2013 Veikkausliiga

The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-third season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and is scheduled to end on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

Veikkausliiga
Season2013
ChampionsHJK
10th Veikkausliiga title
26th Finnish title
RelegatedJJK
Champions LeagueHJK Helsinki
Europa LeagueFC Honka
VPS
MYPA
RoPS
Matches played198
Goals scored525 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerTim Väyrynen
(17 goals)
Biggest home winHJK 6–0 FC Inter
(13 June)
FF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti
(13 July)
Biggest away winIFK Mariehamn 0–5 HJK
(27 June)
Highest scoringFF Jaro 7–1 FC Lahti
(13 July)
← 2012
2014 →

Teams

FC Haka were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2012 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions RoPS.

Team summaries
Location of teams in 2013 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 Mika Lehkosuo Jussi Vasara
FC Inter Turku Veritas Stadion 10,000 Job Dragtsma Henri Lehtonen
FC Lahti Lahti Lahden Stadion 15,000 Juha Malinen Mikko Hauhia
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 Alexei Eremenko Sr. Jonas Emet
HJK Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770 Sixten Boström Ville Wallén
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena 4,000 Pekka Lyyski Jani Lyyski
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000 Juha Pasoja Janne Korhonen
KuPS Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena 5,000 Esa Pekonen Rami Hakanpää
MYPA Kouvola Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion 4,167 Toni Korkeakunnas Tuomas Aho
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä 4,000 Kari Virtanen Antti Okkonen
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion 10,000 Marko Rajamäki Jarkko Hurme
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600 Olli Huttunen Sebastian Strandvall

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
HJK Antti Muurinen End of contract n/a Sixten Boström 1 January 2013[1] Pre-season
FC Lahti Tommi Kautonen Sacked 4 June 2013[2] Juha Malinen 5 June 2013[3] 12th
JJK Kari Martonen Sacked 30 June 2013 Juha Pasoja (as caretaker) 30 June 2013[4] 12th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HJK (C) 33 22 7 4 78 25 +53 73 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 FC Honka 33 18 7 8 51 37 +14 61 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 VPS 33 14 9 10 41 39 +2 51
4 IFK Mariehamn 33 14 7 12 57 62 −5 49
5 FC Lahti 33 15 3 15 47 49 −2 48
6 MYPA 33 14 5 14 42 37 +5 47 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 KuPS 33 11 8 14 43 42 +1 41
8 TPS 33 10 11 12 42 46 −4 41
9 FC Inter 33 9 13 11 31 38 −7 40
10 FF Jaro 33 9 10 14 41 50 −9 37
11 RoPS 33 8 10 15 25 36 −11 34 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
12 JJK (R) 33 4 10 19 27 64 −37 22 Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. MYPA qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by Fair-Play ranking.
  2. RoPS qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Finnish Cup.

Results

Statistics

Monthly awards
Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month
April[6] Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
May[7] Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) Pekka Sihvola (MYPA)
June[8] Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)
July[9] Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Tomi Maanoja (RoPS)
August[10] Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) Abdoulaye Méïté (FC Honka)
September[11] Sixten Boström (HJK) Erfan Zeneli (HJK)
October[12] Olli Huttunen (VPS) Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)

Annual awards

Source: Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty (in Finnish)

Position Player
Goalkeeper Henri Sillanpää (VPS)
Defender Gideon Baah (FC Honka)
Midfielder Erfan Zeneli (HJK)
Striker Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka)
Manager Olli Huttunen (VPS)

See also

References
  1. "Oma kasvatti aloittaa HJK:n päävalmentajana tammikuussa". HJK (in Finnish). HJK. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. "Kautonen vapautettu päävalmentajan tehtävästä". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. "Juha Malinen FC Lahden päävalmentajaksi". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. "JJK-RoPS: Härkäviikko päättyi tasapeliin - ottelu jäi Martosen viimeiseksi". JJK Jyväskylä (in Finnish). JJK Jyväskylä. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=&ID=51810 Archived 2013-06-15 at Archive.today FC Lahden valitus hylättiin
  6. Lyyski Kuukauden valmentaja Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  7. Toukokuun parhaat julkistettu Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  8. Tim Väyrynen kesäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  9. Tomi Maanoja Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Archived 2013-08-03 at Archive.today (in Finnish)
  10. Hongan Abdoulaye Méïté Veikkausliigan elokuun pelaaja Archived 2013-09-04 at Archive.today (in Finnish)
  11. Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Tim Väyrynen lokakuun kuukauden pelaaja] (in Finnish)
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