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2009 Veikkausliiga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Veikkausliiga |
| season | 2009 |
| winners | HJK |
| 22nd league title | |
| relegated | RoPS |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](2010-11-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | HJK |
| continentalcup2 | [Europa League](2010-11-uefa-europa-league) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Honka |
| TPS | |
| Inter Turku (via [dom. cup](2009-finnish-cup)) | |
| league topscorer | Hermanni Vuorinen (16) |
| biggest home win | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
| biggest away win | RoPS 1-5 TamU |
| KuPS 0-4 Honka | |
| RoPS 0-4 TPS | |
| highest scoring | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
| matches | 182 |
| total goals | 498 |
| prevseason | [2008](2008-veikkausliiga) |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-veikkausliiga) |
22nd league title TPS Inter Turku (via dom. cup) KuPS 0-4 Honka RoPS 0-4 TPS
The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the 79th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.
The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved Honka Espoo and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table, RoPS were relegated to the Ykkönen while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.
Promotion and relegation
KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
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 | 9,372 | Netherlands Job Dragtsma |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Finland Mika Laurikainen |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Finland Ville Priha |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Magnum Areena | 3,500 | Finland Kai Nyyssönen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 14,465 | Finland Ilkka Mäkelä |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 1,600 | Finland Pekka Lyyski |
| MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | Finland Janne Lindberg |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Keskuskenttä | 3,400 | Finland Mika Lumijärvi |
| Tampere United | Tampere | Ratina Stadion | 17,000 | Finland Ari Hjelm |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Finland Pasi Rautiainen |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Finland Petri Vuorinen |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Finland Tomi Kärkkäinen | Resigned | url=http://www.keskipohjanmaa.com/gen/560121.asp | title=Petri Vuorisesta VPS:n uusi valmentaja | date=15 May 2009 | work=keskipohjanmaa.com | language=fi | access-date=12 July 2009 }} | Finland Petri Vuorinen | 15 May 2009 | 14th | |
| RoPS | Russia Valeri Bondarenko | Sacked | url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2009/05/rops_antoi_kenkaa_valeri_bondarenkolle_148459.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106184834/http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2009/05/rops_antoi_kenkaa_valeri_bondarenkolle_148459.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 6, 2013 | title=RoPS antoi kenkää Valeri Bondarenkolle | date=27 May 2009 | work=yle.fi | language=fi | access-date=12 July 2009 }} | Finland Mika Lumijärvi |
| Zambia Zeddy Saileti | 27 May 2009 | 14th | ||||||||||
| FF Jaro | Finland Mika Laurikainen | Sacked | 18 August 2009 | Russia Alexei Eremenko Sr. | ||||||||
| 18 August 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Haka | Finland Olli Huttunen | Sacked | 7 September 2009 | Finland Sami Ristilä | ||||||||
| 7 September 2009 | 5th | |||||||||||
| RoPS | Finland Mika Lumijärvi | Sacked | 7 October 2009 | Zambia Zeddy Saileti | ||||||||
| Finland Jorma Turpeenniemi | 7 October 2009 | 14th |
League table
Relegation play-offs
JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and KPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.
Linjala Lahtinen Nam
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Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
*Source: veikkausliiga.com *
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland Hermanni Vuorinen | Honka | 16 | ||||||
| Finland Jami Puustinen | Honka | 12 | ||||||
| Finland Timo Furuholm | Inter Turku | 11 | ||||||
| England Wayne Brown | TPS | 9 | ||||||
| Finland Mikko Paatelainen | TPS | 9 | ||||||
| Nigeria Babatunde Wusu | TPS | 9 | ||||||
| Finland Tamas Gruborovics | IFK Mariehamn | 8 | ||||||
| Finland Juho Mäkelä | HJK | 8 | ||||||
| Finland Drilon Shala | Lahti | 8 | ||||||
| Gambia Dawda Bah | HJK | 8 | ||||||
| Russia Maxim Votinov | MYPA | 8 | ||||||
| South Korea Nam Ik-Kyung | JJK | 8 |
Top assistants
*Source: veikkausliiga.com *
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland Sebastian Sorsa | HJK | 11 | ||||||
| Finland Nicholas Otaru | Honka | 9 | ||||||
| England Wayne Brown | TPS | 8 | ||||||
| Finland Sebastian Strandvall | Haka | 8 | ||||||
| Finland Mikko Innanen | Haka | 8 | ||||||
| Gambia Dawda Bah | HJK | 7 | ||||||
| Finland Mika Ojala | Inter Turku | 7 | ||||||
| Nigeria Babatunde Wusu | TPS | 7 | ||||||
| Finland Mikko Hyyrynen | Jaro | 6 | ||||||
| Finland Mikko Manninen | TPS | 6 | ||||||
| Finland Severi Paajanen | Inter Turku | 6 | ||||||
| Gambia Demba Savage | Honka | 6 |
Monthly awards
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509065829/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=2&ID=34134 | date=2009-05-09 }} | Finland Pekka Lyyski *(IFK Mariehamn)* | Finland Hermanni Vuorinen *(Honka)* |
| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612014902/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=34635 | date=2009-06-12 }} | Finland Olli Huttunen *(Haka)* | Finland Sebastian Strandvall *(Haka)* |
| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708063955/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=2&ID=35084 | date=2009-07-08 }} | Finland Mika Laurikainen *(Jaro)* | Finland Jens Nygård *(VPS)* |
| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609205945/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=2&ID=35694 | date=2012-06-09 }} | Finland Pasi Rautiainen *(TPS)* | Finland Jukka Lehtovaara *(TPS)* |
Attendances
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TPS | 4,904 |
| 2 | HJK | 3,661 |
| 3 | JJK | 3,238 |
| 4 | VPS | 2,415 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 2,395 |
| 6 | Tampere | 2,257 |
| 7 | Honka | 2,233 |
| 8 | Lahti | 2,082 |
| 9 | Haka | 2,001 |
| 10 | KuPS | 1,837 |
| 11 | Mariehamn | 1,824 |
| 12 | Jaro | 1,650 |
| 13 | RoPS | 1,587 |
| 14 | MyPa | 1,360 |
Source:
References
References
- (15 May 2009). "Petri Vuorisesta VPS:n uusi valmentaja". keskipohjanmaa.com.
- (27 May 2009). "RoPS antoi kenkää Valeri Bondarenkolle". yle.fi.
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- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin09.htm
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