2nd best team from Ykkönen.

Teams

VPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2019 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Haka.

KPV as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team TPS in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2020 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity
FC Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä Artificial 3,516
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Natural 6,000
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion Natural 10,000
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion Natural 15,000
HIFK Helsinki Bolt Arena Artificial 10,770
HJK Helsinki Bolt Arena Artificial 10,770
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena Artificial[3] 4,000
Ilves Tampere Tammelan Stadion Natural 5,040
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Artificial 5,000
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Artificial 4,000
SJK Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion Artificial 6,000
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion[4] Natural 10,000

League table

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 KuPS 8 4 4 0 13 5 +8 16 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 FC Inter 8 5 1 2 14 7 +7 16 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 HJK 7 4 2 1 14 5 +9 14 Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification final
4 FC Honka 8 3 5 0 9 4 +5 14 Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification tournament
5 HIFK 7 4 1 2 10 9 +1 13
6 Ilves 8 3 3 2 10 13 −3 12
7 FC Lahti 7 2 3 2 7 9 −2 9 Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification tournament
8 IFK Mariehamn 7 2 2 3 10 12 −2 8
9 SJK 7 1 3 3 6 8 −2 6
10 FC Haka 7 0 4 3 7 13 −6 4
11 TPS 7 1 0 6 5 14 −9 3 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
12 RoPS 7 0 2 5 6 12 −6 2 Relegation to the Ykkönen
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2020. Source: ,
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).
Notes:
  1. Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).

Results
Home \ Away HFK HJK HAK HON ILV INT KPS LAH MAR RPS SJK TPS
HIFK — 10 Sep 23 Aug 2 Oct 7 Oct 14 Sep 0–3 0–3 19 Sep 21 Oct 2–1 10 Aug
HJK 17 Oct — 3–1 15 Aug 2–0 24 Oct 2–2 1–1 30 Aug 26 Sep 26 Aug 23 Sep
FC Haka 0–2 2 Oct — 1–1 1 Sep 0–2 14 Aug 26 Aug 24 Oct 23 Sep 12 Sep 7 Oct
FC Honka 30 Aug 19 Sep 27 Sep — 9 Sep 1–1 1–1 21 Oct 7 Oct 1–0 10 Aug 3–1
Ilves 2–2 13 Sep 19 Sep 24 Oct — 17 Oct 0–0 22 Aug 4–3 1–0 15 Aug 27 Sep
FC Inter 15 Aug 1–0 9 Aug 23 Sep 5–1 — 7 Oct 28 Sep 2–1 3–1 19 Sep 21 Oct
KuPS 23 Sep 9 Aug 21 Oct 17 Oct 2 Oct 1–0 — 3–0 22 Aug 9 Sep 2–1 29 Aug
FC Lahti 24 Oct 0–4 17 Oct 0–0 9 Aug 31 Aug 14 Sep — 2 Oct 14 Aug 0–0 17 Sep
IFK Mariehamn 0–3 21 Oct 2–2 0–0 23 Sep 2–0 27 Sep 9 Sep — 26 Aug 17 Oct 16 Aug
RoPS 0–1 22 Aug 2–2 12 Sep 1–1 2 Oct 19 Sep 7 Oct 9 Aug — 24 Oct 2–3
SJK 28 Sep 7 Oct 1–1 23 Aug 21 Oct 9 Sep 1–1 23 Sep 1–2 29 Aug — 1–0
TPS 26 Aug 0–2 9 Sep 0–2 0–1 23 Aug 24 Oct 1–3 14 Sep 17 Oct 2 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

European competition

Five teams will play for a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.

Season statistics

Top scorers
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References
  1. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/2019/veikkausliiga/joukkueet/
  2. "Sarjajärjestelmä" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. Wiklöf Holding Arenan uuden kentän rakennus etenee aikataulussa
  4. Veikkausliiga - FC TPS
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