2023 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga 2023
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Conference League	Ilves (via Finnish Cup) VPS
Season statistics
Matches played	132
Goals scored	329
Top goalscorer	Bojan Radulović (15 goals)
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 Veikkausliiga is the 93rd season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November.

The winners qualify for the Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023 Finnish Cup winners (Ilves) qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams (VPS and one other) qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round. The eleventh-placed team qualify for the Veikkausliiga play-off against the second, third, and fourth-placed teams from the 2023 Ykkönen. The bottom-placed team are relegated to the 2024 Ykkönen.

Teams

HIFK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2022 season. Their place was taken by 2022 Ykkönen champions KTP.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatti Stadion	Natural	5,000
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
HJK	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Artificial	1,650
Ilves	Tampere	Tampere Stadium	Natural	16,800
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	Artificial	4,780
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	Artificial	2,700
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	5,817
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.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK	22	12	8	2	39	19	+20	44	Qualification for Championship Round
2	KuPS	22	13	4	5	34	15	+19	43
3	SJK	22	11	5	6	29	24	+5	38
4	VPS	22	11	3	8	30	23	+7	36
5	Honka	22	10	5	7	23	17	+6	35
6	Inter Turku	22	10	4	8	33	31	+2	34
7	Oulu	22	9	4	9	32	37	−5	31	Qualification for Relegation Round
8	Haka	22	5	9	8	27	37	−10	24
9	Lahti	22	5	7	10	21	32	−11	22
10	Ilves	22	4	8	10	20	27	−7	20
11	KTP	22	5	5	12	20	33	−13	20
12	Mariehamn	22	3	6	13	21	34	−13	15

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	HJK	HON	ILV	INT	KTP	KPS	LAH	MAR	OUL	SJK	VPS
Haka	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2
HJK	2–0	—	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	4–0
Honka	0–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	1–0
Ilves	1–2	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–2
Inter Turku	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2
KTP	1–2	3–3	1–2	0–0	1–4	—	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0
KuPS	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1
Lahti	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–4	—	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2
Mariehamn	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–3	—	1–2	0–2	1–2
Oulu	3–0	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	—	0–3	2–1
SJK	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–4	—	2–1
VPS	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK (X)	26	15	8	3	49	24	+25	53	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	KuPS (X)	26	15	5	6	39	19	+20	50	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
3	VPS (Q)	26	14	4	8	39	26	+13	46
4	SJK	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42
5	Honka	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38
6	Inter Turku	26	10	5	11	35	37	−2	35

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. 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).
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Conference League

Results

Home \ Away	HJK	HON	INT	KPS	SJK	VPS
HJK	—	3–0	2–0	21 Oct	—	—
Honka	—	—	21 Oct	—	—	0–3
Inter Turku	—	—	—	0–1	1–2	—
KuPS	—	3–1	—	—	1–1	0–2
SJK	2–3	1–2	—	—	—	21 Oct
VPS	3–2	—	1–1	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: .
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oulu	26	11	4	11	40	44	−4	37
2	Haka	26	7	10	9	34	41	−7	31
3	Ilves (Q)	26	7	9	10	30	32	−2	30	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
4	Lahti	26	7	8	11	25	36	−11	29
5	KTP (Y)	26	5	5	16	21	42	−21	20	Qualification for Veikkausliiga play-off final
6	Mariehamn (Y)	26	4	7	15	26	40	−14	19	Relegation to Ykkönen

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. 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).
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Y) Assured of Veikkausliiga play-off at best

Results

Home \ Away	HAK	ILV	KTP	LAH	MAR	OUL
Haka	—	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	—
Ilves	—	—	—	—	2–1	3–2
KTP	—	0–3	—	—	21 Oct	—
Lahti	—	21 Oct	2–1	—	—	2–1
Mariehamn	2–1	—	—	0–0	—	—
Oulu	21 Oct	—	2–0	—	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2023. Source: .
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Veikkausliiga play-off

The eleventh-placed team qualify for a play-off alongside the second, third, and fourth-placed teams from the 2023 Ykkönen (Gnistan, MP, and SJK Akatemia). The third and fourth-placed Ykkönen teams enter the quarter-finals, with the winners facing the second-placed Ykkönen team in the semi-finals. The semi-final winners then face the eleventh-placed Veikkausliiga team, with the winners securing the final place in the 2024 Veikkausliiga. The higher-placed team gains home advantage.

Quarter-finals

14 October 2023	MP (3rd, Ykkönen)	1–4	SJK Akatemia (4th, Ykkönen)	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli
13:00 BST

Semi-finals

21 October 2023	Gnistan (2nd, Ykkönen)	v	SJK Akatemia (4th, Ykkönen)	Mustapekka Areena, Helsinki
16:00 BST

Top scorers

As of 3 September 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bojan Radulović	HJK	15
2	Ashley Coffey	Oulu	11
3	Jaime Moreno	SJK	9
	Peter Godly Michael	VPS
5	Darren Smith	Inter Turku	8
6	Juan Lescano	Haka	7
7	Willis Furtado	KTP	6
	Clésio	Honka
	Urho Nissilä	KuPS
	Jeremiah Streng	SJK
	Mika	KTP
	Matheus Alves	Lahti
13	Niklas Jokelainen	Oulu	5
	Rasmus Karjalainen	Oulu
	Joona Veteli	KuPS
	Tuomas Ollila	HJK
	Arttu Heinonen	KuPS

External links

• Official website
• Soccerway

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