2018 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga 2018
Season information
Winners	HJK
Relegated	TPS PS Kemi
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
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The 2018 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK are the defending champions.

Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 17 January 2017. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.

Teams

JJK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2017 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions TPS.

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

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	Natural	6,000
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Natural	10,000
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	Natural	15,000
HJK	Helsinki	Telia 5G -areena	Artificial	10,770
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Natural	4,000
Ilves	Tampere	Tammelan Stadion	Natural	5,040
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	Artificial	5,000
PS Kemi	Kemi	Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto	Natural	4,500
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	Artificial	4,000
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	6,000
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Natural	10,000
VPS	Vaasa	Elisa Stadion	Artificial	6,000

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
FC Honka	Vasara, VesaVesa Vasara	Saarinen, TommiTommi Saarinen	Puma
FC Inter	Piccareta, FabrizioFabrizio Piccareta	Furuholm, TimoTimo Furuholm	Nike	Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti	Korkeakunnas, ToniToni Korkeakunnas	Hauhia, MikkoMikko Hauhia	Umbro	Halton Lahti Energia Prima Power
HJK	Lehkosuo, MikaMika Lehkosuo	Rafinha	Adidas	Apu
IFK Mariehamn	Lundberg, PeterPeter Lundberg	Kojola, KristianKristian Kojola	Puma	Hotell Arkipelag
Ilves	Wiss, JarkkoJarkko Wiss	Hilander, MikaMika Hilander	Adidas	LähiTapiola Pihlajalinna Kiilto
KuPS	Honkavaara, JaniJani Honkavaara	Pennanen, PetteriPetteri Pennanen	Puma	LähiTapiola
PS Kemi	Åhman, JariJari Åhman	Guevara, JuliánJulián Guevara	Craft	Various
RoPS	Koskela, ToniToni Koskela	Okkonen, AnttiAntti Okkonen	Puma
SJK	Kautonen, TommiTommi Kautonen	Aksalu, MihkelMihkel Aksalu	Adidas	LähiTapiola Prima Power Elisa
TPS	Laurikainen, MikaMika Laurikainen	Rähmönen, SamiSami Rähmönen	Puma	OP Turun Seutu Silja Line LähiTapiola
VPS	Vuorinen, PetriPetri Vuorinen	Strandvall, SebastianSebastian Strandvall	Puma	Various

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK  (C)	33	24	6	3	61	19	+42	78	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	RoPS	33	18	8	7	42	25	+17	62	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	KuPS	33	17	7	9	56	37	+19	58
4	FC Honka	33	15	13	5	51	33	+18	58
5	Ilves	33	14	7	12	45	41	+4	49
6	VPS	33	10	11	12	37	43	−6	41
7	FC Inter	33	10	10	13	37	44	−7	40
8	FC Lahti	33	9	13	11	30	38	−8	40
9	SJK	33	8	8	17	28	37	−9	32
10	IFK Mariehamn	33	8	7	18	37	59	−22	31
11	Template:Fb team TPS (Q)	33	7	8	18	37	55	−18	29	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	PS Kemi  (R)	33	6	6	21	29	59	−30	24	Relegation to Ykkönen

Source: Veikkausliiga (Finnish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Football in Finland

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