2008 Veikkausliiga

The 2008 season of the Finnish Veikkausliiga will start on April 27, 2008, and will end on October 26, 2008. Defending champions are Tampere United.

Relegated and promoted

AC Oulu finished bottom of the 2007 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. Veikkausliiga side FC Viikingit lost the relegation playoff tie with Ykkönen side RoPS, and were relegated as well.

League table

As of April 28, 2008.

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	TPS	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2	FC Inter	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
3	HJK	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
4	FC Honka	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	FC Lahti	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
6	FC Haka	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
7	FF Jaro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Tampere United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
9	VPS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	FC KooTeePee	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
11	RoPS	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
12	IFK Mariehamn	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0
13	MyPa	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
14	KuPS	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions

Match table

As of April 28, 2008.

	HAK	HJK	HON	IFK	INT	JAR	KTP	KPS	LAH	MyP	RPS	TAM	TPS	VPS
FC Haka															HAK
HJK															HJK
FC Honka										2-0					HON
IFK Mariehamn		0-2													IFK
FC Inter											3-1				INT
FF Jaro															JAR
FC KooTeePee									0-1						KTP
KuPS													0-3		KPS
FC Lahti															LAH
MyPa															MyP
RoPS															RPS
Tampere United						0-0									TAM
TPS															TPS
VPS	0-0														VPS
	HAK	HJK	HON	IFK	INT	JAR	KTP	KPS	LAH	MyP	RPS	TAM	TPS	VPS

Top goalscorers

As of April 28, 2008.

#	Name	Team	Goals
1	Chileshe Chibwe	RoPS	1
	Chris Cleaver	TPS	1
	Timo Furuholm	FC Inter	1
	Ville Jalasto	FC Honka	1
	Jonne Kemppinen	FC Lahti	1
	Juho Mäkelä	HJK	1
	Miika Ojala	FC Inter	1
	Mikko Paatelainen	TPS	1
	Aristides Pertot	TPS	1
	Ats Purje	FC Inter	1
	Tomasz Sajdak	HJK	1
	Hermanni Vuorinen	FC Honka	1

Overview

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Current manager
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Olli Huttunen
HJK	Helsinki	Finnair Stadium	10,770	Antti Muurinen
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	6,000	Mika Lehkosuo
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	1,600	Pekka Lyyski
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Job Dragtsma
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Mika Laurikainen
FC KooTeePee	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Vesa Tauriainen
KuPS	Kuopio	Magnum Areena	3,500	Kai Nyyssönen
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Ilkka Mäkelä
MyPa	Anjalankoski	Saviniemi	4,067	Janne Hyppönen
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Keskuskenttä	4,000	Valeri Bondarenko
Tampere United	Tampere	Ratina Stadion	17,000	Ari Hjelm
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Martti Kuusela
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Tomi Kärkkäinen

References

• UEFA.com - Veikkausliiga 2008 Template:En icon
• Soccerassociation.com - Veikkausliiga 2008 Template:En icon
• Veikkausliiga.com - Veikkausliiga 2008 Template:Fi icon
• Veikkausliiga.com - Veikkausliiga's top goalscorers 2008 Template:Fi icon