2016 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season 2016
Champions IFK Mariehamn
1st title
Relegated PK-35 Vantaa
Champions League IFK Mariehamn
Europa League HJK
SJK
VPS
Matches played 198
Goals scored 459 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Roope Riski
(17 goals)
Biggest home win RoPS 5–0 PS Kemi (10 August)
SJK 5–0 PK-35 Vantaa (17 October)
Biggest away win IFK Mariehamn 2–5 HIFK (7 August)
HJK 1–4 FC Lahti (12 September)
Highest scoring PK-35 Vantaa 3–4 RoPS (2 April)
IFK Mariehamn 2–5 HIFK (7 August)
2015
2017

The 2016 Veikkausliiga is the eighty-sixth season of top-tier football in Finland. The season started on 2 April 2016; the regular season ended on 23 October 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff continuing until 29 October.[1] SJK were the defending champions.

Teams

FF Jaro were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2015 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions PS Kemi.

KTP as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team PK-35 Vantaa 3–2 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2016 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion 10,000
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden kisapuisto 4,000
HIFK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000
Ilves Tampere Tammela Stadion 5,040
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena 5,000
PK-35 Vantaa Vantaa Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion 4,500
PS Kemi Kemi Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto 4,500
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä 4,000
SJK Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion 6,000
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
FC Inter Finland Kuqi, ShefkiShefki Kuqi Finland Lehtonen, HenriHenri Lehtonen Nike Alfons Håkans
FC Lahti Finland Korkeakunnas, ToniToni Korkeakunnas Finland Hauhia, MikkoMikko Hauhia Umbro BE Group
Lahti Energia
Halton
HIFK Finland Muurinen, AnttiAntti Muurinen Finland Terävä, EsaEsa Terävä Kappa/Puma [nb 1] Aktia Bank
HJK Finland Lehkosuo, MikaMika Lehkosuo Finland Sorsa, SebastianSebastian Sorsa Adidas Apu
IFK Mariehamn Finland Virtanen, KariKari Virtanen
Finland Lundberg, PeterPeter Lundberg
Finland Lyyski, JaniJani Lyyski Puma Hotell Arkipelag
Ilves Finland Wiss, JarkkoJarkko Wiss Finland Hynynen, AnttiAntti Hynynen Adidas Various
KuPS Finland Rajamäki, MarkoMarko Rajamäki Finland Pennanen, PetteriPetteri Pennanen Puma Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas
PK-35 Vantaa Finland Pihamaa, PasiPasi Pihamaa Finland Raimi, KimKim Raimi Nike Vantaan Energia
PS Kemi Finland Åhman, JariJari Åhman England Ions, BillyBilly Ions Stanno Various
RoPS Finland Malinen, JuhaJuha Malinen Finland Okkonen, AnttiAntti Okkonen Puma Saraware
SJK Finland Valakari, SimoSimo Valakari Estonia Aksalu, MihkelMihkel Aksalu Adidas LähiTapiola
EPKK
Prima Power
VPS Finland Vuorinen, PetriPetri Vuorinen Finland Koskimaa, VilleVille Koskimaa Puma Various
  1. HIFK switched from Kappa to Puma kits mid-season.[4]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Ilves Italy Marco Baruffato End of contract n/a Finland Jarkko Wiss 6 November 2015[5] Pre-season
IFK Mariehamn Finland Pekka Lyyski End of contract n/a Finland Kari Virtanen
Finland Peter Lundberg
19 November 2015[6] Pre-season
FC Inter Netherlands Job Dragtsma Mutual termination 26 May 2016 Finland Jami Wallenius (as caretaker) 26 May 2016[7] 7th
PK-35 Vantaa Finland Shefki Kuqi Mutual termination 27 July 2016 Finland Pasi Pihamaa 27 July 2016[8] 12th
HIFK Finland Jani Honkavaara Sacked 27 July 2016[9] Finland Antti Muurinen 28 July 2016[10] 11th
FC Inter Finland Jami Wallenius (as caretaker) Mutual termination 3 August 2016 Finland Shefki Kuqi 3 August 2016[11] 10th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IFK Mariehamn (C) 33 17 10 6 40 25 +15 61 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 HJK 33 16 10 7 52 36 +16 58 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 SJK 33 17 6 10 49 36 +13 57
4 VPS 33 15 8 10 36 27 +9 53
5 Ilves 33 15 7 11 36 35 +1 52
6 RoPS 33 13 11 9 43 33 +10 50
7 KuPS 33 14 7 12 37 31 +6 49
8 Lahti 33 10 12 11 42 43 1 42
9 PS Kemi Kings 33 10 5 18 29 48 19 35
10 HIFK 33 8 10 15 35 39 4 34
11 Inter Turku (O) 33 7 11 15 28 41 13 32 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 PK-35 Vantaa[lower-alpha 2] (R) 33 4 7 22 32 65 33 13 Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: Veikkausliiga (Finnish), 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).
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SJK qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Finnish Cup.
  2. PK-35 Vantaa were deducted 6 points for overdue debts.[12]

Results

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away INT LAH HIFKHJKMARILVKPSPKVPSKRPSSJKVPS
FC Inter 11 10 00 02 10 31 22 02 12 13 02
FC Lahti 10 22 12 11 32 00 21 10 12 30 40
HIFK 12 22 00 01 01 32 12 00 11 11 01
HJK 31 22 21 20 51 23 42 20 11 21 31
IFK Mariehamn 00 30 25 00 31 03 00 20 10 10 22
Ilves 00 20 31 10 01 10 20 11 11 21 10
KuPS 21 20 10 00 10 01 23 20 11 00 10
PK-35 Vantaa 31 11 02 12 02 11 11 22 34 00 02
PS Kemi 31 21 12 10 12 10 02 21 02 301 00
RoPS 21 00 10 22 00 10 01 10 50 23 20
SJK 10 41 21 23 01 02 10 32 10 31 10
VPS 00 10 31 30 02 20 30 21 01 10 21

