Season 2002 Start date 2002 End date October 26, 2002 | Premiers HJK Helsinki Location Finland Premier Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | |
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Top goalscorer Mika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18) People also search for 2001 Veikkausliiga, 2003 Veikkausliiga | ||
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 3 teams could promote from the 2nd division and only one would releagate, because the Veikkausliiga would extend its number of participating teams from 12 to 14, starting the 2003 season.
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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 8 teams progressed to the Championship Group while the lower 4 teams competed in the Promotion/Relegation Group with the higher 4 teams from the Ykkönen. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2003-04 qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the UEFA Cup 2003-04. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while VPS Vaasa were relegated to the Ykkönen.
Participating clubs
In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga: