2008 Veikkausliiga

December 2021 Veikkausliiga 2008 Inter Turku1st Finnish title KooTeePee Champions League Inter Turku Europa League HonkaLahtiHJK (via domestic cup) Finland Aleksandr KokkoFinland Henri Myntti(13 goals both) Honka 7–0 HakaLahti 8–1 KuPS Jaro 0–4 HakaHaka 0–4 Inter TurkuTPS 0–4 Inter TurkuVPS 0–4 Inter TurkuKooTeePee 0–4 MYPA Lahti 8–1 KuPS 482 2.65 2007 2009 The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the 78th season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United. Promotion and relegation AC Oulu finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga. Overview Finland 275 Location of teams in Veikkausliiga 2008 Finland 60.75 26.823611 MYPA Finland 60.175556 24.8025 Honka bottom Finland 60.170833 24.9375 HJK Finland 63.675 22.704167 Jaro Finland 60.466667 26.945833 KooTeePee Finland 62.8925 27.678333 KuPS Finland 60.983333 25.655556 Lahti Finland 60.093056 19.939167 Mariehamn bottom Finland 66.501389 25.734722 RoPS Finland 61.498056 23.760833 Tampere United left Finland 60.27 22.16 InterTPS Finland 63.085278 21.627778 VPS Finland 61.266667 24.030556 Haka ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerFC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516Finland Olli HuttunenHJKHelsinkiFinnair Stadium10,770Finland Antti MuurinenFC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000Finland Mika LehkosuoFC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000Netherlands Job DragtsmaFF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000Finland Mika LaurikainenFC KooTeePeeKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780Finland Tommi KautonenKuPSKuopioMagnum Areena3,500Finland Kai NyyssönenFC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000Finland Ilkka MäkeläIFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena1,600Finland Pekka LyyskiMYPAAnjalankoskiSaviniemi4,067Finland Janne LindbergRoPSRovaniemiKeskuskenttä4,000Russia Valeri BondarenkoTampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000Finland Ari HjelmTPSTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000Wales John AllenVPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600Finland Tomi Kärkkäinen League table main WDL QR INT FC Inter HON FC Honka LAH FC Lahti HJK HJK MYP MYPA TPS TPS TAM Tampere United HAK Haka JAR FF Jaro RPS RoPS VPS VPS MAR IFK Mariehamn KPS KuPS KTP FC KooTeePee 15 9 2 46 12 C 15 5 6 46 23 15 3 8 44 24 14 5 7 47 29 11 9 6 33 21 12 6 8 45 36 9 9 8 41 34 10 5 11 31 37 10 5 11 36 47 8 6 12 31 37 6 11 9 18 29 7 5 14 24 40 4 7 15 26 56 O 1 5 20 14 57 R green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round HJK won the Finnish Cup 2008, thereby qualifying for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2b red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Ykkönen R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete veikkausliiga.com fi Relegation play-offs KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in Veikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009. 29 October 2008 18:30 GMT+2 FC Viikingit 1 – 2 Reportfi KuPS Jäntti 12 Koljonen 28Venäläinen 32 Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä, Vuosaari, Helsinki 1 November 2008 13:00 GMT+2 KuPS 0 – 0 Reportfi FC Viikingit Magnum Areena, Kuopio Results main FBR grey HAK HJK HON INT JAR KTP KPS LAH MAR MYP RPS TAM TPS VPS Haka 2–3 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 HJK 1–2 0–2 3–2 2–3 6–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 FC Honka 7–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–4 2–2 1–2 FC Inter 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 FF Jaro 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 2–2 FC KooTeePee 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 KuPS 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 FC Lahti 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 8–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 IFK Mariehamn 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–2 MYPA 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 RoPS 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 Tampere United 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 TPS 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–4 4–0 4–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 6–1 VPS 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 complete veikkausliiga.com fi Top goalscorers Source: https://archive.today/20120524112908/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/tilastot/2008/maalintekijat_pelaaja.htm veikkausliiga.com fi RankPlayerClubGoals1Finland Aleksandr KokkoHonka13Finland Henri MynttiTampere United133Finland Mikko HyyrynenJaro11Finland Toni LehtinenHaka11Finland Mikko PaatelainenTPS11Brazil RafaelLahti118Finland Jarno ParikkaHJK9Finland Hermanni VuorinenHonka910Estonia Tarmo NeemeloMYPA8Finland Mika OjalaInter Turku8Finland Paulus RoihaHJK8 Annual awards Source: Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty fi Players' Association's awards Player of the Year: Dominic Chatto (Inter Turku) Young player of the Year: Aleksandr Kokko (Honka) Referee of the Year: Tero Nieminen Veikkausliiga's awards Goalkeeper of the Year: Patrick Bantamoi (Inter Turku) Defender of the Year: Jos Hooiveld (Inter Turku) Midfielder of the Year: Mika Ojala (Inter Turku) Attacker of the Year: Aleksandr Kokko (Honka) Attendances No. Club Average 1 HJK 4,516 2 TPS 4,501 3 Inter Turku 4,432 4 Honka 3,156 5 Tampere 2,924 6 Lahti 2,532 7 VPS 2,263 8 Jaro 2,131 9 KuPS 1,859 10 RoPS 1,843 11 KooTeePee 1,773 12 Haka 1,717 13 Mariehamn 1,603 14 MyPa 1,574 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin08.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk June 28, 2026 References External links Official website fi soccerassociation.com Category:Veikkausliiga seasons Fin 1