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Season | 2008 |
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Champions | Inter Turku 1st Finnish title |
Relegated | KooTeePee |
Champions League | Inter Turku |
Europa League | Honka Lahti HJK (via domestic cup) |
Goals scored | 482 |
Average goals/game | 2.65 |
Top goalscorer | ![]() ![]() (13 goals both) |
Biggest home win | Honka 7–0 Haka Lahti 8–1 KuPS |
Biggest away win | Jaro 0–4 Haka Haka 0–4 Inter Turku TPS 0–4 Inter Turku VPS 0–4 Inter Turku KooTeePee 0–4 MYPA |
Highest scoring | Lahti 8–1 KuPS |
← 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.
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.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
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FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | ![]() |
HJK | Helsinki | Finnair Stadium | 10,770 | ![]() |
FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | ![]() |
FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | ![]() |
FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | ![]() |
FC KooTeePee | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | ![]() |
KuPS | Kuopio | Magnum Areena | 3,500 | ![]() |
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | ![]() |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 1,600 | ![]() |
MYPA | Anjalankoski | Saviniemi | 4,067 | ![]() |
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Keskuskenttä | 4,000 | ![]() |
Tampere United | Tampere | Ratina Stadion | 17,000 | ![]() |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | ![]() |
VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | FC Inter (C) | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | FC Honka | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
3 | FC Lahti | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
4 | HJK | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 47 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
5 | MYPA | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 42 | |
6 | TPS | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 42 | |
7 | Tampere United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 36 | |
8 | Haka | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 35 | |
9 | FF Jaro | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | |
10 | RoPS | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 30 | |
11 | VPS | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 29 | |
12 | IFK Mariehamn | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 26 | |
13 | KuPS (O) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 19 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
14 | FC KooTeePee (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 57 | −43 | 8 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
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.
FC Viikingit | 1 – 2 | KuPS |
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Jäntti ![]() |
Report (in Finnish) |
Koljonen ![]() Venäläinen ![]() |
KuPS | 0 – 0 | FC Viikingit |
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Report (in Finnish) |
Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Honka | 13 |
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Tampere United | 13 | |
3 | ![]() |
Jaro | 11 |
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Haka | 11 | |
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TPS | 11 | |
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Lahti | 11 | |
8 | ![]() |
HJK | 9 |
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Honka | 9 | |
10 | ![]() |
MYPA | 8 |
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Inter Turku | 8 | |
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HJK | 8 |
Source: Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty (in Finnish)