The 2021 Veikkausliiga was the 91st season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
Teams RoPS (relegated after eight years in the top flight) were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2020 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions AC Oulu (promoted after a ten-year absence).
TPS (relegated after one year in the top flight) as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team KTP (promoted after a five-year absence) in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacityAC OuluOuluRaatti StadionNatural4,392FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttäArtificial3,516FC HonkaEspooTapiolan UrheilupuistoNatural6,000FC InterTurkuVeritas StadionNatural9,372FC LahtiLahtiLahden StadionNatural7,465HIFKHelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770HJKHelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial4,000IlvesTampereTampere StadiumNatural16,800KTPKotkaArto Tolsa AreenaArtificial4,780KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat AreenaArtificial5,000SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,000
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 José Riveiro Timo Furuholm Nike Alfons Håkans FC Lahti Ilir Zeneli Kari Arkivuo Umbro Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti HIFK Joaquín Gómez Sakari Mattila Puma Aktia Bank HJK Toni Koskela Daniel O'Shaughnessy Adidas Apu IFK Mariehamn Lukas Syberyjski Robin Buwalda Puma Åland / Arkipelag Ilves Toni Kallio Tuure Siira Adidas Pohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy KTP Teemu Kankkunen David Ramadingaye Puma Kotkamills Oy / Steveco Oy / Hartwall KuPS Simo Valakari Nana Boateng Puma Pohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away) SJK Jani Honkavaara Mehmet Hetemaj Adidas LähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa
League table
Results
Championship round
Relegation round
Relegation play-offs
First leg
Second leg
Statistics Top goalscorers Veikkausliiga.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 Benjamin KällmanInter Turku14 Ariel NgueukamSJK3 Tim VäyrynenKuPS94 Jake JervisSJK8 Urho NissiläKuPS Darren SmithFC Honka7 Geoffrey ChineduLahti7 Timo FuruholmInter Turku Denys OliynykSJK/ Altin ZeqiriLahti Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Urho NissiläKuPS Goalkeeper of the Year Johannes KreidlKuPS Defender of the Year Daniel O'ShaughnessyHJKMidfielder of the Year Urho NissiläKuPS Striker of the Year Benjamin KällmanInter TurkuBreakthrough of the Year Pyry HannolaSJKCoach of the Year Simo ValakariKuPS Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Johannes Kreidl (KuPS)Defence Macario Hing-Glover (HIFK)Diogo Tomas (KuPS)Daniel O'Shaughnessy (HJK)Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK)MidfieldRiku Riski (HJK)Jair (HJK) Urho Nissilä (KuPS)Peteri Forsell (Inter Turku)Attack Benjamin Källman (Inter Turku) Tim Väyrynen (KuPS)
References
External links Official website Soccerway