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2016 Veikkausliiga

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Season
  
2016

Europa League
  
HJKSJKVPS

Dates
  
2 Apr 2016 – 23 Oct 2016

Location
  
Finland

Goals scored
  
459

Champions League
  
IFK Mariehamn

Top goalscorer
  
Roope Riski(17 goals)

Champion
  
IFK Mariehamn

Relegated
  
PK-35 Vantaa

Matches played
  
198

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Champions
  
IFK Mariehamn1st title

Biggest home win
  
RoPS 5–0 PS Kemi (10 August)SJK 5–0 PK-35 Vantaa (17 October)

People also search for
  
2015 Veikkausliiga, 2014 Veikkausliiga

The 2016 Veikkausliiga is the eighty-sixth season of top-tier football in Finland. The season started on 2 April 2016; the regular season ended on 23 October 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff continuing until 29 October. SJK were the defending champions.

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Teams

FF Jaro were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2015 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions PS Kemi.

KTP as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team PK-35 Vantaa 3–2 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

  • SJK will move to their new stadium OmaSp Stadion in June 2016 (capacity 6,000).

    • Matches 1–22

    Updated to games played on 24 August 2016.
    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.

    1.^ The match originally finished 0–2, but the result was changed to 3–0, as SJK fielded ineligible players.

    Matches 23–33

    Updated to games played on 23 October 2016.
    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.

    References

    2016 Veikkausliiga Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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