Season 2012 Champions League HJK Champion Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Relegated FC Haka Matches played 198 | Champions HJK
25th title Dates 15 Apr 2012 – 27 Oct 2012 Location Finland Goals scored 535 | |
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Europa League FC Honka
Inter Turku
TPS Top goalscorer Irakli Sirbiladze
(17 goals) Biggest home win TPS 9–2 Haka
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The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the eighty-second season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012. HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
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Teams
RoPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2011 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions FC Lahti.
Team summaries
1 Paavo Nurmi Stadion until June 2012.
League table
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 FC Honka qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2012 Finnish Cup.
2 IFK Mariehamn qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League via Fair Play rankings.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Matches 1–22
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23–33
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Updated to games played on 27 October 2012.
Annual awards
Source: Pelipaikkojen parhaat 2012 nimetty (Finnish)