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2010 Veikkausliiga


FieldValue
competitionVeikkausliiga
season2010
winnersHJK
7th Veikkausliiga title
23rd Finnish title
relegatedLahti
continentalcup1[Champions League](2011-12-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiersHJK
continentalcup2[Europa League](2011-12-uefa-europa-league)
continentalcup2 qualifiersKuPS
TPS (via [dom. cup](2010-finnish-cup))
Honka
league topscorerJuho Mäkelä
(16 goals)
biggest home winJJK 6–1 Oulu
(5 July)
Jaro 5-0 Haka
(2 August)
TPS 5-0 Oulu
(22 September)
biggest away winKuPS 0–5 HJK
(16 April)
highest scoringKuPS 6–2 TamU
(30 June)
longest winsTPS (5 games)
(1 August–28 August)
longest unbeaten8 games by 2 teams
HJK
(24 May–10 July)
Tampere United
(3 May–20 June)
longest winlessFC Lahti (11 games)
(10 May–16 July)
longest lossesAC Oulu (6 games)
(19 June–30 July)
matches182
total goals513
prevseason[2009](2009-veikkausliiga)
nextseason[2011](2011-veikkausliiga)

7th Veikkausliiga title 23rd Finnish title TPS (via dom. cup) Honka (16 goals) (5 July) Jaro 5-0 Haka (2 August) TPS 5-0 Oulu (22 September) (16 April) (30 June) (1 August–28 August) HJK (24 May–10 July) Tampere United (3 May–20 June) (10 May–16 July) (19 June–30 July)

The 2010 Veikkausliiga was the 80th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 16 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010.

Teams

RoPS finished at the bottom of the 2009 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions AC Oulu. 13th-placed Veikkausliiga team JJK and Ykkönen runners-up KPV competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in this season. JJK won 5–3 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.

Team summaries

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerKitmaker
AC OuluOuluCastrén4,000Finland Juha MalinenUmbro
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000Finland Mika LehkosuoKappa
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372Netherlands Job DragtsmaNike
FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000Finland Ilkka MäkeläUmbro
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000Finland/Russia Alexei Eremenko Sr.Errea
HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516Finland Sami RistiläUmbro
HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770Finland Antti MuurinenAdidas
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000Finland Pekka LyyskiPuma
JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000Finland Kari MartonenLegea
KuPSKuopioKuopion keskuskenttä5,000Finland Esa PekonenPuma
MYPAMyllykoski, KouvolaSaviniemi4,167Finland Janne LindbergPuma
Tampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000Finland Ari HjelmPuma
TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372Finland Marko RajamäkiPuma
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600Finland Tommi PikkarainenUmbro

Managerial changes

Please do not forget to source every move by adding a reference to the respective date.

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table

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League table

Relegation play-offs

The 13th placed team of 2010 Veikkausliiga and the runners-up of the 2010 Ykkönen will compete in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2011 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga.


Linjala

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

*Source: veikkausliiga.com *

RankPlayerClubGoals123469
Finland Juho MäkeläHJK16
Finland Roope RiskiTPS12
Finland Henri LehtonenFC Inter11
Finland Tamás GruborovicsIFK Mariehamn10
Finland Jonatan JohanssonTPS10
Finland Tommi KariJJK9
Finland Jami PuustinenHonka9
Russia Maxim VotinovMYPA9
Nigeria DuduKuPS8
Canada Frank JonkeOulu8
Senegal Papa NiangFF Jaro8
Finland Mikko PaatelainenIFK Mariehamn8

Top assistants

*Source: veikkausliiga.com *

RankPlayerClubAssists12411
Finland Alexei Eremenko Jr.FF Jaro8
Finland Miikka IloKuPS7
Finland Tomi PetrescuTampere United7
Finland Sasha AnttilainenIFK Mariehamn6
Finland Jonne HjelmTampere United6
Finland Antti HynynenHaka/KuPS6
Finland Tommi KariJJK6
Finland Mika LahtinenJJK6
Finland Mikko ManninenTPS6
Russia Maxim VotinovMYPA6
Brazil DemaTampere United/HJK5
Senegal Papa NiangFF Jaro5
Finland Mika NurmelaOulu5
Finland Sebastian StrandvallIFK Mariehamn5

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the Month
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501164009/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=38996date=2010-05-01 }}Finland Kari Martonen *(JJK)*Finland Janne Korhonen *(Haka)*
MayFinland Esa Pekonen *(KuPS)*Finland Miikka Ilo *(KuPS)*
fi}}Netherlands Job Dragtsma *(FC Inter)*Finland Henri Lehtonen *(FC Inter)*
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920040249/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=40310date=2011-09-20 }}Finland Pekka Lyyski *(IFK Mariehamn)*Finland Tamás Gruborovics *(IFK Mariehamn)*
fi}}Finland Marko Rajamäki *(TPS)*Finland Roope Riski *(TPS)*
fi}}Finland/Russia Alexei Eremenko Sr. *(FF Jaro)*Finland Toni Kolehmainen *(TPS)*
fi}}Finland Sami Ristilä *(Haka)*Nigeria Dudu *(KuPS)*

Players of the year

*Source: veikkausliiga.com *

PositionPlayer
Best GoalkeeperFinland Jukka Lehtovaara *(TPS)*
Best DefenderFinland Juhani Ojala *(HJK)*
Best MidfielderFinland Miikka Ilo *(KuPS)*
Best StrikerFinland Juho Mäkelä *(HJK)*
Best PlayerFinland Medo *(HJK)*

Attendances

No.ClubAverage
1TPS3,658
2HJK3,545
3JJK2,922
4KuPS2,628
5Lahti2,406
6Honka2,265
7VPS2,133
8Oulu1,992
9Jaro1,904
10Inter Turku1,853
11Tampere1,776
12Haka1,449
13Mariehamn1,445
14MyPa1,172

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References

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