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2009 Veikkausliiga


FieldValue
competitionVeikkausliiga
season2009
winnersHJK
22nd league title
relegatedRoPS
continentalcup1[Champions League](2010-11-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersHJK
continentalcup2[Europa League](2010-11-uefa-europa-league)
continentalcup2 qualifiersHonka
TPS
Inter Turku (via [dom. cup](2009-finnish-cup))
league topscorerHermanni Vuorinen (16)
biggest home winHonka 9-0 RoPS
biggest away winRoPS 1-5 TamU
KuPS 0-4 Honka
RoPS 0-4 TPS
highest scoringHonka 9-0 RoPS
matches182
total goals498
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

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManager
FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516Finland Olli Huttunen
HJKHelsinkiFinnair Stadium10,770Finland Antti Muurinen
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000Finland Mika Lehkosuo
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372Netherlands Job Dragtsma
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000Finland Mika Laurikainen
JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000Finland Ville Priha
KuPSKuopioMagnum Areena3,500Finland Kai Nyyssönen
FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion14,465Finland Ilkka Mäkelä
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena1,600Finland Pekka Lyyski
MYPAMyllykoski, KouvolaSaviniemi4,167Finland Janne Lindberg
RoPSRovaniemiKeskuskenttä3,400Finland Mika Lumijärvi
Tampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000Finland Ari Hjelm
TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372Finland Pasi Rautiainen
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600Finland Petri Vuorinen

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
VPSFinland Tomi KärkkäinenResignedurl=http://www.keskipohjanmaa.com/gen/560121.asptitle=Petri Vuorisesta VPS:n uusi valmentajadate=15 May 2009work=keskipohjanmaa.comlanguage=fiaccess-date=12 July 2009 }}Finland Petri Vuorinen15 May 200914th
RoPSRussia Valeri BondarenkoSackedurl=http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2009/05/rops_antoi_kenkaa_valeri_bondarenkolle_148459.htmlarchive-url=https://archive.today/20130106184834/http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2009/05/rops_antoi_kenkaa_valeri_bondarenkolle_148459.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-date=January 6, 2013title=RoPS antoi kenkää Valeri Bondarenkolledate=27 May 2009work=yle.filanguage=fiaccess-date=12 July 2009 }}Finland Mika Lumijärvi
Zambia Zeddy Saileti27 May 200914th
FF JaroFinland Mika LaurikainenSacked18 August 2009Russia Alexei Eremenko Sr.
18 August 2009
HakaFinland Olli HuttunenSacked7 September 2009Finland Sami Ristilä
7 September 20095th
RoPSFinland Mika LumijärviSacked7 October 2009Zambia Zeddy Saileti
Finland Jorma Turpeenniemi7 October 200914th

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.

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Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

*Source: veikkausliiga.com *

RankPlayerClubGoals12348
Finland Hermanni VuorinenHonka16
Finland Jami PuustinenHonka12
Finland Timo FuruholmInter Turku11
England Wayne BrownTPS9
Finland Mikko PaatelainenTPS9
Nigeria Babatunde WusuTPS9
Finland Tamas GruborovicsIFK Mariehamn8
Finland Juho MäkeläHJK8
Finland Drilon ShalaLahti8
Gambia Dawda BahHJK8
Russia Maxim VotinovMYPA8
South Korea Nam Ik-KyungJJK8

Top assistants

*Source: veikkausliiga.com *

RankPlayerClubAssists12369
Finland Sebastian SorsaHJK11
Finland Nicholas OtaruHonka9
England Wayne BrownTPS8
Finland Sebastian StrandvallHaka8
Finland Mikko InnanenHaka8
Gambia Dawda BahHJK7
Finland Mika OjalaInter Turku7
Nigeria Babatunde WusuTPS7
Finland Mikko HyyrynenJaro6
Finland Mikko ManninenTPS6
Finland Severi PaajanenInter Turku6
Gambia Demba SavageHonka6

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the Month
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509065829/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=2&ID=34134date=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=34635date=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=35084date=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=35694date=2012-06-09 }}Finland Pasi Rautiainen *(TPS)*Finland Jukka Lehtovaara *(TPS)*

Attendances

No.ClubAverage
1TPS4,904
2HJK3,661
3JJK3,238
4VPS2,415
5Inter Turku2,395
6Tampere2,257
7Honka2,233
8Lahti2,082
9Haka2,001
10KuPS1,837
11Mariehamn1,824
12Jaro1,650
13RoPS1,587
14MyPa1,360

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References

References

  1. (15 May 2009). "Petri Vuorisesta VPS:n uusi valmentaja". keskipohjanmaa.com.
  2. (27 May 2009). "RoPS antoi kenkää Valeri Bondarenkolle". yle.fi.
  3. "Uefa.com".
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  8. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin09.htm
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