2022 Veikkausliiga

The 2022 Veikkausliiga was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK won the championship for the third consecutive season.

Veikkausliiga

Season	2022
Dates	2 April – 30 November 2022
Champions	HJK
Relegated	HIFK
Champions League	HJK
Conference League	KuPS Honka Haka
Matches played	74
Goals scored	207 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lee Erwin (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Honka 5–1 SJK (25 April 2022) Inter Turku 4–0 Mariehamn (29 April 2022) Inter Turku 5–1 Lahti (22 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Oulu 0–6 VPS (2 July 2022)
Highest scoring	Honka 5–1 SJK (25 April 2022) HIFK 1–5 VPS (18 June 2022) Inter Turku 5–1 Lahti (22 June 2022) Oulu 0–6 VPS (2 July 2022)
Longest winning run	5 matches KuPS
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches KuPS
Longest winless run	10 matches HIFK
Longest losing run	5 matches SJK
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 2 July 2022.

Teams

KTP (relegated after one year in the top flight) were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2021 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions VPS (promoted after a two-year absence).

Stadia and locations

AC Oulu

HIFK
HJK

KuPS

FC Honka

FC Lahti

IFK Mariehamn

Ilves

SJK

FC Inter

FC Haka

Location of teams in 2022 Veikkausliiga

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatti Stadion	Natural	4,392
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	Artificial	3,516
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	Natural	6,000
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Natural	9,372
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	Natural	7,465
HIFK	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
HJK	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Artificial	4,000
Ilves	Tampere	Tampere Stadium	Natural	16,800
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	Artificial	5,000
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	6,000
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti	Artificial	6,005

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
AC Oulu	Jyrki Ahola	Lassi Nurmos	Craft	Go On Oulu / Codemate / Oulun Energia
FC Haka	Teemu Tainio	Jacob Bushue	Puma	Volkswagen
FC Honka	Vesa Vasara	Duarte Tammilehto	Puma	Volkswagen
FC Inter	Miguel Grau[1][2]	Timo Furuholm	Nike	Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti	Ilir Zeneli	Kari Arkivuo	Umbro	Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti
HIFK	Mixu Paatelainen	Sakari Mattila	Puma	Aktia Bank
HJK	Toni Koskela	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	Adidas	Apu
IFK Mariehamn	Daniel Norrmén	Timi Lahti	Puma	Åland / Arkipelag
Ilves	Toni Kallio	Tuure Siira	Adidas	Pohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy
KuPS	Simo Valakari	Nana Boateng	Puma	Pohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away)
SJK	Joaquín Gómez	Mehmet Hetemaj	Adidas	LähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa
VPS	Jussi Nuorela	Sebastian Strandvall	Nike

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HJK	22	15	4	3	34	18	+16	49	Qualification for the Championship round
2	KuPS	22	14	5	3	36	16	+20	47
3	Honka	22	12	5	5	45	21	+24	41
4	Haka	22	11	4	7	36	38	−2	37
5	Inter Turku	22	9	5	8	40	28	+12	32
6	SJK	22	9	4	9	29	32	−3	31
7	Oulu	22	8	6	8	35	35	0	30	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Ilves	22	6	7	9	31	36	−5	25
9	Mariehamn	22	6	6	10	25	33	−8	24
10	VPS	22	6	4	12	39	36	+3	22
11	Lahti	22	4	6	12	19	43	−24	18
12	HIFK	22	1	6	15	15	48	−33	9

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2022. Source: https://us.soccerway.com/national/finland/veikkausliiga/2022/regular-season/r66785/
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).

Results

Home \ Away	HAK	HFK	HJK	HON	ILV	INT	KPS	LAH	MAR	OUL	SJK	VPS
Haka	—	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–1	0–2
HIFK	0–2	—	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–1	1–6	0–2	1–5
HJK	4–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1
Honka	3–2	4–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	4–0
Ilves	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–4	—	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–2
Inter Turku	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	—	1–2	5–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
KuPS	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Lahti	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–5
Mariehamn	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–5	2–3	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–3
Oulu	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	—	1–0	0–6
SJK	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	—	2–0
VPS	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–3	2–2	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HJK	KPS	HON	HAK	INT	SJK
1	HJK (C, Q)	27	18	4	5	41	23	+18	58	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round		—	0–1	—	—	3–0	2–1
2	KuPS (Q)	27	17	6	4	43	21	+22	57	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		—	—	3–2	0–0	2–0	—
3	Honka (Q)	27	14	7	6	53	27	+26	49	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round		3–1	—	—	1–1	2–1	—
4	Haka (O)	27	13	6	8	40	40	0	45	Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs.		0–1	—	—	—	—	2–0
5	Inter Turku	27	10	5	12	42	36	+6	35			—	—	—	0–1	—	1–0
6	SJK	27	10	5	12	33	38	−5	35			—	3–1	0–0	—	—	—

Source: Flashscore
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).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OUL	VPS	ILV	MAR	LAH	HFK
7	Oulu	27	11	6	10	46	43	+3	39	Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs.		—	—	0–2	—	2–1	4–1
8	VPS	27	10	5	12	52	41	+11	35			2–1	—	—	—	—	4–0
9	Ilves	27	9	7	11	43	43	0	34			—	2–3	—	2–3	1–0	—
10	Mariehamn	27	9	7	11	41	43	−2	34			2–4	2–2	—	—	6–0	—
11	Lahti (O)	27	5	6	16	26	55	−29	21	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		—	0–2	—	—	—	6–1
12	HIFK (R)	27	1	6	20	20	70	−50	9	Relegation to Ykkönen		—	—	1–5	2–3	—	—

