Competition: | Veikkausliiga |
Season: | 2014 |
Winners: | HJK 11th Veikkausliiga title 27th Finnish title |
Relegated: | TPS FC Honka MYPA |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | HJK |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | SJK FC Lahti VPS |
Matches: | 198 |
Total Goals: | 511 |
League Topscorer: | Jonas Emet, Luis Solignac (14 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | HJK 5–0 TPS (23 June) |
Biggest Away Win: | FC Honka 0–5 FF Jaro (20 July) TPS 1–6 FC Inter (17 September) |
Highest Scoring: | MYPA 5–3 KuPS (27 July) |
Highest Team Attendance: | 68,293 (4,107 avg) HJK Helsinki |
Average Attendance: | 2,046 |
Prevseason: | 2013 |
Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 Veikkausliiga was the 84th season of top-tier football in Finland. The league started on 6 April 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014.[1] HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.
JJK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2013 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions SJK.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain | |
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FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | |||
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | |||
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | |||
FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | |||
HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | |||
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | |||
KuPS | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | ||||
MYPA | Kouvola | Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion | 4,167 | |||
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | |||
SJK | Seinäjoki | Seinäjoen keskuskenttä | 3,500 | |||
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | |||
VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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RoPS | Kari Virtanen | End of contract | n/a | Juha Malinen | [2] | Pre-season |
FC Lahti | Juha Malinen | End of contract | n/a | Toni Korkeakunnas | [3] | Pre-season |
MYPA | Toni Korkeakunnas | End of contract | n/a | Antti Muurinen | [4] | Pre-season |
FC Honka | Mika Lehkosuo | Sacked | 7 February 2014[5] | Shefki Kuqi | 15 February 2014[6] | Pre-season |
TPS | Marko Rajamäki | Mutual termination | 14 February 2014[7] | Mika Laurikainen | 17 February 2014[8] | Pre-season |
KuPS | Esa Pekonen | Mutual termination | 24 April 2014[9] | Marko Rajamäki | 2 May 2014[10] | 12th |
HJK | Sixten Boström | Sacked | 29 April 2014 | Mika Lehkosuo | 29 April 2014[11] | 6th |
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonas Emet | FF Jaro | 14 |
Luis Solignac | IFK Mariehamn | 14 | |
3 | Rafael | FC Lahti | 13 |
4 | Diego Assis | IFK Mariehamn | 11 |
Petteri Forsell | IFK Mariehamn | 11 | |
Akseli Pelvas | SJK | 11 | |
Demba Savage | HJK | 11 | |
8 | Aleksandr Kokko | RoPS | 9 |
Roni Porokara | FC Honka / HJK | 9 | |
Ats Purje | KuPS | 9 | |
Irakli Sirbiladze | FC Inter | 9 | |
Shahdon Winchester | FF Jaro | 9 | |
13 | Hendrik Helmke | FF Jaro | 8 |
Toni Lehtinen | SJK | 8 | |
15 | 6 players | 7 | |
21 | 10 players | 6 | |
31 | 6 players | 5 | |
37 | 10 players | 4 | |
47 | 26 players | 3 | |
73 | 24 players | 2 | |
97 | 61 players | 1 | |
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | |
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April[12] | Antti Muurinen (MYPA) | Hendrik Helmke (FF Jaro) | |
May[13] | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Rasmus Schüller (HJK) | |
June[14] | Simo Valakari (SJK) | Admir Ćatović (KuPS) | |
July[15] | Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti) | Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti) | |
August[16] | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) | Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn) | |
September[17] | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) | |
October[18] | Olli Huttunen (VPS) | Sebastian Standvall (VPS) |
Position | Player |
---|---|
Best Player | Robin Lod (HJK) |
Best Goalkeeper | Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti) |
Best Defender | Cédric Gogoua (SJK) |
Best Midfielder | Robin Lod (HJK) |
Best Striker | Demba Savage (HJK) |
Best Manager | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) |