Updated to games played on 24 August 2016.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1.^ The match originally finished 0–2, but the result was changed to 3–0, as SJK fielded ineligible players.[13]

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away INT LAH HIFKHJKMARILVKPSPKVPSKRPSSJKVPS
FC Inter 00 32 01 00 11 11
FC Lahti 12 00 02 00 11 20
HIFK 21 02 31 31 01
HJK 14 11 10 20 21 00
IFK Mariehamn 11 10 21 42 10 00
Ilves 11 13 20 21 00
KuPS 02 21 12 30 10
PK-35 Vantaa 21 02 13 01 12
PS Kemi 24 02 31 13 14
RoPS 30 00 11 21 10 11
SJK 10 22 10 40 10 50
VPS 01 00 11 10 12

Updated to games played on 23 October 2016.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs


26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)
15:00
TPS 0–0 Inter Turku
Report
Paavo Nurmi Stadium
Attendance: 4,216

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)
17:00
Inter Turku 2–0 TPS
Manev  49'
Nebihi  89'
Report
Veritas Stadion
Attendance: 6,855

Statistics

Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)

As of 23 October 2016.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Finland Roope Riski SJK 17
2 Finland Njazi Kuqi PK-35 Vantaa / FC Inter 16
Colombia Alfredo Morelos HJK 16
4 Nigeria Gbolahan Salami KuPS 14
5 England Billy Ions PS Kemi / SJK 13
6 Jamaica Dever Orgill IFK Mariehamn 12
7 Finland Robert Taylor RoPS 11
8 Finland Pyry Soiri VPS 10
Finland Jasse Tuominen FC Lahti 10
10 Finland Lauri Ala-Myllymäki Ilves 9
Finland Aleksandr Kokko RoPS 9
Finland Jussi Vasara SJK 9
13 3 players 8
16 5 players 7
21 4 players 6
25 5 players 5
30 10 players 4
40 9 players 3
49 30 players 2
79 72 players 1

Top assists

Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)

As of 23 October 2016.
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Senegal Emile Paul Tendeng Ilves 8
2 Jamaica Dever Orgill IFK Mariehamn 7
3 Finland Santeri Hostikka FC Lahti 6
Cameroon Ariel Ngueukam SJK 6
Finland Teemu Penninkangas SJK 6
Japan Atomu Tanaka HJK 6
Finland Jussi Vasara SJK 6
Finland Joona Veteli PS Kemi 6
9 Finland Mikko Hauhia FC Lahti 5
Nigeria Taye Taiwo HJK 5
Finland Janne Saksela RoPS 5
Finland Mikael Soisalo Ilves 5
13 10 players 4
23 25 players 3
48 38 players 2
86 65 players 1

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
April[14] Finland Peter Lundberg (IFK Mariehamn)
Finland Kari Virtanen (IFK Mariehamn)
Finland Walter Viitala (IFK Mariehamn)
May[15] Finland Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) Nigeria Taye Taiwo (HJK)
June[16] Finland Juha Malinen (RoPS) Finland Roope Riski (SJK)
July[17] Finland Petri Vuorinen (VPS) Finland Pyry Soiri (VPS)
August[18] Finland Jari Åhman (PS Kemi) Sweden Erik Törnros (PS Kemi)
September[19] Finland Jarkko Wiss (Ilves) Colombia Alfredo Morelos (HJK)
October[20] Finland Peter Lundberg (IFK Mariehamn)
Finland Kari Virtanen (IFK Mariehamn)
Finland Jani Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)

References

  1. Otteluohjelma | Veikkausliiga
  2. Seinäjoen stadion nousee ensi kevääksi
  3. Seinäjoen stadionille nimi - OmaSp Stadion
  4. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2016/08/09/puma-ja-hifk-yhteistyohon
  5. "Jarkko Wiss on Ilveksen uusi päävalmentaja". Ilves (in Finnish). Ilves. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. "Tränartrio klar för Grönvitt". IFK Mariehamn (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. "Tiedote: Job Dragtsma jättää päävalmentajan tehtävät". FC Inter (in Finnish). FC Inter. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  8. "Shefki Kuqi jättää päävalmentajan tehtävät". PK-35 Vantaa (in Finnish). PK-35 Vantaa. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. "HIFK Fotboll vaihtaa päävalmentajaa – lehdistötilaisuus huomenna kello 13.00". HIFK (in Finnish). HIFK. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  10. "Antti Muurinen HIFK:n päävalmentajaksi". HIFK (in Finnish). HIFK. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  11. "Shefki ja Njazi Kuqi FC Interiin". FC Inter (in Finnish). FC Inter. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  12. "PK-35 Vantaalle pisterangaistus ja pelaajasiirtorajoitus" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  13. Päätös koskien SJK:n pelioikeudettomia pelaajia
  14. Walter Viitala huhtikuun kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  15. Taye Taiwo valittiin kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
  16. Roope Riski kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
  17. Pyry Soiri kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
  18. Erik Törnros kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
  19. HJK:n Morelos kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
  20. Jani Lyyski kuukauden pelaajaksi (Finnish)
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