2012 Veikkausliiga
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | HJK 9th Veikkausliiga title 25th Finnish title |
| Relegated | Haka |
| Champions League | HJK |
| Europa League | FC Honka Inter Turku TPS |
| Matches played | 198 |
| Goals scored | 535 (2.7 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 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) |
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The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the eighty-second 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.
Teams
RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.
Team summaries
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 |  Mika Lehkosuo
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Tapio Heikkilä
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| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 |  Job Dragtsma
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Henri Lehtonen
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| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | Tommi Kautonen
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Mikko Hauhia
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| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 |  Alexei Eremenko Sr.
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Heikki Aho
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| Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | Juha Malinen
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 Shane Robinson
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| HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | Antti Muurinen
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Ville Wallén
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| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Kari Martonen
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Janne Korhonen
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| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | Esa Pekonen
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Pyry Kärkkäinen
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| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | Pekka Lyyski
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Jani Lyyski
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| MYPA | Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | Toni Korkeakunnas
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Tuomas Aho
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| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion1 | 10,000 | Marko Rajamäki
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Toni Kolehmainen
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| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Olli Huttunen
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Sebastian Strandvall
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1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.[2][3]
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Petri Vuorinen
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End of contract | n/a | Olli Huttunen
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1 December 2011[4] | Pre-season |
| Haka | Sami Ristilä
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Sacked | 23 August 2012[5] | Asko Jussila
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23 August 2012 | 11th |
| Haka | Asko Jussila
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Resigned | 10 September 2012[6] | Juha Malinen
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10 September 2012 | 11th |
League table
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Results
Matches 1–22
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Statistics
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Monthly awards
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|---|
| April[7] | Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)
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Magnus Bahne (FC Inter)
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| May[8] | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)
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 Tamás Gruborovics (JJK)
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| June[9] | Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro)
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Sampo Koskinen (FC Honka)
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| July[10] | Marko Rajamäki (TPS)
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Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
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| August[11] | Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)
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Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
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| September[12] | Tommi Kautonen (FC Lahti)
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 Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
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| October[13] | Antti Muurinen (HJK)
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Rasmus Schüller (HJK)
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Annual awards
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| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Henrik Moisander (TPS)
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| Defender | Jarkko Hurme (TPS)
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| Midfielder | Mika Ojala (FC Inter)
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| Striker | Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
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| Manager | Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)
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See also
External links
References
- ^ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2012". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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- ^ http://fc.tps.fi/otteluohjelma.251.php?nayta=1
- ^ "Vepsussa alkaa Okan aika". VPS (in Finnish). VPS. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "FC Haka vaihtaa päävalmentajaa". FC Haka (in Finnish). FC Haka. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Juha Malinen Hakan valmentajaksi, Attakora toppariksi". FC Haka (in Finnish). FC Haka. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today Template:Fi icon
- ^ Toukokuun joukkue nimetty Template:Fi icon
- ^ Sampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today Template:Fi icon
- ^ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Template:Fi icon
- ^ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today Template:Fi icon
- ^ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja Template:Fi icon
- ^ HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today Template:Fi icon
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