2001 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season2001
ChampionsTampere United
Top goalscorerPaulus Roiha, HJK Helsinki (22)
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The 2001 season was the 71st completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 12th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2001 season was contested by 12 teams. Tampere United won the championship and qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition, FC Jokerit and RoPS Rovaniemi were relegated to the Ykkönen.[1]

Participating clubs

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Location of teams in 2001 Veikkausliiga

In 2001 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

[2]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tampere United (C) 33 21 5 7 47 31 +16 68 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 HJK Helsinki 33 19 10 4 64 19 +45 67 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 MyPa Anjalankoski 33 17 11 5 45 23 +22 62
4 Haka Valkeakoski 33 14 10 9 44 29 +15 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 FC Inter Turku 33 15 4 14 46 47 −1 49
6 VPS Vaasa 33 14 3 16 50 52 −2 45
7 Atlantis FC 33 12 9 12 45 47 −2 45
8 KuPS Kuopio 33 9 10 14 37 48 −11 37
9 FC Lahti 33 9 9 15 38 48 −10 36
10 FC Jazz Pori 33 7 11 15 36 52 −16 32
11 FC Jokerit (R) 33 7 7 19 31 56 −25 28 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 RoPS Rovaniemi (R) 33 5 9 19 25 56 −31 24 Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoff

  • Jaro Pietarsaari - Jokerit Helsinki 1-1
  • Jokerit Helsinki - Jaro Pietarsaari 3-4

Jaro Pietarsaari promoted, Jokerit Helsinki relegated.[2]

Results

Each team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.

Leading scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paulus Roiha Finland HJK Helsinki 22
2 Antti Pohja Finland Tampere United 19
3 Richard Teberio Sweden Inter Turku 13
4 Peter Sampo Finland KuPS Kuopio 12
5 Nikki Helenius Finland FC Lahti 11

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Footnotes

  1. ^ "Finland 2001". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. ^ "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

References