Competition: | Veikkausliiga |
Season: | 2017 |
Winners: | HJK |
Relegated: | HIFK JJK Jyväskylä |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | HJK |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | KuPS Ilves Lahti |
Matches: | 198 |
Total Goals: | 542 |
League Topscorer: | Aleksei Kangaskolkka 16 goals |
Biggest Home Win: | HJK 6–0 SJK (31 May) |
Biggest Away Win: | SJK 0–6 HJK (10 August) |
Highest Scoring: | FC Inter 6–2 RoPS (12 April) Lahti 6–2 Mariehamn (29 July) |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Veikkausliiga was the 87th season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn were the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 19 January 2017.[1] The season started on 5 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.[2]
PK-35 Vantaa were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2016 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK.
FC Inter as 11th-placed team regained their Veikkausliiga spot after beating the second-placed Ykkönen team TPS 2–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity | |
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FC Inter Turku | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 10,000 | |
FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 15,000 | |
HIFK Fotboll | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | Artificial | 10,770 | |
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | Artificial | 10,770 | |
IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Natural | 4,000 | |
FC Ilves | Tampere | Tammelan Stadion | Natural | 5,040 | |
JJK Jyväskylä | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | Natural | 3,000 | |
Kuopion Palloseura | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Artificial | 5,000 | |
Palloseura Kemi Kings | Kemi | Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto | Natural | 4,500 | |
RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | Artificial | 4,000 | |
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 | |
Vaasan Palloseura | Vaasa | Elisa Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors | |
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FC Inter | Nike | Alfons Håkans | |||
FC Lahti | Umbro | BE Group Lahti Energia Halton | |||
HIFK | Puma | Aktia Bank | |||
HJK | Adidas | Apu | |||
IFK Mariehamn | [3] | Puma | Hotell Arkipelag | ||
Ilves | Adidas | Various | |||
JJK | Nike | Harvia | |||
KuPS | Puma | Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas | |||
PS Kemi | Stanno | Various | |||
RoPS | Puma | Saraware | |||
SJK | Brian Page | Adidas | LähiTapiola EPKK Prima Power | ||
VPS | Puma | Various |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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KuPS | Marko Rajamäki | End of contract | n/a | Jani Honkavaara | 17 October 2016[4] | Pre-season |
SJK | Simo Valakari | Sacked | 17 February 2017[5] | Sixten Boström | 20 February 2017 | Pre-season |
SJK | Sixten Boström | Sacked | 2 June 2017[6] | Manuel Roca | 2 June 2017 | 8th |
FC Inter Turku | Shefki Kuqi | Sacked | 3 August 2017[7] | Fabrizio Piccareta | 3 August 2017 | 9th |
SJK | Manuel Roca | Sacked | 9 September 2017[8] | Brian Page | 9 September 2017 | 5th |
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.
FC Honka won 1-1 on away goals.
Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Aleksei Kangaskolkka | IFK Mariehamn | 16 |
2 | Tuco | Ilves | 15 |
Filip Valenčič | HJK | ||
4 | Akseli Pelvas | HJK | 14 |
5 | Marko Simonovski | FC Lahti | 13 |
6 | Billy Ions | SJK | 12 |
7 | Gaël Etock | JJK | 11 |
Alfredo Morelos | HJK | ||
9 | Pekka Sihvola | HIFK | 10 |
10 | Timo Furuholm | FC Inter | 9 |
Stênio | FC Lahti | ||
Benjamin Källman | FC Inter | ||
Gbolahan Salami | KuPS | ||
Urho Nissilä | KuPS |
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | |
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April[9] | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Alfredo Morelos (HJK) | |
May[10] | Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) | Alfredo Morelos (HJK) | |
June[11] | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Filip Valenčič (PS Kemi) | |
July[12] | Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti) | Santeri Hostikka (FC Lahti) | |
August[13] | Jarkko Wiss (Ilves) | Akseli Pelvas (HJK) |
Award[14] | Winner | Club | |
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Player of the Year | Filip Valenčič | HJK | |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Aleksandr Vasyutin | Lahti | |
Defender of the Year | Juha Pirinen | HJK | |
Midfielder of the Year | Anthony Annan | HJK | |
Striker of the Year | Filip Valenčič | HJK | |
Breakthrough of the Year | Kaan Kairinen | Inter Turku | |
Coach of the Year | Mika Lehkosuo | HJK |
Team of the Year[15] | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Aleksandr Vasjutin (Lahti) | |||||||||||
Defence | Albin Granlund (Mariehamn) | Hannu Patronen (HJK) | Hamed Coulibaly (KuPS) | Juha Pirinen (HJK) | ||||||||
Midfield | Rasmus Karjalainen (PS Kemi) | Anthony Annan (HJK) | Filip Valenčič (HJK) | Santeri Hostikka (Lahti) | ||||||||
Attack | Aleksei Kangaskolkka (Mariehamn) | Ariel Ngueukam (Ilves) |