2022 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga 2022
Season information
Winners	HJK (32nd title)
Relegated	HIFK
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	HJK
Europa Conference League	KuPS FC Honka
Season statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	207
Top goalscorer	Lee Erwin Tim Väyrynen Benjamin Källman (7 goals)
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The 2022 Veikkausliiga is the 92nd season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK are the defending champions. The league title was once again won by HJK, their 32nd domestic title.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatti Stadion	Natural	4,392
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	Artificial	3,516
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	Natural	6,000
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Natural	9,372
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	Natural	7,465
HIFK	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
HJK	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Artificial	4,000
Ilves	Tampere	Tampere Stadium	Natural	16,800
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	Artificial	5,000
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	6,000
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti	Artificial	6,005

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
AC Oulu	Jyrki Ahola	Lassi Nurmos	Craft	Go On Oulu / Codemate / Oulun Energia
FC Haka	Teemu Tainio	Jacob Bushue	Puma	Volkswagen
FC Honka	Vesa Vasara	Duarte Tammilehto	Puma	Volkswagen
FC Inter	José Riveiro	Timo Furuholm	Nike	Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti	Ilir Zeneli	Kari Arkivuo	Umbro	Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti
HIFK	Joaquín Gómez	Sakari Mattila	Puma	Aktia Bank
HJK	Toni Koskela	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	Adidas	Apu
IFK Mariehamn	Lukas Syberyjski	Robin Buwalda	Puma	Åland / Arkipelag
Ilves	Toni Kallio	Tuure Siira	Adidas	Pohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy
KuPS	Simo Valakari	Nana Boateng	Puma	Pohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away)
SJK	Jani Honkavaara	Mehmet Hetemaj	Adidas	LähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa
VPS	Jussi Nuorela	Sebastian Strandvall	Nike

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KuPS	8	7	1	0	16	5	+11	22	Qualification for the Championship round
2	HJK	9	7	1	1	13	8	+5	22
3	Honka	7	4	1	2	14	8	+6	13
4	Inter Turku	9	4	1	4	16	12	+4	13
5	Ilves	7	3	1	3	12	11	+1	10
6	Haka	8	3	1	4	10	13	−3	10
7	SJK	9	3	1	5	8	15	−7	10	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Oulu	8	2	3	3	12	13	−1	9
9	Lahti	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8
10	VPS	8	2	1	5	13	12	+1	7
11	Mariehamn	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7
12	HIFK	7	0	3	4	6	13	−7	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2022. Source: Flashscore
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).

Results

Home \ Away	HAK	HFK	HJK	HON	ILV	INT	KPS	LAH	MAR	OUL	SJK	VPS
Haka	—	2–1			2–1						1–1	0–2
HIFK		—	0–2					0–3	1–1
HJK			—	1–0	2–1	1–4		3–2
Honka	3–2			—		2–1					5–1
Ilves					—		1–2		1–0		3–1	3–2
Inter Turku	0–2	2–2	0–1			—			4–0	2–1
KuPS	2–1					2–1	—				2–0	3–1
Lahti			1–1	0–2			0–1	—				0–5
Mariehamn				1–1			1–1	0–0	—	2–1
Oulu	3–0	1–1		2–1	2–2		0–3			—
SJK		2–1	0–1					1–2			—
VPS			0–1			1–2				2–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HJK	KPS	SJK	INT	ILV	HFK
1	HJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	—			—
2	KuPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round			—	—	—
3	SJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—		—	—		—
4	Inter Turku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—			—	—
5	Ilves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—	—		—	—
6	HIFK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—		—		—

Source: 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).

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAH	HAK	HON	MAR	OUL	VPS
7	Lahti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—		—
8	Haka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—	—			—
9	Honka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—		—			—
10	Mariehamn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—	—	—	—
11	Oulu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		—	—	—		—
12	VPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Ykkönen		—			—	—	—

Source: 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).

Relegation play-offs

First Leg

3 November 2022 (2022-11-03)		x–x

Second Leg

7 November 2022 (2022-11-07)		x–x