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. HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
Teams 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
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerCaptainFC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000 FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion110,000 FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000 FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000 HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770 JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat Areena5,000 IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000 MYPAMyllykoski, KouvolaSaviniemi4,167 TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion110,000 VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600 1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableVPS Petri VuorinenEnd of contractn/a Olli Huttunen1 December 2011Pre-seasonHaka Sami RistiläSacked23 August 2012 Asko Jussila23 August 201211thHaka Asko JussilaResigned10 September 2012 Juha Malinen10 September 201211th
League table
Results
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–33
Statistics Updated to games played on 27 October 2012. Top scorers Source: veikkausliiga.com
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Irakli SirbiladzeFC Inter172 Aleksei KangaskolkkaIFK Mariehamn163 Steven MorrisseyVPS154 Pekka SihvolaMYPA145 Tamás GruborovicsJJK12 Mika OjalaFC Inter12 Demba SavageHJK128 Joel PohjanpaloHJK11 Aleksi RistolaTPS1110 Mikko InnanenJJK10 Juho MäkeläHJK10 Tim VäyrynenFC Honka10 Babatunde WusuJJK1014 Petteri ForsellIFK Mariehamn915 Dennis OkaruTPS8 Jarno ParikkaVPS8 Akseli PelvasHJK8 Shane RobinsonHaka8 Jussi VasaraFC Honka8 Mika ÄäritaloTPS8215 players7264 players6308 players53814 players45211 players36327 players29065 players1
Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthAprilMagnus Bahnesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Magnus Bahne (FC Inter)May Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Tamás Gruborovics (JJK)JuneSampo Koskinen Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Sampo Koskinen (FC Honka)JulyPetteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)AugustPekka Sihvola elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)September Tommi Kautonen (FC Lahti) Irakli Sirbiladze (FC Inter)OctoberHJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen Antti Muurinen (HJK) Rasmus Schüller (HJK)
Annual awards Source:
PositionPlayerBest 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)
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 HJK 3,758 2 TPS 3,043 3 JJK 2,566 4 Inter Turku 2,332 5 VPS 2,263 6 Honka 1,635 7 KuPS 1,575 8 Jaro 1,492 9 Lahti 1,471 10 Haka 1,392 11 MyPa 1,374 12 Mariehamn 1,370
Source:
See also 2012 Finnish Cup 2012 Finnish League Cup 2012 Ykkönen 2012 Kakkonen
References
External links Official site uefa.com