2017 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season 2017
Champions HJK
Relegated HIFK
JJK Jyväskylä
Champions League HJK
Europa League KuPS
Ilves
Lahti
Matches played 198
Goals scored 542 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Aleksei Kangaskolkka
16 goals
Biggest home win HJK 6–0 SJK (31 May)
Biggest away win SJK 0–6 HJK (10 August)
Highest scoring FC Inter 6–2 RoPS (12 April)
Lahti 6–2 Mariehamn (29 July)
← 2016
2018 →

The 2017 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-seventh season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn are the defending champions.

Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 19 January 2017.[1] The season started on 5 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.[2]

Teams

PK-35 Vantaa were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2016 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK.

FC Inter as 11th-placed team regained their Veikkausliiga spot after beating the second-placed Ykkönen team TPS 2–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2016 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity
FC Inter Turku Turku Veritas Stadion Natural 10,000
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion Natural 15,000
HIFK Fotboll Helsinki Telia 5G -areena Artificial 10,770
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Helsinki Telia 5G -areena Artificial 10,770
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena Natural 4,000
FC Ilves Tampere Tammelan Stadion Natural 5,040
JJK Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Harjun stadion Natural 3,000
Kuopion Palloseura Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Artificial 5,000
Palloseura Kemi Kings Kemi Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto Natural 4,500
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Artificial 4,000
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion Artificial 6,000
Vaasan Palloseura Vaasa Elisa Stadion Artificial 6,000

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
FC Inter Italy Fabrizio Piccareta Finland Timo Furuholm Nike Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti Finland Toni Korkeakunnas Finland Mikko Hauhia Umbro BE Group
Lahti Energia
Halton
HIFK Finland Antti Muurinen Finland Mika Väyrynen Puma Aktia Bank
HJK Finland Mika Lehkosuo Brazil Rafinha Adidas Apu
IFK Mariehamn Finland Peter Lundberg[3] Finland Jani Lyyski Puma Hotell Arkipelag
Ilves Finland Jarkko Wiss Finland Antti Hynynen Adidas Various
JJK Finland Juha Pasoja Finland Tommi Kari Nike Harvia
KuPS Finland Jani Honkavaara Finland Sebastian Sorsa Puma Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas
PS Kemi Finland Jari Åhman Finland Lassi Nurmos Stanno Various
RoPS Finland Juha Malinen Finland Antti Okkonen Puma Saraware
SJK Scotland Brian Page
Finland Toni Lehtinen		 Estonia Mihkel Aksalu Adidas LähiTapiola
EPKK
Prima Power
VPS Finland Petri Vuorinen Finland Veli Lampi Puma Various

    Managerial changes

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
    KuPS Finland Marko Rajamäki End of contract n/a Finland Jani Honkavaara 17 October 2016[4] Pre-season
    SJK Finland Simo Valakari Sacked 17 February 2017[5] Finland Sixten Boström 20 February 2017 Pre-season
    SJK Finland Sixten Boström Sacked 2 June 2017[6] Spain Manuel Roca 2 June 2017 8th
    FC Inter Turku Finland Shefki Kuqi Sacked 3 August 2017[7] Italy Fabrizio Piccareta 3 August 2017 9th
    SJK Spain Manuel Roca Sacked 9 September 2017[8] Scotland Brian Page
    Finland Toni Lehtinen    		 9 September 2017 5th

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 HJK (C) 33 23 7 3 78 16 +62 76 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
    2 KuPS 33 16 8 9 51 36 +15 56 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
    3 Ilves 33 15 11 7 39 35 +4 56
    4 Lahti 33 12 13 8 46 31 +15 49
    5 IFK Mariehamn 33 13 10 10 44 42 +2 49
    6 SJK 33 13 8 12 42 47 −5 47
    7 RoPS 33 12 6 15 43 51 −8 42
    8 VPS 33 9 12 12 38 51 −13 39
    9 Inter Turku 33 10 8 15 54 57 −3 38
    10 PS Kemi Kings 33 8 8 17 38 59 −21 32
    11 HIFK (R) 33 6 11 16 37 54 −17 29 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
    12 JJK Jyväskylä (R) 33 6 8 19 32 63 −31 26 Relegation to the Ykkönen
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: Veikkausliiga (in Finnish), Soccerway
    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).
    (C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. ↑ Since HJK, winners of the 2016–17 Finnish Cup, qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the fourth-placed team).

