2008 Veikkausliiga


The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the seventy-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.

Promotion and relegation

finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga.

Overview

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManager
FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 Olli Huttunen
HJKHelsinkiFinnair Stadium10,770 Antti Muurinen
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000 Mika Lehkosuo
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000 Job Dragtsma
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000 Mika Laurikainen
FC KooTeePeeKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780 Tommi Kautonen
KuPSKuopioMagnum Areena3,500 Kai Nyyssönen
FC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000 Ilkka Mäkelä
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena1,600 Pekka Lyyski
MYPAAnjalankoskiSaviniemi4,067 Janne Lindberg
RoPSRovaniemiKeskuskenttä4,000 Valeri Bondarenko
Tampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000 Ari Hjelm
TPSTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000 John Allen
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600 Tomi Kärkkäinen

League table

Relegation play-offs

and Ykkönen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in Veikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009.
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Results

Top goalscorers

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Players' Association's awards