2024 Veikkausliiga

The 2024 Veikkausliiga was the 94th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.

Teams The league consisted of twelve teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Ykkönen. HJK entered the season as defending champions (for the fourth consecutive season).

Team changes Promoted from2023 YkkönenRelegated to2024 YkkösliigaRelegated to2025 YkkösliigaEIFGnistanKTPEIFLahti

EIF were promoted as champions of the 2023 Ykkönen (returning to the top flight after a 90-year absence), replacing the bottom-placed 2023 Veikkausliiga team (KTP, relegated after a single-year stint in top flight). Ykkönen runners-up Gnistan were also promoted (marking their debut in the top flight) after fifth-placed Veikkausliiga team Honka were demoted due to bankruptcy, replacing them in the league.

At the end of the season, EIF were relegated back to Ykkösliiga after finishing 12th. The 11th placed team FC Lahti were defeated in the relegation play-offs by FF Jaro and were also relegated.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacityAC OuluOuluRaatti StadiumNatural5,000Ekenäs IFEkenäs, RaseborgEkenäs CentrumplanArtificial1,900FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttäArtificial3,516FC Inter TurkuTurkuVeritas StadionArtificial9,372FC LahtiLahtiLahti StadiumNatural7,465HJKTöölö, HelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770IF GnistanOulunkylä, HelsinkiMustapekka AreenaArtificial2,200IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial1,650IlvesTampereTammelan StadionArtificial8,000KuPSKuopioVäre AreenaArtificial4,778SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial5,817VPSVaasaHietalahti StadiumArtificial6,005

Personnel and kits All teams are obligated to have the Veikkausliiga logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer AC Oulu Mikko Isokangas and / Rafinha Craft Ekenäs IF Craft FC Haka Puma FC Inter Turku Nike FC Lahti Adidas HJK Adidas IF Gnistan Puma IFK Mariehaman Gary Williams Puma Ilves Adidas KuPS Puma SJK Adidas VPS Nike

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment AC Oulu Rauno Ojanen / Jussi-Pekka Savolainen Contract expired 30 November 2023 Pre-season Tuomas Silvennoinen 8 November 2023 AC Oulu Tuomas Silvennoinen Dismissed 13 June 2024 10th Kostas Bratsos 20 June 2024 AC Oulu Kostas Bratsos Dismissed 2 September 2024 9th Mikko Isokangas / Rafinha (caretakers) 2 September 2024 Ekenäs IF Gabriel Garcia Xatart Dismissed 10 August 2024 12th Christian Sund 12 August 2024 FC Haka Teemu Tainio Signed by AEL Limassol Pre-season Andy Smith 31 October 2023FC Haka palkkasi yllätysnimen – ansioluettelo päävalmentajana erittäin lyhyt, Helsingin Sanomat, 31 October 2023. FC Inter Turku Jarkko Wiss Contract terminated 6 November 2023Turun Inter erotti Jarkko Wissin – MTV: päävalmentaja ahdisteli naistyöntekijää, Yle, 6 November 2023. Vesa Vasara17 November 2023Vesa Vasara siirtyy FC Interin päävalmentajaksi, suomifutis.com, 17 November 2023. FC Lahti Toni Lindberg Dismissed 20 June 2024 11th Ricardo Duarte21 June 2024 HJK Toni Korkeakunnas Contract expired Pre-season Ossi Virta / Ferran Sibila 14 November 2023 HJK Ossi Virta / Ferran Sibila Dismissed 20 May 2024 5th Toni Korkeakunnas 20 May 2024 IF Gnistan Joonas Rantanen Signed by Ilves 23 October 2023Joonas Rantanen Ilveksen päävalmentajaksi – jalkapallojoukkueen nykyinen valmennustiimi jatkaa tukena, Yle, 23 October 2023.Pre-season Jussi Leppälahti10 November 2023JUSSI LEPPÄLAHTI GNISTANIN PÄÄVALMENTAJAKSI, gnistan.fi, 10 November 2023. IFK Mariehamn Jimmy Wargh Appointed the club director Bruno Romão20 December 2023IFK Mariehamn portugalilaiskomentoon - Bruno Romão uusi päävalmentaja, veikkausliiga.com, 20 December 2023. IFK Mariehamn Bruno Romão Resigned 14 August 2024IFK Mariehamnin vuoro vaihtaa päävalmentajaa: Bruno Romao sivuun, Yle 11th Gary Williams 16 August 2024 Ilves Joni Lehtonen Appointed the assistant coachPre-season Joonas Rantanen 23 October 2023 SJK Joaquín Gomez Signed by Al Qadsiah FC 4 November 2023 Stevie Grieve/ Toni Lehtinen 12 January 2024Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerhon päävalmentaja kaudella 2024 on Toni Lehtinen, sjk.fi, 12 January 2024.

