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Veikkausliiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2022

Location

Finland

Abbreviation

FIN1

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Summary

The Veikkausliiga (FIN1) is the top football league in the Finnish football system. At the end of the 2022 FIN1 season, the FIN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2023 - 2024 UEFA Champions League (UEFACL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2022 FIN1 Championship round team
2023 - 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2022 FIN1 Championship round teams
The winner of the 2022 Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), typically a FIN1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2023 - 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Finland

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
FIN1	Veikkausliiga	12
FIN2	Ykkönen	12
FIN3	Kakkonen	36
FIN4	Kolmonen	104
FIN5	Nelonen	159
FIN6	Vitonen	-
FIN7	Kutonen	-
FIN8	Seiska	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 2 Apr 2022 - 11 Sep 2022	Champ/Relegation Series 18 Sep 2022 - 19 Oct 2022		12: FIN1 (10 minimum), FIN2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

Each FIN1 team plays Home/Away matches against the other 11 FIN1 teams for a total of 22 regular season league matches. At the end of regular season, the top 6 teams play in the Championship Series, while the bottom 6 teams play in the Relegation Series. For each series, each team plays against the other 5 teams in their group once for 5 more matches (27 total league matches). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) head-to-head points, (4) head-to-head goal difference, (5) head-to-head away goals scored, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2022 FIN1 Regular season, the 6h place FIN1 Relegation Round team is relegated to the FIN2, and the 11th place FIN1 Relegation Round team plays Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins playoff matches with the 2nd place FIN2 team. The playoff winner and the 1st place FIN2 are promoted to the 2023 FIN1.

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UEFAECL Playoffs - Final

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

Vaasan Palloseura

FC Haka

26.10.22

Vaasan Palloseura

FC Haka

Lemonsoft Stadion

30.10.22

FC Haka

Vaasan Palloseura

Tehtaan kenttä

UEFAECL Playoffs - 2nd Round

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 22 Oct 2022

AC Oulu

Vaasan Palloseura

Ratinan Stadion

UEFAECL Playoffs - 1st Round

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Wed - 19 Oct 2022

Veritas Stadion

OmaSP Stadion

Relegation Playoff

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

Turun Palloseura (FIN2)

FC Lahti (FIN1)

20.10.22

Turun Palloseura

FC Lahti

Veritas Stadion

23.10.22	FC Lahti		21		Turun Palloseura	Lahden Stadion
	FC Lahti remains in FIN1

2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	HJK	27	18 -4-5	58	-	41	23	18	14	10 -1-3	31	24	14	10	13	8 -3-2	27	17	9	8
2	KuPS	27	17 -6-4	57	-	43	21	22	14	10 -4-0	34	27	8	19	13	7 -2-4	23	16	13	3
3	FC Honka	27	14 -7-6	49	-	53	27	26	14	9 -4-1	31	35	13	22	13	5 -3-5	18	18	14	4
4	FC Haka	27	13 -6-8	45	-	40	40	0	13	8 -2-3	26	21	18	3	14	5 -4-5	19	19	22	-3
5	FC Inter Turku	27	10 -5-12	35	-	42	36	6	13	5 -3-5	18	19	14	5	14	5 -2-7	17	23	22	1
6	SJK	27	10 -5-12	35	-	33	38	-5	13	7 -4-2	25	23	16	7	14	3 -1-10	10	10	22	-12
Relegation
1	AC Oulu	27	11 -6-10	39	-	46	43	3	14	6 -4-4	22	19	22	-3	13	5 -2-6	17	27	21	6
2	VAPS	27	10 -5-12	35	-	52	41	11	13	3 -3-7	12	19	19	0	14	7 -2-5	23	33	22	11
3	FC Ilves	27	9 -7-11	34	-	43	43	0	14	5 -1-8	16	20	26	-6	13	4 -6-3	18	23	17	6
4	IFK Mariehamn	27	9 -7-11	34	-	41	43	-2	14	5 -5-4	20	25	22	3	13	4 -2-7	14	16	21	-5
5	FC Lahti	27	5 -6-16	21	-	26	55	-29	13	2 -3-8	9	11	22	-11	14	3 -3-8	12	15	33	-18
6	HIFK	27	1 -6-20	9	-	20	70	-50	13	0 -1-12	1	7	36	-29	14	1 -5-8	8	13	34	-21
2023-2024 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2023-2024 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	HJK	22	15 -4-3	49	-	34	18	16	11	8 -1-2	25	19	12	7	11	7 -3-1	24	15	6	9
2	KuPS	22	14 -5-3	47	-	36	16	20	11	8 -3-0	27	22	6	16	11	6 -2-3	20	14	10	4
3	FC Honka	22	12 -5-5	41	-	45	21	24	11	7 -3-1	24	29	10	19	11	5 -2-4	17	16	11	5
4	FC Haka	22	11 -4-7	37	-	36	38	-2	11	7 -2-2	23	19	17	2	11	4 -2-5	14	17	21	-4
5	FC Inter Turku	22	9 -5-8	32	-	40	28	12	11	4 -3-4	15	18	13	5	11	5 -2-4	17	22	15	7
6	SJK	22	9 -4-9	31	-	29	32	-3	11	6 -3-2	21	20	15	5	11	3 -1-7	10	9	17	-8
7	AC Oulu	22	8 -6-8	30	-	35	35	0	11	4 -4-3	16	13	18	-5	11	4 -2-5	14	22	17	5
8	FC Ilves	22	6 -7-9	25	-	31	36	-5	11	4 -1-6	13	15	20	-5	11	2 -6-3	12	16	16	0
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	6 -6-10	24	-	25	33	-8	11	4 -4-3	16	15	16	-1	11	2 -2-7	8	10	17	-7
10	VAPS	22	6 -4-12	22	-	39	36	3	11	1 -3-7	6	13	18	-5	11	5 -1-5	16	26	18	8
11	FC Lahti	22	4 -6-12	18	-	19	43	-24	11	1 -3-7	6	5	19	-14	11	3 -3-5	12	14	24	-10
12	HIFK	22	1 -6-15	9	-	15	48	-33	11	0 -1-10	1	4	28	-24	11	1 -5-5	8	11	20	-9
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