    Results

    Each team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.

    Matches 1–22

    Home \ Away HIFK HJK ILV INT JJK KPS LAH MAR PSK RPS SJK VPS
    HIFK — 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–1
    HJK 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 6–0 5–0
    Ilves 4–3 1–1 — 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 0–0
    Inter Turku 3–0 1–1 1–1 — 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 6–2 0–1 0–1
    JJK Jyväskylä 0–3 1–5 3–1 1–2 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–4
    KuPS 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–2
    Lahti 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 — 6–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
    IFK Mariehamn 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 5–2 2–1 0–2 — 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
    PS Kemi Kings 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 1–1 3–0 — 1–1 3–1 0–1
    RoPS 2–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 — 1–2 2–4
    SJK 3–3 0–6 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–1
    VPS 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–3 —
    Updated to match(es) played on 14 August 2017. Source: Veikkausliiga (in Finnish)
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Matches 23–33

    Home \ Away HIFK HJK ILV INT JJK KPS LAH MAR PSK RPS SJK VPS
    HIFK — – – – 1–1 – – 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 –
    HJK 2–1 — – – – 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 – –
    Ilves 2–1 1–4 — – – 1–0 2–1 – 1–0 3–2 – –
    Inter Turku 4–1 1–3 2–2 — – 1–2 1–6 – – – – –
    JJK Jyväskylä – 0–4 0–0 1–3 — – 2–4 – – – – 2–0
    KuPS 3–2 – – – 2–1 — – 2–1 – 1–1 2–1 –
    Lahti 2–1 – – 1–0 – 1–1 — – 0–1 1–1 – –
    IFK Mariehamn – – 0–1 2–1 2–1 – – — 3–2 – 2–1 1–0
    PS Kemi Kings – – – 1–5 1–2 1–3 – – — – 3–3 1–1
    RoPS – – – 4–2 2–0 – – 0–3 0–1 — 0–3 3–0
    SJK – 0–2 0–0 5–0 0–4 – 1–0 – – – — 2–1
    VPS 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 – 1–3 2–1 – – – – —
    Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: Veikkausliiga (in Finnish)
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Relegation play-offs

    First Match

    FC Honka 0–0 HIFK
    Attendance: 2,674

    Second Match

    HIFK 1–1 FC Honka
    Sihvola  90+4' Äijälä  28'
    Attendance: 4,158

    FC Honka won 1-1 on away goals.

    Statistics

    Monthly awards

    Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
    April[9] Finland Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) Colombia Alfredo Morelos (HJK)
    May[10] Finland Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) Colombia Alfredo Morelos (HJK)
    June[11] Finland Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) Slovenia Filip Valenčič (PS Kemi)
    July[12] Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti) Finland Santeri Hostikka (FC Lahti)
    August[13] Finland Jarkko Wiss (Ilves) Finland Akseli Pelvas (HJK)

    References

    1. ↑ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2017 julkistettu". www.veikkausliiga.com. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    2. ↑ Otteluohjelma | Veikkausliiga
    3. ↑ "Kari Virtanen fortsätter i rådgivarroll för IFK". IFK Mariehamn (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
    4. ↑ "Jani Honkavaara on Kuopion Palloseuran uusi päävalmentaja". KuPS (in Finnish). KuPS. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
    5. ↑ "Simo Valakari on vapautettu SJK:n päävalmentajavastuusta". SJK (in Finnish). SJK. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
    6. ↑ "Sixten Boström ei jatka SJK:n päävalmentajana". SJK (in Finnish). SJK. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
    7. ↑ "Tiedote: Shefki Kuqi ei jatka Interin päävalmentajana". FC Inter Turku (in Finnish). FC Inter Turku. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
    8. ↑ "Brian Page ja Toni Lehtinen vetävät kauden loppuun". SJK (in Finnish). SJK. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
    9. ↑ Veikkausliigan kuukauden parhaat valittu (in Finnish)
    10. ↑ Morelos jälleen kuukauden pelaajaksi (in Finnish)
    11. ↑ (in Finnish)
    12. ↑ (in Finnish)
    13. ↑ (in Finnish)
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