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2002 Veikkausliiga

Summary

The 2002 season was the 72nd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 13th season of the Veikkausliiga. This season three teams could promote from the 2nd division and only one would relegate, because the Veikkausliiga would extend its number of participating teams from 12 to 14, starting the 2003 season.

Veikkausliiga
Season2002
PremiersHJK Helsinki
Top goalscorerMika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18)
← 2001
2003 →

Overview edit

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2002 season was contested by 12 teams. Following the Preliminary Stage, the higher eight teams progressed to the Championship Group while the lower four teams competed in the promotion/relegation group with the higher 4 teams from the Ykkönen. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while VPS Vaasa were relegated to the Ykkönen.[1]

Participating clubs edit

In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

[2]

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Location of teams in 2002 Veikkausliiga

Preliminary stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HJK Helsinki 22 15 3 4 36 16 +20 48 Qualification to Championship group
2 MyPa Anjalankoski 22 12 7 3 43 20 +23 43
3 Haka Valkeakoski 22 11 5 6 31 18 +13 38
4 Allianssi Vantaa 22 10 4 8 35 36 −1 34
5 FC Inter Turku 22 8 8 6 28 17 +11 32
6 Tampere United 22 7 11 4 23 15 +8 32
7 FC Lahti 22 9 5 8 23 26 −3 32
8 Jaro Jakobstad 22 7 5 10 23 36 −13 26
9 KuPS Kuopio 22 6 6 10 26 30 −4 24 Qualification to Relegation group
10 FC Hämeenlinna 22 3 9 10 23 34 −11 18
11 VPS Vaasa 22 4 5 13 21 39 −18 17
12 FC Jazz Pori 22 4 4 14 17 42 −25 16
Source: [2]

Results edit

Home \ Away ALL HAK HÄM HJK INT JAR JAZ KUP LAH MYP TAM VPS
AC Allianssi 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 5–2 4–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 6–1
FC Haka 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1
Hämeenlinna 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–4
HJK Helsinki 2–0 0–3 4–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Inter Turku 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–1
Jaro 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–1
Jazz 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–5 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0
KuPS 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 7–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2
Lahti 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
MyPa 4–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0
Tampere United 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
VPS 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage edit

Championship group edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HJK Helsinki (C) 29 20 5 4 51 21 +30 65 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 MyPa Anjalankoski 29 17 9 3 57 25 +32 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Haka Valkeakoski 29 15 7 7 51 30 +21 52
4 Allianssi Vantaa 29 12 5 12 39 44 −5 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tampere United 29 8 15 6 31 24 +7 39
6 FC Inter Turku 29 9 9 11 33 29 +4 36
7 Jaro Jakobstad 29 10 6 13 34 46 −12 36
8 FC Lahti 29 9 6 14 25 44 −19 33
Source: [2]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away ALL HAK HJK INT JAR MYP LAH TAM
AC Allianssi 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0
FC Haka 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1
HJK Helsinki 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2
Inter Turku 2–5 0–1 0–2
Jaro 1–1 4–1 3–1
MyPa 5–3 2–0 1–0 1–0
Lahti 0–4 0–5 0–2
Tampere United 1–1 0–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 KuPS Kuopio 7 4 1 2 14 4 +10 16
2 TPS Turku (P) 7 4 2 1 10 9 +1 15 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
3 FC Hämeenlinna 7 3 0 4 8 8 0 11
4 FC Jokerit (P) 7 3 1 3 13 13 0 10 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
5 FC Jazz Pori 7 2 3 2 6 5 +1 9
6 FC KooTeePee (P) 7 2 2 3 8 11 −3 9 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
7 VPS Vaasa (R) 7 2 2 3 6 12 −6 9 Relegation to Ykkönen
8 TP-47 7 2 1 4 6 9 −3 7
Source: [2]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Leading scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mika Kottila   HJK Helsinki 18
2 Valeri Popovits   Haka Valkeakoski 17
3 Petteri Kaijasilta   Allianssi Vantaa 13
3 Saku Puhakainen   MyPa 47 Anjalankoski 13
5 Richard Teberio   Inter Turku 11

[3]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Finland 2002". RSSSF. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

References edit

  • Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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