| Competition: | Veikkausliiga |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 6 April – |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup2: | Conference League |
| League Topscorer: | Ashley Coffey Santeri Haarala Mads Borchers |
| Biggest Home Win: | Ilves 5–0 FC Haka |
| Biggest Away Win: | Ekenäs IF 0–7 Inter Turku |
| Highest Scoring: | Ilves 4–6 IF Gnistan SJK 5–5 FC Lahti |
| Highest Attendance: | 8,064 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
| Updated: | 18 August 2024 |
The 2024 Veikkausliiga is the 94th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.
The league consisted of twelve teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Ykkönen. HJK entered the season as defending champions.
EIF were promoted as champions of the 2023 Ykkönen (returning to the top flight after a 90-year absence), replacing the bottom-placed 2023 Veikkausliiga team (KTP, relegated after a single-year stint in top flight). Ykkönen runners-up Gnistan were also promoted (marking their debut in the top flight) after fifth-placed Veikkausliiga team Honka were demoted due to bankruptcy, replacing them in the league.[1] [2]
| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatti Stadion | Natural | 5,000 | |
| Ekenäs IF | Ekenäs, Raseborg | Ekenäs Centrumplan | Artificial | 1,900 | |
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | Artificial | 3,516 | |
| FC Inter Turku | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Artificial | 9,372 | |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 7,465 | |
| HJK | Töölö, Helsinki | Bolt Arena | Artificial | 10,770 | |
| IF Gnistan | Oulunkylä, Helsinki | Mustapekka Areena | Artificial | 2,200 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Artificial | 1,650 | |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tammelan Stadion | Artificial | 8,000 | |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Väre Areena | Artificial | 4,778 | |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 5,817 | |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | Artificial | 6,005 |
All teams are obligated to have the Veikkausliiga logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Oulu |  | Craft | ||
| Ekenäs IF | |  | Craft | |
| FC Haka | Puma | |||
| FC Inter Turku | | | Nike | |
| FC Lahti | | Adidas | ||
| HJK | | | Adidas | |
| IF Gnistan | | | Puma | |
| IFK Mariehaman | Gary Williams | | Puma | |
| Ilves | | | Adidas | |
| KuPS | | | Puma | |
| SJK | | Adidas | ||
| VPS | | | Nike |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Oulu | Rauno Ojanen / Jussi-Pekka Savolainen | Contract expired | 30 November 2023 | Pre-season | Tuomas Silvennoinen | 8 November 2023 |
| AC Oulu | Tuomas Silvennoinen | Dismissed | 13 June 2024 | 10th | Kostas Bratsos | 20 June 2024 |
| Ekenäs IF | Gabriel Garcia Xatart | Dismissed | 10 August 2024 | 12th | Christian Sund | 12 August 2024 |
| FC Haka | Teemu Tainio | Signed by AEL Limassol | Pre-season | Andy Smith | 31 October 2023[3] | |
| FC Inter Turku | Jarkko Wiss | Contract terminated | 6 November 2023[4] | Vesa Vasara | 17 November 2023[5] | |
| FC Lahti | Toni Lindberg | Dismissed | 20 June 2024 | 11th | Ricardo Duarte | 21 June 2024 |
| HJK | Toni Korkeakunnas | Contract expired | Pre-season | Ossi Virta /  Ferran Sibila | 14 November 2023 | |
| HJK | Ossi Virta / Ferran Sibila | Dismissed | 20 May 2024 | 5th | Toni Korkeakunnas | 20 May 2024 |
| IF Gnistan | Joonas Rantanen | Signed by Ilves | 23 October 2023[6] | Pre-season | Jussi Leppälahti | 10 November 2023[7] |
| IFK Mariehamn | Jimmy Wargh | Appointed the club director | Bruno Romão | 20 December 2023[8] | ||
| IFK Mariehamn | Bruno Romão | Resigned | 14 August 2024[9] | 11th | Gary Williams | 16 August 2024 |
| Ilves | Joni Lehtonen | Appointed the assistant coach | Pre-season | Joonas Rantanen | 23 October 2023 | |
| SJK | Joaquín Gomez | Signed by Al Qadsiah FC | 4 November 2023 | Stevie Grieve/ Toni Lehtinen | 12 January 2024[10] |
Teams placed 3rd-7th enter play-off matches for the second spot in the Conference League first qualifying round. The third-placed team receive a bye to the final. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are held over one leg (with the higher-placed team gaining home advantage), while the final is held over two legs.
The eleventh-placed team will face the second-placed team from the 2024 Ykkösliiga for the final place in the 2025 Veikkausliiga.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joakim Latonen | Gnistan | Ilves | 6–4 (A) | 13 April 2024[12] | |
| Luke Plange | HJK | SJK | 4–1 (H) | 7 June 2024[13] |
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April[14] | Toni Lehtinen (SJK) | Topi Keskinen (HJK) | |
| May[15] | Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) | Ashley Coffey (AC Oulu) | |
| June[16] | Toni Korkeakunnas (HJK) |  Jaime Moreno (SJK) | |
| July[17] | Jani Honkavaara (KuPS) (2) | Santeri Haarala (Ilves) |