Regular season League table

Results

Championship Round League table

Results

Relegation Round League table

Results

Results by round

Play-offs Conference League play-off Teams placed 4th-8th entered play-off matches for the second spot in the Conference League first qualifying round; the 4th-placed team received a bye to the final. The quarter and semi-finals are held over one leg (with the higher-placed team gaining home advantage), while the final is held over two legs.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final First leg

Second leg

Veikkausliiga play-off The eleventh-placed team (Lahti) faced the second-placed team from the 2024 Ykkösliiga (Jaro) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Veikkausliiga.

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ashley CoffeyAC Oulu12 Jaime MorenoSJK3 Joakim LatonenGnistan11 Roope RiskiIlves Adam LarssonIFK Mariehamn6 Mads BorchersVPS10 Santeri HaaralaIlves8 Michael LópezLahti9 Evangelos PatoulidisHaka Darren SmithInter Turku Anthony OlusanyaHJK / Haka12 Maissa FallHaka8 Kasper PaananenSJK14 Teemu HytönenVPS7 Rasmus KarjalainenSJK Salomo OjalaEIF Petteri PennanenKuPS Jean BotuéInter Turku19 Topi KeskinenHJK6 Luke PlangeHJK Vertti HänninenGnistan Luke IvanovicLahti

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Joakim LatonenGnistanIlves6–4 (A)13 April 2024Villi 10 maalin ottelu Veikkausliigassa – tulikuuma Joakim Latonen iski hattutempun ja Gnistan nousi sarjakärkeen, Yle, 13 April 2024. Luke PlangeHJKSJK4–1 (H)7 June 2024Luke Plangen hattutempulla kolme pistettä – ”Tarvitsimme tätä voittoa”, hjk.fi, 8 June 2024

Awards Annual awards AwardCaptain’s Ball 2024 Timo Nummelinille – Katso kaikki palkitut, Football Association of Finland, 5 December 2024WinnerClubPlayer of the Year Petteri PennanenKuPSGoalkeeper of the Year Johannes KreidlKuPSDefender of the Year Juhani PikkarainenIlvesMidfielder of the Year Petteri PennanenKuPSStriker of the Year Ashley CoffeyAC OuluRookie of the Year Matias SiltanenKuPSManager of the Year Jani HonkavaaraKuPS

Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthAprilHuhtikuun joukkue valittu - HJK:n Topi Keskinen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja Toni Lehtinen (SJK) Topi Keskinen (HJK)MayAC Oulun Ashley Coffey kuukauden pelaaja - Veikkausliigan toukokuun joukkue valittu Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) Ashley Coffey (AC Oulu)JuneSJK:n Jaime Moreno Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja kesäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 5 July 2024 Toni Korkeakunnas (HJK) Jaime Moreno (SJK)JulyIlveksen Santeri Haarala Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 2 August 2024 Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) (2) Santeri Haarala (Ilves)AugustGnistanin Tim Väyrynen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja elokuussa, veikkaus.fi, 30 August 2024 Jussi Leppälahti (Gnistan) Tim Väyrynen (Gnistan)September Joonas Rantanen (Ilves) Adeleke Akinyemi (Ilves)OctoberKuPS:n Petteri Pennanen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja lokakuussa, veikkaus.fi, 6 November 2024 Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) (3) Petteri Pennanen (KuPS)

Team of the Year

Team of the YearGoalkeeper Johannes Kreidl (KuPS)Defence Clinton Antwi (KuPS)Juhani Pikkarainen (Ilves)Ibrahim Cissé (KuPS)Saku Heiskanen (Gnistan)MidfieldPetteri Pennanen (KuPS)Anton Popovitch (Ilves) Joona Veteli (Ilves)Oiva Jukkola (Ilves)Attack Jaime Moreno (SJK) Santeri Haarala (Ilves) Manager Jani Honkavaara (KuPS)Director Miika Takkula (Ilves)

Attendance

2024 Veikkausliiga

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