2002 Veikkausliiga

January 2022 Veikkausliiga 2002 HJK Helsinki Mika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18) 2001 2003 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. Overview 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.Finland 2002 2002 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fin01.html 5 January 2012 Participating clubs In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga: Allianssi Vantaa - previously Atlantis Helsinki FC Jazz Pori FC Hämeenlinna - Promoted from Ykkönen FC Lahti Haka Valkeakoski HJK Helsinki Inter Turku Jaro Pietarsaari - Promoted from Ykkönen KuPS Kuopio MyPa 47 Anjalankoski Tampere United VPS Vaasa Finland - List of League First Level Tables 2002 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finhist.html 5 January 2012 Finland 275 Location of teams in 2002 Veikkausliiga Finland 60.170833 24.9375 HJK Helsinki Finland 61.3826 21.4628 Jazz left Finland 60.983333 25.655556 Lahti Finland 61.266667 24.030556 Haka Finland 60.27 22.16 Inter left Finland 62.8925 27.678333 KuPS Finland 60.75 26.823611 MyPa Finland 61.498056 23.760833 Tampere United left Finland 63.085278 21.627778 VPS Finland 61.00 24.28 FC Hämeenlinna left Finland 60.1740 25.0225 Allianssi Vantaa left Finland 63.40 22.42 Jaro Preliminary stage Table main WDL Q HJK HJK Helsinki MYP MyPa Anjalankoski HAK Haka Valkeakoski ALL Allianssi Vantaa INT FC Inter Turku TAM Tampere United LAH FC Lahti JAR Jaro Jakobstad KPS KuPS Kuopio HÄM FC Hämeenlinna VPS VPS Vaasa JAZ FC Jazz Pori 15 3 4 36 16 12 7 3 43 20 11 5 6 31 18 10 4 8 35 36 8 8 6 28 17 7 11 4 23 15 9 5 8 23 26 7 5 10 23 36 6 6 10 26 30 3 9 10 23 34 4 5 13 21 39 4 4 14 17 42 green2 Qualification to Championship group CG CG CG CG CG CG CG CG red2 Qualification to Relegation group RG RG RG RG complete Results main FBR grey ALL HAK HÄM HJK INT JAR JAZ KUP LAH MYP TAM VPS HJK Helsinki 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 MyPa 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–3 FC Haka 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 AC Allianssi 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 6–1 5–2 Tampere United 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 Inter Turku 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 5–1 0–0 Jaro 0–4 0–3 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 Lahti 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–2 KuPS 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 7–1 Hämeenlinna 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 3–0 VPS 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 Jazz 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 complete Final stage Championship group Table main WDL Q HJK HJK Helsinki MYP MyPa Anjalankoski HAK Haka Valkeakoski ALL Allianssi Vantaa TAM Tampere United INT FC Inter Turku JAR Jaro Jakobstad LAH FC Lahti 20 5 4 51 21 C 17 9 3 57 25 15 7 7 51 30 12 5 12 39 44 8 15 6 31 24 9 9 11 33 29 10 6 13 34 46 9 6 14 25 44 green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR UCQR #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 complete Results main FBR grey ALL HAK HJK INT JAR MYP LAH TAM HJK Helsinki 2–2 null 1–0 3–2 null 2–0 null MyPa null 5–3 null null 2–0 1–0 1–0 FC Haka 1–1 null 2–1 1–1 null 4–2 null AC Allianssi null 0–3 null null 1–0 0–1 1–0 Tampere United null 0–0 null 1–1 null null 1–1 Inter Turku 0–1 null 2–5 null 0–2 null null Jaro null null null null 3–1 1–1 4–1 Lahti 0–5 null 0–4 null null 0–2 null complete Relegation group Table main WDL PR KPS KuPS Kuopio TPS TPS Turku HÄM FC Hämeenlinna JOK FC Jokerit JAZ FC Jazz Pori KTP FC KooTeePee VPS VPS Vaasa T47 TP-47 4 1 2 14 4 3 4 2 1 10 9 1 P 3 0 4 8 8 2 3 1 3 13 13 0 P 2 3 2 6 5 0 2 2 3 8 11 1 P 2 2 3 6 12 1 R 2 1 4 6 9 0 green1 Promotion to Veikkausliiga P P P red1 Relegation to Ykkönen R complete Leading scorers Rank Player ClubGoals 1 Mika Kottila FIN HJK Helsinki 18 2 Valeri Popovitch RUS Haka Valkeakoski 17 3 Petteri Kaijasilta FIN Allianssi Vantaa 13 3 Saku Puhakainen FIN MyPa 47 Anjalankoski 13 5 Richard Teberio SWE Inter Turku 11Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fintops.html 5 January 2012 Attendances No. Club Average 1 Tampere 3,202 2 HJK 2,770 3 Inter Turku 2,286 4 KuPS 2,279 5 VPS 2,169 6 MyPa 1,741 7 Haka 1,653 8 Jaro 1,549 9 Lahti 1,507 10 Jazz 1,382 11 Allianssi 1,369 12 Hämeenlinna 1,325Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin02.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 26 July 2026 Footnotes References Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Veikkausliiga seasons Fin 1