2012 Veikkausliiga

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The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the 82nd 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.

Veikkausliiga
Season2012
ChampionsHJK
9th Veikkausliiga title
25th Finnish title
RelegatedHaka
Champions LeagueHJK
Europa LeagueFC Honka
Inter Turku
TPS
Matches played198
Goals scored535 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerIrakli Sirbiladze
(17 goals)
Biggest home winTPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
Biggest away winKuPS 0–6 FC Inter
(22 July)
Highest scoringTPS 9–2 Haka
(22 August)
2011
2013

Teams

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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

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Location of teams in 2012 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000   Mika Lehkosuo   Tapio Heikkilä
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion1 10,000   Job Dragtsma   Henri Lehtonen
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion 15,000   Tommi Kautonen   Mikko Hauhia
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000    Alexei Eremenko Sr.   Heikki Aho
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516   Juha Malinen   Shane Robinson
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770   Antti Muurinen   Ville Wallén
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000   Kari Martonen   Janne Korhonen
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena 5,000   Esa Pekonen   Pyry Kärkkäinen
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000   Pekka Lyyski   Jani Lyyski
MYPA Myllykoski, Kouvola Saviniemi 4,167   Toni Korkeakunnas   Tuomas Aho
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion1 10,000   Marko Rajamäki   Toni Kolehmainen
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600   Olli Huttunen   Sebastian Strandvall

1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.[2][3]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
VPS   Petri Vuorinen End of contract n/a   Olli Huttunen 1 December 2011[4] Pre-season
Haka   Sami Ristilä Sacked 23 August 2012[5]   Asko Jussila 23 August 2012 11th
Haka   Asko Jussila Resigned 10 September 2012[6]   Juha Malinen 10 September 2012 11th

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HJK (C) 33 19 7 7 63 33 +30 64 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 FC Inter 33 17 7 9 57 42 +15 58 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 TPS 33 16 6 11 55 33 +22 54
4 IFK Mariehamn 33 13 12 8 50 43 +7 51
5 FC Lahti 33 16 2 15 45 49 −4 50
6 MYPA 33 13 10 10 39 33 +6 49
7 FC Honka 33 12 7 14 37 38 −1 43 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b]
8 VPS 33 12 7 14 36 38 −2 43
9 JJK 33 12 4 17 54 65 −11 40
10 KuPS 33 10 6 17 39 53 −14 36
11 FF Jaro 33 8 9 16 28 51 −23 33
12 Haka (R) 33 9 5 19 32 57 −25 32 Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.[7]
  2. ^ FC Honka qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2012 Finnish Cup.

Results

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Statistics

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Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.

Top scorers

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Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Irakli Sirbiladze FC Inter 17
2   Aleksei Kangaskolkka IFK Mariehamn 16
3   Steven Morrissey VPS 15
4   Pekka Sihvola MYPA 14
5   Tamás Gruborovics JJK 12
  Mika Ojala FC Inter 12
  Demba Savage HJK 12
8   Joel Pohjanpalo HJK 11
  Aleksi Ristola TPS 11
10   Mikko Innanen JJK 10
  Juho Mäkelä HJK 10
  Tim Väyrynen FC Honka 10
  Babatunde Wusu JJK 10
14   Petteri Forsell IFK Mariehamn 9
15   Dennis Okaru TPS 8
  Jarno Parikka VPS 8
  Akseli Pelvas HJK 8
  Shane Robinson Haka 8
  Jussi Vasara FC Honka 8
  Mika Ääritalo TPS 8
21 5 players 7
26 4 players 6
30 8 players 5
38 14 players 4
52 11 players 3
63 27 players 2
90 65 players 1

Monthly awards

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Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
April[8]   Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)   Magnus Bahne (FC Inter)
May[9]   Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)   Tamás Gruborovics (JJK)
June[10]    Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro)   Sampo Koskinen (FC Honka)
July[11]   Marko Rajamäki (TPS)   Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
August[12]   Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)   Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
September[13]   Tommi Kautonen (FC Lahti)   Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
October[14]   Antti Muurinen (HJK)   Rasmus Schüller (HJK)

Annual awards

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Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (in Finnish)

Position Player
Best Goalkeeper   Henrik Moisander (TPS)
Best Defender   Jarkko Hurme (TPS)
Best Midfielder   Mika Ojala (FC Inter)
Best Striker   Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)
Best Manager   Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma 2012". Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ "FC Inter". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Miesten Ykkönen - FC TPS".
  4. ^ "Vepsussa alkaa Okan aika" (in Finnish). VPS. 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  5. ^ "FC Haka vaihtaa päävalmentajaa" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Juha Malinen Hakan valmentajaksi, Attakora toppariksi" (in Finnish). FC Haka. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ^ "IFK klara för Europa League". Ålandstidningen. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  8. ^ Magnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  9. ^ Toukokuun joukkue nimetty (in Finnish)
  10. ^ Sampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  11. ^ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  12. ^ Pekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
  13. ^ Sirbiladze syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja (in Finnish)
  14. ^ HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen Archived 5 February 2013 at archive.today (in Finnish)
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