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2008 Veikkausliiga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Veikkausliiga |
| season | 2008 |
| winners | Inter Turku |
| 1st Finnish title | |
| relegated | KooTeePee |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Inter Turku |
| continentalcup2 | Europa League |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Honka |
| Lahti | |
| HJK (via domestic cup) | |
| league topscorer | Finland Aleksandr Kokko |
| Finland Henri Myntti | |
| (13 goals both) | |
| biggest home win | Honka 7–0 Haka |
| Lahti 8–1 KuPS | |
| biggest away win | Jaro 0–4 Haka |
| Haka 0–4 Inter Turku | |
| TPS 0–4 Inter Turku | |
| VPS 0–4 Inter Turku | |
| KooTeePee 0–4 MYPA | |
| highest scoring | Lahti 8–1 KuPS |
| total goals | 482 |
| average goals | 2.65 |
| prevseason | 2007 |
| nextseason | 2009 |
1st Finnish title Lahti HJK (via domestic cup) Finland Henri Myntti (13 goals both) Lahti 8–1 KuPS Haka 0–4 Inter Turku TPS 0–4 Inter Turku VPS 0–4 Inter Turku KooTeePee 0–4 MYPA
The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the 78th season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.
Promotion and relegation
AC Oulu finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga.
Overview
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | Finland Olli Huttunen |
| HJK | Helsinki | Finnair Stadium | 10,770 | Finland Antti Muurinen |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Finland Mika Lehkosuo |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Netherlands Job Dragtsma |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Finland Mika Laurikainen |
| FC KooTeePee | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Finland Tommi Kautonen |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Magnum Areena | 3,500 | Finland Kai Nyyssönen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | Finland Ilkka Mäkelä |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 1,600 | Finland Pekka Lyyski |
| MYPA | Anjalankoski | Saviniemi | 4,067 | Finland Janne Lindberg |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Keskuskenttä | 4,000 | Russia Valeri Bondarenko |
| Tampere United | Tampere | Ratina Stadion | 17,000 | Finland Ari Hjelm |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Wales John Allen |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Finland Tomi Kärkkäinen |
League table
Relegation play-offs
KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in Veikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009.
Venäläinen
Results
Top goalscorers
*Source: veikkausliiga.com *
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland Aleksandr Kokko | Honka | 13 | |||||
| Finland Henri Myntti | Tampere United | 13 | |||||
| Finland Mikko Hyyrynen | Jaro | 11 | |||||
| Finland Toni Lehtinen | Haka | 11 | |||||
| Finland Mikko Paatelainen | TPS | 11 | |||||
| Brazil Rafael | Lahti | 11 | |||||
| Finland Jarno Parikka | HJK | 9 | |||||
| Finland Hermanni Vuorinen | Honka | 9 | |||||
| Estonia Tarmo Neemelo | MYPA | 8 | |||||
| Finland Mika Ojala | Inter Turku | 8 | |||||
| Finland Paulus Roiha | HJK | 8 |
Annual awards
*Source: Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty *
Players' Association's awards
- Player of the Year: Dominic Chatto (Inter Turku)
- Young player of the Year: Aleksandr Kokko (Honka)
- Referee of the Year: Tero Nieminen
Veikkausliiga's awards
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Patrick Bantamoi (Inter Turku)
- Defender of the Year: Jos Hooiveld (Inter Turku)
- Midfielder of the Year: Mika Ojala (Inter Turku)
- Attacker of the Year: Aleksandr Kokko (Honka)
Attendances
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK | 4,516 |
| 2 | TPS | 4,501 |
| 3 | Inter Turku | 4,432 |
| 4 | Honka | 3,156 |
| 5 | Tampere | 2,924 |
| 6 | Lahti | 2,532 |
| 7 | VPS | 2,263 |
| 8 | Jaro | 2,131 |
| 9 | KuPS | 1,859 |
| 10 | RoPS | 1,843 |
| 11 | KooTeePee | 1,773 |
| 12 | Haka | 1,717 |
| 13 | Mariehamn | 1,603 |
| 14 | MyPa | 1,574 |
Source:
References
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin08.htm
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