2006 Veikkausliiga Explained

Competition:	Veikkausliiga
Winners:	Tampere United 2nd Finnish title
Relegated:	KuPS
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Tampere United
Continentalcup2:	UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	HJK, MyPa, FC Haka
Matches:	156
Total Goals:	410
League Topscorer:	Hermanni Vuorinen (16)
Biggest Home Win:	TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee
Biggest Away Win:	KuPS 0 - 5 TPS
Highest Scoring:	TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee FF Jaro 2 - 5 FC Honka
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007
Season:	2006

The 2006 season of the Veikkausliiga the 17th season in the league's history, which began on April 19 and ended on October 29.
The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Allianssi was refused a license, so the league was subsequently played with only 13 teams.

European results

Champions League

• MyPa prevailed in the first round against The New Saints, but was knocked out by FC Copenhagen in the second round

UEFA Cup

• HJK lost the first round to Drogheda United
• FC Haka lost the first round to FC Levadia Tallinn

Intertoto Cup

• Tampere United won the first round against Carmarthen Town F.C., but was knocked out by Kalmar FF in the second round

Promotions and relegations

• The 2007 season is once again being contested by 14 teams. Only one team, KuPS, was relegated, while two teams from Division 1 were promoted, being FC Viikingit and AC Oulu.

Top goal scorers

Position	Player	Country	Team	Goals
1				16
2				13
3				12
4				11
-				11
-				11
7		/		10
-				10

External links

• Results from RSSSF