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The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the 79th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions | HJK 22nd league title |
| Relegated | RoPS |
| Champions League | HJK |
| Europa League | Honka TPS Inter Turku (via dom. cup) |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 498 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hermanni Vuorinen (16) |
| Biggest home win | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
| Biggest away win | RoPS 1-5 TamU KuPS 0-4 Honka RoPS 0-4 TPS |
| Highest scoring | Honka 9-0 RoPS |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved Honka Espoo and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table, RoPS were relegated to the Ykkönen while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.
KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 |  Olli Huttunen |
| HJK | Helsinki | Finnair Stadium | 10,770 | Antti Muurinen |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Mika Lehkosuo |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 |  Job Dragtsma |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Mika Laurikainen |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Ville Priha |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Magnum Areena | 3,500 | Kai Nyyssönen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 14,465 | Ilkka Mäkelä |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 1,600 | Pekka Lyyski |
| MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Saviniemi | 4,167 | Janne Lindberg |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Keskuskenttä | 3,400 | Mika Lumijärvi |
| Tampere United | Tampere | Ratina Stadion | 17,000 | Ari Hjelm |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Pasi Rautiainen |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Petri Vuorinen |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Tomi Kärkkäinen |
Resigned | 15 May 2009 [1] | Petri Vuorinen |
15 May 2009 [1] | 14th |
| RoPS |  Valeri Bondarenko |
Sacked | 27 May 2009 [2] | Mika Lumijärvi Zeddy Saileti |
27 May 2009 [2] | 14th |
| FF Jaro | Mika Laurikainen |
Sacked | 18 August 2009 | Alexei Eremenko Sr. |
18 August 2009 | |
| Haka | Olli Huttunen |
Sacked | 7 September 2009 | Sami Ristilä |
7 September 2009 | 5th |
| RoPS | Mika Lumijärvi |
Sacked | 7 October 2009 | Zeddy Saileti Jorma Turpeenniemi |
7 October 2009 | 14th |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK (C) | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | TPS | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | FC Inter | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Haka | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Tampere United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 37 | |
| 8 | VPS | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 35 | |
| 9 | MYPA | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 34 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[b] |
| 10 | FF Jaro | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | |
| 11 | FC Lahti | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 | |
| 12 | KuPS | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 23 | |
| 13 | JJK (O) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 16 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | RoPS (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 16 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Inter Turku qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2009 Finnish Cup.
- Finland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.[3]
Relegation play-offs
JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and KPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
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| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | HON | INT | JAR | JJK | KPS | LAH | MAR | MYP | RPS | TAM | TPS | VPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haka | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| HJK | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| FC Honka | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| FC Inter | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| FF Jaro | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| JJK | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| KuPS | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | |
| FC Lahti | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| MYPA | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| RoPS | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | |
| Tampere United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| TPS | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| VPS | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
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Top goalscorersSource: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
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Top assistantsSource: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
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| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|---|
| April[4] | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) |
Hermanni Vuorinen (Honka) |
| May[5] | Olli Huttunen (Haka) |
Sebastian Strandvall (Haka) |
| June[6] | Mika Laurikainen (Jaro) |
Jens Nygård (VPS) |
| July[7] | Pasi Rautiainen (TPS) |
Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS) |
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