2010 Veikkausliiga Explained

Competition:Veikkausliiga
Season:2010
Winners:HJK
7th Veikkausliiga title
23rd Finnish title
Relegated:Lahti
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:HJK
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:KuPS
TPS (via dom. cup)
Honka
League Topscorer:Juho Mäkelä
(16 goals)
Biggest Home Win:JJK 6–1 Oulu
(5 July)
Jaro 5-0 Haka
(2 August)
TPS 5-0 Oulu
(22 September)
Biggest Away Win:KuPS 0–5 HJK
(16 April)
Highest Scoring:KuPS 6–2 TamU
(30 June)
Longest Wins:TPS (5 games)
(1 August–28 August)
Longest Unbeaten:8 games by 2 teams
HJK
(24 May–10 July)
Tampere United
(3 May–20 June)
Longest Winless:FC Lahti (11 games)
(10 May–16 July)
Longest Losses:AC Oulu (6 games)
(19 June–30 July)
Matches:182
Total Goals:513
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

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

ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerKitmaker
AC OuluOuluCastrén4,000 Juha MalinenUmbro
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000 Mika LehkosuoKappa
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Job DragtsmaNike
FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000 Ilkka MäkeläUmbro
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000/ Alexei Eremenko Sr.Errea
HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 Sami RistiläUmbro
HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770 Antti MuurinenAdidas
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000 Pekka LyyskiPuma
JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 Kari MartonenLegea
KuPSKuopioKuopion keskuskenttä5,000 Esa PekonenPuma
MYPAAnjalankoskiSaviniemi4,167 Janne LindbergPuma
Tampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000 Ari HjelmPuma
TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Marko RajamäkiPuma
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600 Tommi PikkarainenUmbro

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.[1] JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga.

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Juho MäkeläHJK16
2 Roope RiskiTPS12
3 Henri LehtonenFC Inter11
4 Tamás GruborovicsIFK Mariehamn10
Jonatan JohanssonTPS10
6 Tommi KariJJK9
Jami PuustinenHonka9
Maxim VotinovMYPA9
9 DuduKuPS8
Frank JonkeOulu8
Papa NiangFF Jaro8
Mikko PaatelainenIFK Mariehamn8

Top assistants

Source: veikkausliiga.com

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Alexei Eremenko Jr.FF Jaro8
2 Miikka IloKuPS7
Tomi PetrescuTampere United7
4 Sasha AnttilainenIFK Mariehamn6
Jonne HjelmTampere United6
Antti HynynenHaka/KuPS6
Tommi KariJJK6
Mika LahtinenJJK6
Mikko ManninenTPS6
Maxim VotinovMYPA6
11 DemaTampere United/HJK5
Papa NiangFF Jaro5
Mika NurmelaOulu5
Sebastian StrandvallIFK Mariehamn5

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the Month
April[2] Kari Martonen (JJK) Janne Korhonen (Haka)
May Esa Pekonen (KuPS) Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
June[3] Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Henri Lehtonen (FC Inter)
July[4] Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Tamás Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn)
August[5] Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Roope Riski (TPS)
September[6] / Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Toni Kolehmainen (TPS)
October[7] Sami Ristilä (Haka) Dudu (KuPS)

Players of the year

Source: veikkausliiga.com

PositionPlayer
Best Goalkeeper Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS)
Best Defender Juhani Ojala (HJK)
Best Midfielder Miikka Ilo (KuPS)
Best Striker Juho Mäkelä (HJK)
Best Player Medo (HJK)

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727052524/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=41252 Liigakarsinta ensi keskiviikkona ja lauantaina
  2. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=38996 Veikkausliigan huhtikuun joukkue nimetty
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614114737/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=39869 Interin Henri Lehtosesta Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja
  4. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=40310 Tamás Gruborovics Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727052319/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=40721 TPS:n Roope Riski Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920043223/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=5&ID=41034 Veikkausliigan syyskuun joukkue nimetty
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727052559/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=41351 KuPSin Dudu Veikkausliigan lokakuun pelaaja