2012 Veikkausliiga
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Season | 2012 |
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Champions | HJK 9th Veikkausliiga title 25th Finnish title |
Relegated | Haka |
Champions League | HJK |
Europa League | FC Honka Inter Turku TPS |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 535 (2.7 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Irakli Sirbiladze (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | TPS 9–2 Haka (22 August) |
Biggest away win | KuPS 0–6 FC Inter (22 July) |
Highest scoring | TPS 9–2 Haka (22 August) |
← 2011 2013 → |
The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012.[1] HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
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
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
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FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | ![]() |
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FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 | ![]() |
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FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | ![]() |
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FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | ![]() ![]() |
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Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | ![]() |
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HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | ![]() |
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JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | ![]() |
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KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | ![]() |
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IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | ![]() |
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MYPA | Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | ![]() |
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TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 | ![]() |
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VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | ![]() |
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1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.[2][3]
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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VPS | ![]() |
End of contract | n/a | ![]() |
1 December 2011[4] | Pre-season |
Haka | ![]() |
Sacked | 23 August 2012[5] | ![]() |
23 August 2012 | 11th |
Haka | ![]() |
Resigned | 10 September 2012[6] | ![]() |
10 September 2012 | 11th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | FC Inter | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | TPS | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 54 | |
4 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
5 | FC Lahti | 33 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 50 | |
6 | MYPA | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 49 | |
7 | FC Honka | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
8 | VPS | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 43 | |
9 | JJK | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 40 | |
10 | KuPS | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 36 | |
11 | FF Jaro | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 33 | |
12 | Haka (R) | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 32 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.[7]
- ^ FC Honka qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2012 Finnish Cup.
Results
Matches 1–22 |
Matches 23–33
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Statistics
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Monthly awards
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
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April[8] | ![]() |
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May[9] | ![]() |
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June[10] | ![]() ![]() |
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July[11] | ![]() |
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August[12] | ![]() |
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September[13] | ![]() |
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October[14] | ![]() |
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Annual awards
Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)
Position | Player |
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Defender | ![]() |
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Manager | ![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2012". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "FC Inter". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ^ "Miesten Ykkönen - FC TPS".
- ^ "Vepsussa alkaa Okan aika" (in Finnish). VPS. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "FC Haka vaihtaa päävalmentajaa" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Juha Malinen Hakan valmentajaksi, Attakora toppariksi" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "IFK klara för Europa League". Ålandstidningen. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Toukokuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)
- ^ Sampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (in Finnish)
- ^ HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
External links
- Official site (in Finnish)
- uefa.com
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