2003 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga 2003 HJK Helsinki Saku Puhakainen, MyPa (14) 2002 2004 The 2003 season was the 73rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 14th season of the Veikkausliiga. Overview The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2003 season was contested by 14 teams. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and sixth placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. The third and fourth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004, while FC KooTeePee and KuPS Kuopio were relegated to the Ykkönen.Finland 2003 2003 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fin01.html 2012-01-05 Participating clubs In 2003 there were 14 participants in the Veikkausliiga: Allianssi Vantaa FC Jazz Pori FC Hämeenlinna FC KooTeePee - Promoted from Ykkönen FC Lahti Haka Valkeakoski HJK Helsinki Inter Turku Jaro Pietarsaari FC Jokerit - Promoted from Ykkönen KuPS Kuopio MyPa 47 Anjalankoski Tampere United TPS Turku - Promoted from Ykkönen Finland - List of League First Level Tables 2003 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finhist.html 2012-01-05 League standings Finland 275 Location of teams in 2003 Veikkausliiga Finland 60.170833 24.9375 HJK Helsinki Jokerit 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 TPS left Finland 62.8925 27.678333 KuPS Finland 60.75 26.823611 MyPa Finland 61.498056 23.760833 Tampere United left Finland 60.466667 26.945833 KooTeePee Finland 61.00 24.28 FC Hämeenlinna left Finland 60.1740 25.0225 Allianssi Vantaa left Finland 63.40 22.42 Jaro main WDL QR HJK HJK Helsinki HAK Haka Valkeakoski TAM Tampere United MYP MyPa Anjalankoski LAH FC Lahti ALL Allianssi Vantaa INT FC Inter Turku JAR Jaro Jakobstad TPS TPS Turku JOK FC Jokerit HÄM FC Hämeenlinna JAZ FC Jazz Pori KTP FC KooTeePee KPS KuPS 17 6 3 51 15 C 16 5 5 54 16 14 5 7 39 21 13 4 9 46 29 11 8 7 40 31 10 6 10 43 44 10 5 11 43 41 9 8 9 36 38 8 8 10 30 35 7 7 12 29 37 7 7 12 25 48 7 7 12 31 55 6 4 16 28 53 R 4 6 16 25 57 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round Allianssi Vantaa as runners-up of the 2003 Finnish Cup qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. UC1b red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Ykkönen R complete Promotion/relegation playoff RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1 KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2 RoPS Rovaniemi promoted, KooTeePee Kotka relegated. Results main FBR grey ALL HAK HJK HÄM INT JAR JAZ JOK KTP KUP LAH MYP TAM TPS AC Allianssi 0–3 1–4 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 5–2 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–1 FC Haka 5–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–3 5–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 HJK Helsinki 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 Hämeenlinna 0–3 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 Inter Turku 5–2 2–4 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 Jaro 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–6 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 Jazz 1–1 1–1 2–6 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 Jokerit 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–4 0–1 2–0 KooTeePee 0–1 0–4 0–4 1–2 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 KuPS 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–5 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 Lahti 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 MyPa 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 Tampere United 4–2 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 TPS 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 complete Leading scorers Pos. Player Nat. Club Goals 1. Saku Puhakainen FIN MyPa 14 2. Juho Mäkelä FIN HJK 13 - Gábor Szilágyi HUN FC KooTeePee 13 4. Luciano Álvarez ARG FC Inter 12 - Arístides Pertot ARG FC Inter 12 6. Mika Kottila FIN HJK 11 - Valeri Popovitch RUS FC Haka 11 8. Ryan Botha South Africa MyPa 10 - Jari Niemi FIN Tampere Utd 10 - Sami Ristilä FIN FC Haka 10Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga) 2003 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fintops.html 2012-01-05 Attendances No. Club Average Highest 1 HJK 3,646 7,716 2 TPS 3,203 5,624 3 Tampere 3,062 5,040 4 Inter Turku 2,520 6,211 5 Lahti 2,403 6,450 6 KooTeePee 2,348 3,378 7 KuPS 2,242 3,015 8 Jokerit 2,231 3,789 9 Haka 2,067 3,121 10 MyPa 1,995 3,111 11 Jazz 1,898 3,248 12 Hämeenlinna 1,892 3,105 13 Jaro 1,709 2,627 14 Allianssi 1,701 2,402Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin03.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 10, 2026 Footnotes References Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Veikkausliiga seasons Fin 1