2013 Veikkausliiga
Appearance
Season | 2013 |
---|---|
Champions | HJK 10th Veikkausliiga title 26th Finnish title |
Relegated | JJK |
Champions League | HJK Helsinki |
Europa League | FC Honka VPS MYPA RoPS |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 525 (2.65 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tim Väyrynen (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | HJK 6–0 FC Inter (13 June) FF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti (13 July) |
Biggest away win | IFK Mariehamn 0–5 HJK (27 June) |
Highest scoring | FF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti (13 July) |
← 2012 2014 → |
The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and ended on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.
Teams
[edit]FC Haka were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2012 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions RoPS.
Team summaries
[edit]Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
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FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Mika Lehkosuo | Jussi Vasara |
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Job Dragtsma | Henri Lehtonen |
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | Juha Malinen | Mikko Hauhia |
FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Alexei Eremenko Sr. | Jonas Emet |
HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | Sixten Boström | Ville Wallén |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | Pekka Lyyski | Jani Lyyski |
JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Juha Pasoja | Janne Korhonen |
KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | Esa Pekonen | Rami Hakanpää |
MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion | 4,167 | Toni Korkeakunnas | Tuomas Aho |
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | Kari Virtanen | Antti Okkonen |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Marko Rajamäki | Jarkko Hurme |
VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Olli Huttunen | Sebastian Strandvall |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HJK | Antti Muurinen | End of contract | n/a | Sixten Boström | 1 January 2013[1] | Pre-season |
FC Lahti | Tommi Kautonen | Sacked | 4 June 2013[2] | Juha Malinen | 5 June 2013[3] | 12th |
JJK | Kari Martonen | Sacked | 30 June 2013 | Juha Pasoja (as caretaker) | 30 June 2013[4] | 12th |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 25 | +53 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | FC Honka | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | VPS | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 51 | |
4 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 49 | |
5 | FC Lahti | 33 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 48 | |
6 | MYPA | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
7 | KuPS | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 41 | |
8 | TPS | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 41 | |
9 | FC Inter | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 40 | |
10 | FF Jaro | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 37 | |
11 | RoPS | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 34 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b] |
12 | JJK (R) | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ MYPA qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by Fair-Play ranking.
- ^ RoPS qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Finnish Cup.
Results
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Väyrynen | FC Honka | 17 |
2 | Rafael | FC Lahti | 16 |
3 | Mikael Forssell | HJK | 14 |
4 | Pekka Sihvola | MYPA | 12 |
Ilja Venäläinen | KuPS | 12 | |
6 | Demba Savage | HJK | 11 |
Erfan Zeneli | HJK | 11 | |
8 | Tomi Ameobi | VPS | 9 |
Kris Bright | IFK Mariehamn | 9 | |
Jonas Emet | FF Jaro | 9 | |
Irakli Sirbiladze | FC Inter | 9 | |
12 | Sasha Anttilainen | MYPA | 8 |
Dever Orgill | IFK Mariehamn | 8 | |
Shahdon Winchester | FF Jaro | 8 | |
15 | 8 players | 7 | |
23 | 4 players | 6 | |
27 | 12 players | 5 | |
39 | 13 players | 4 | |
52 | 25 players | 3 | |
77 | 29 players | 2 | |
106 | 36 players | 1 |
Monthly awards
[edit]Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
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April[6] | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) | Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn) |
May[7] | Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) | Pekka Sihvola (MYPA) |
June[8] | Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
July[9] | Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) | Tomi Maanoja (RoPS) |
August[10] | Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) | Abdoulaye Méïté (FC Honka) |
September[11] | Sixten Boström (HJK) | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) |
October[12] | Olli Huttunen (VPS) | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
Annual awards
[edit]Source: Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty (in Finnish)
Position | Player |
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Best Player | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
Best Goalkeeper | Henri Sillanpää (VPS) |
Best Defender | Gideon Baah (FC Honka) |
Best Midfielder | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) |
Best Striker | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
Best Manager | Olli Huttunen (VPS) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Oma kasvatti aloittaa HJK:n päävalmentajana tammikuussa". HJK (in Finnish). HJK. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ "Kautonen vapautettu päävalmentajan tehtävästä". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Juha Malinen FC Lahden päävalmentajaksi". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "JJK-RoPS: Härkäviikko päättyi tasapeliin - ottelu jäi Martosen viimeiseksi". JJK Jyväskylä (in Finnish). JJK Jyväskylä. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=&ID=51810 Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today FC Lahden valitus hylättiin
- ^ Lyyski Kuukauden valmentaja Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Toukokuun parhaat julkistettu Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Tim Väyrynen kesäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Tomi Maanoja Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2013-08-03 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Hongan Abdoulaye Méïté Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 2013-09-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
- ^ Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ "Veikkausliiga | Tim Väyrynen lokakuun kuukauden pelaaja". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26. Tim Väyrynen lokakuun kuukauden pelaaja] (in Finnish)
External links
[edit]- Official site (in Finnish)
- uefa.com