2020 Veikkausliiga
Season | 2020 |
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← 2019 2021 → |
The 2020 Veikkausliiga will be the ninetieth season of top-tier football in Finland with KuPS being the defending champions.[1]
New league format
Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each team played against each other twice in the regular season. After the regular season the top six teams advanced to the Championship Series which determines the champion and European tournament qualification places. The bottom six teams advanced to the Challenger Series. The best team from the Challenger Series plays in a tournament against the Championship Series' 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams. The winner from that plays in a final series against the 3rd best team from the Championship Series. The last UEFA Europa Conference League qualification place goes to the winner of that final series.[2]
The bottom team from the Challenger Series will relegate to the Ykkönen, and second to last team will play in a relegation play-off series against the 2nd best team from Ykkönen.
Teams
VPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2019 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Haka.
KPV as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team TPS in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadiums and locations
Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity |
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FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | Artificial | 3,516 |
FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | Natural | 6,000 |
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 10,000 |
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 15,000 |
HIFK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | Artificial | 10,770 |
HJK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | Artificial | 10,770 |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Artificial[3] | 4,000 |
Ilves | Tampere | Tammelan Stadion | Natural | 5,040 |
KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Artificial | 5,000 |
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | Artificial | 4,000 |
SJK | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion[4] | Natural | 10,000 |
League table
Regular season
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | KuPS | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 16 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | FC Inter | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 16 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
3 | HJK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 14 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification final |
4 | FC Honka | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 14 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification tournament |
5 | HIFK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 13 | |
6 | Ilves | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 | |
7 | FC Lahti | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League qualification tournament |
8 | IFK Mariehamn | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | |
9 | SJK | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
10 | FC Haka | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | |
11 | TPS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
12 | RoPS | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | Relegation to the Ykkönen |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
Notes:
- ^ Teams played against each other twice (22 matches) after which the league split in two (top 6 and bottom 6 teams).
Results
European competition
Five teams will play for a spot in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.
Season statistics
Top scorers
References
- ^ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/2019/veikkausliiga/joukkueet/
- ^ "Sarjajärjestelmä" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ Wiklöf Holding Arenan uuden kentän rakennus etenee aikataulussa
- ^ Veikkausliiga - FC TPS