Competition: | Veikkausliiga |
Season: | 2012 |
Winners: | HJK 9th Veikkausliiga title 25th Finnish title |
Relegated: | Haka |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | HJK |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | FC Honka Inter Turku TPS |
Matches: | 198 |
Total Goals: | 535 |
League Topscorer: | Irakli Sirbiladze (17 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | TPS 9–2 Haka (22 August) |
Biggest Away Win: | KuPS 0–6 FC Inter (22 July) |
Highest Scoring: | TPS 9–2 Haka (22 August) |
Prevseason: | 2011 |
Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012.[1] HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | ![]() | ||
HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | ![]() | ![]() | |
JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | ![]() | ![]() | |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 | ![]() | ![]() | |
VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | ![]() | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VPS | ![]() | End of contract | n/a | ![]() | 1 December 2011[4] | Pre-season |
Haka | ![]() | Sacked | 23 August 2012[5] | ![]() | 23 August 2012 | 11th |
Haka | ![]() | Resigned | 10 September 2012[6] | ![]() | 10 September 2012 | 11th |
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | FC Inter | 17 |
2 | ![]() | IFK Mariehamn | 16 |
3 | ![]() | VPS | 15 |
4 | ![]() | MYPA | 14 |
5 | ![]() | JJK | 12 |
![]() | FC Inter | 12 | |
Demba Savage | HJK | 12 | |
8 | ![]() | HJK | 11 |
![]() | TPS | 11 | |
10 | ![]() | JJK | 10 |
![]() | HJK | 10 | |
![]() | FC Honka | 10 | |
![]() | JJK | 10 | |
14 | ![]() | IFK Mariehamn | 9 |
15 | ![]() | TPS | 8 |
![]() | VPS | 8 | |
![]() | HJK | 8 | |
Shane Robinson | Haka | 8 | |
![]() | FC Honka | 8 | |
![]() | TPS | 8 | |
21 | 5 players | 7 | |
26 | 4 players | 6 | |
30 | 8 players | 5 | |
38 | 14 players | 4 | |
52 | 11 players | 3 | |
63 | 27 players | 2 | |
90 | 65 players | 1 |
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | |
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April[7] | ![]() | ![]() | |
May[8] | ![]() | ![]() | |
June[9] | ![]() | ![]() | |
July[10] | ![]() | ![]() | |
August[11] | ![]() | ![]() | |
September[12] | ![]() | ![]() | |
October[13] | ![]() | ![]() |
Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty
Position | Player |
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Best Goalkeeper | ![]() |
Best Defender | ![]() |
Best Midfielder | ![]() |
Best Striker | ![]() |
Best Manager | ![]() |