Source: Soccerway
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).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Europa Conference League play-offs

	Quarter-finals						Semi-final						Final
	19 October 2022
	6 SJK			0
							22 October 2022
	7 Oulu			1
							7 Oulu			0
	19 October 2022
							8 VPS (a.e.t.)			1
	5 Inter Turku			1
													26 and 30 October 2022
	8 VPS			5
													8 VPS	0	2	2
													4 Haka	3	1	4

Quarter-finals

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)

18:00 EEST

Inter Turku	1–5	VPS
Niska 81'		Alanko 37' Kuittinen 48' (o.g.) Multanen 66' Hudd 77' Niemi 85'

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 1,052

Referee: Ville Nevalainen

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)

18:00 EEST

SJK	0–1	Oulu
		Karjalainen 59'

OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki

Attendance: 1,698

Referee: Mohammad Al-Emara

Semifinal

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22)

17:00 EEST

Oulu	0–1 (a.e.t.)	VPS
		Jääskä 108'

Raatti Stadium, Oulu

Attendance: 1,091

Referee: Joni Hyytiä

Final

First leg

26 October 2022 (2022-10-26)

18:00 EEST

VPS	0–3	Haka
		Erwin 5', 28', 43' (pen.)

Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa

Second leg

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)

15:00 EET

Haka	1–2	VPS
Sihvonen 30'		Räisänen 13' Vahtera 73'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

Relegation play-offs

	Ykkönen playoff semifinal						Ykkönen playoff final						Promotion/relegation playoff final
							17 Oktober 2022
							2 TPS			4
	12 Oktober 2022
							3 FF Jaro			0
	3 FF Jaro			2
													20 & 23 Oktober 2022
	4 Ekenäs IF			1
													2 TPS	1	1	2
													11 Lahti	1	2	3

Ykkönen playoff semifinals

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

18:30 EEST

FF Jaro	2–1	Ekenäs IF
Brunell 19' Bushue 27'	Report	Efimov 25'

Jakobstads Centralplan, Jakobstad

Referee: Petri Viljanen

Ykkönen playoff finals

17 October 2022 (2022-10-17)

18:30 EEST

TPS	4–0	FF Jaro
Jakonen 17', 48' Roiha 27' Rantanen 81'

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 2,389

Referee: Dennis Antamo

Promotion/relegation play-off final

First leg

20 October 2022 (2022-10-20)

18:30 EEST

TPS	1–1	FC Lahti
Pakkanen 72'		Hertsi 26'

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 2,621

Referee: Peiman Simani

Second leg

23 October 2022 (2022-10-23)

17:00 EEST

FC Lahti	2–1	TPS
Zeqiri 10' (pen.) Penninkangas 90+1'		Kinnunen 89'

Lahti Stadium, Lahti

Referee: Oliver Reitala

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 30 October 2022^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lee Erwin	Haka	20
2	Kalle Multanen	VPS	15
3	Agon Sadiku	Honka	14
4	John Owoeri	Mariehamn	11
	Tim Väyrynen	KuPS
6	Michael López	Oulu	10
	Kai Meriluoto	Ilves
8	Dé	Mariehamn	9
	Petteri Pennanen	Ilves
10	Jānis Ikaunieks	KuPS	8
	Bojan Radulović	HJK

Awards

Annual awards

Award[4]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Lee Erwin	Haka
Goalkeeper of the Year	Conor Hazard	HJK
Defender of the Year	Paulo Ricardo	KuPS
Midfielder of the Year	Petteri Pennanen	Ilves
Striker of the Year	Lee Erwin	Haka
Breakthrough of the Year	Agon Sadiku	Honka
Coach of the Year	Toni Koskela	HJK

Team of the Year

Kreidl Tenho Toivomäki Ricardo Murillo Popovich Ikaunieks Limatta Erwin Sadiku Modesto

Team of the Year[5]
Goalkeeper	Johannes Kreidl (KuPS)
Defence	Henri Toivomäki (KuPS)	Miro Tenho (HJK)	Paulo Ricardo (KuPS)	Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK)
Midfield	Rui Modesto (Honka)	Anton Popovitch (KuPS)	Jānis Ikaunieks (KuPS)	Otso Liimatta (Oulu)
Attack	Lee Erwin (Haka)	Agon Sadiku (Honka)

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	HJK	8,096	4,650	3,446	4,048	+164.6%†
2	HIFK	9,565	7,103	1,212	3,188	+169.5%†
3	SJK	4,432	2,358	2,074	2,216	+28.3%†
4	KuPS	5,394	2,336	1,394	1,798	−17.7%†
5	VPS	3,524	2,286	1,238	1,762	+100.5%†
6	Haka	3,250	2,240	1,010	1,625	+36.6%†
7	Ilves	3,941	1,844	234	1,314	−28.1%†
8	FC Lahti	3,561	1,467	786	1,187	+28.5%†
9	FC Inter	2,652	2,122	224	884	−38.0%†
10	IFK Mariehamn	2,193	857	614	731	−0.7%†
11	AC Oulu	1,320	1,086	234	660	−50.0%†
12	FC Honka	672	340	332	336	−31.4%†
	League total	48,600	7,103	224	1,301	−19.7%†

Updated to games played on 27 April 2022
Source:
Notes:
^† Promoted from Ykkönen 2021