2014 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season	2014
Champions	HJK; 11th Veikkausliiga title; 27th Finnish title
Relegated	TPS; FC Honka; MYPA
Champions League	HJK
Europa League	SJK; FC Lahti; VPS
Matches played	198
Goals scored	511 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonas Emet,; Luis Solignac; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	HJK 5–0 TPS; (23 June)
Biggest away win	FC Honka 0–5 FF Jaro; (20 July); TPS 1–6 FC Inter; (17 September)
Highest scoring	MYPA 5–3 KuPS; (27 July)
Average attendance	2,046
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Veikkausliiga was the 84th season of top-tier football in Finland. The league started on 6 April 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014.^[1] HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

Teams

JJK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2013 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions SJK.

Team summaries

Location of teams in 2014 Veikkausliiga

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	6,000	Shefki Kuqi	Jussi Vasara
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Job Dragtsma	Henri Lehtonen
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden Stadion	15,000	Toni Korkeakunnas	Mikko Hauhia
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Alexei Eremenko Sr.	Jonas Emet
HJK	Helsinki	Sonera Stadium	10,770	Mika Lehkosuo	Teemu Tainio
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	4,000	Pekka Lyyski	Jani Lyyski
KuPS	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	5,000	Marko Rajamäki	Miikka Ilo
MYPA	Myllykoski, Kouvola	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion	4,167	Antti Muurinen	Tuomas Aho
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	4,000	Juha Malinen	Antti Okkonen
SJK	Seinäjoki	Seinäjoen keskuskenttä	3,500	Simo Valakari	Pavle Milosavljević
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	10,000	Mika Laurikainen	Jukka Lehtovaara
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Olli Huttunen	Sebastian Strandvall

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
RoPS	Kari Virtanen	End of contract	n/a	Juha Malinen	^[2]	Pre-season
FC Lahti	Juha Malinen	End of contract	n/a	Toni Korkeakunnas	^[3]	Pre-season
MYPA	Toni Korkeakunnas	End of contract	n/a	Antti Muurinen	^[4]	Pre-season
FC Honka	Mika Lehkosuo	Sacked	7 February 2014^[5]	Shefki Kuqi	15 February 2014^[6]	Pre-season
TPS	Marko Rajamäki	Mutual termination	14 February 2014^[7]	Mika Laurikainen	17 February 2014^[8]	Pre-season
KuPS	Esa Pekonen	Mutual termination	24 April 2014^[9]	Marko Rajamäki	2 May 2014^[10]	12th
HJK	Sixten Boström	Sacked	29 April 2014	Mika Lehkosuo	29 April 2014^[11]	6th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HJK (C)	33	20	9	4	62	25	+37	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	SJK	33	16	11	6	40	26	+14	59	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	FC Lahti	33	15	13	5	45	23	+22	58
4	VPS	33	13	9	11	39	34	+5	48
5	IFK Mariehamn	33	14	6	13	49	55	−6	48
6	FF Jaro	33	12	8	13	47	47	0	44
7	KuPS	33	11	11	11	44	44	0	44
8	MYPA^[a] (R)	33	10	9	14	41	54	−13	39	Relegation to Ykkönen
9	RoPS	33	11	5	17	37	41	−4	38
10	FC Inter	33	8	12	13	42	47	−5	36
11	FC Honka^[b] (R)	33	6	13	14	38	57	−19	31	Relegation to Kakkonen
12	TPS (R)	33	6	6	21	29	60	−31	24	Relegation to Ykkönen

Source: veikkausliiga.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ MYPA were denied a licence for the 2015 season and were relegated to 2015 Ykkönen, however the team later decided to cease their operations
^ FC Honka were denied a licence and they continue in the 2015 Kakkonen with a reserve team

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	HON	INT	LAH	JAR	HJK	MAR	KPS	MYP	RPS	SJK	TPS	VPS
FC Honka		3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
FC Inter	2–2		0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–0
FC Lahti	2–0	0–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
FF Jaro	3–3	0–2	2–1		0–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0
HJK	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	3–1	4–0	3–0^[a]	1–0	0–1	3–0
IFK Mariehamn	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–2		3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–3^[b]
KuPS	2–0	4–2	0–2	1–4	2–2	4–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
MYPA	4–3	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	1–3	4–1	1–1
RoPS	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	0–1		1–1	3–0	0–2
SJK	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		2–1	0–3
TPS	0–1	1–6	0–1	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–3	3–0	0–2	2–0		0–0
VPS	3–0	1–0	1–3	3–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–0

Source: veikkausliiga.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match originally finished 0–3, but the result was changed to 3–0, as RoPS fielded an ineligible player.^[12]
^ The match originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as IFK Mariehamn fielded ineligible players.^[13]

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	HON	INT	LAH	JAR	HJK	MAR	KPS	MYP	RPS	SJK	TPS	VPS
FC Honka		2–1	1–1	0–5		1–1		2–0	0–2
FC Inter					3–3		0–0			1–1	3–2	3–0
FC Lahti		0–0			0–2				3–4	1–1	2–0	4–1
FF Jaro		2–0	0–4		1–4						1–1	1–2
HJK	1–1					5–1	2–2	2–0		2–0	5–0
IFK Mariehamn		3–1	0–1	4–2				3–1	2–4			1–0
KuPS	2–0		1–1	1–1		1–3			1–0
MYPA		2–2	2–2	2–1			5–3				2–1	0–0
RoPS		3–0		0–1	0–0			0–0		1–2
SJK	2–1			1–0		3–0	0–0	3–1
TPS	2–1					3–1	1–1		4–2	0–1
VPS	3–1				1–1		0–3		2–0	0–1	0–0

Source: veikkausliiga.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)

As of 26 October 2014.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonas Emet	FF Jaro	14
1	Luis Solignac	IFK Mariehamn	14
3	Rafael	FC Lahti	13
4	Diego Assis	IFK Mariehamn	11
	Petteri Forsell	IFK Mariehamn	11
	Akseli Pelvas	SJK	11
	Demba Savage	HJK	11
8	Aleksandr Kokko	RoPS	9
	Roni Porokara	FC Honka / HJK	9
	Ats Purje	KuPS	9
	Irakli Sirbiladze	FC Inter	9
	Shahdon Winchester	FF Jaro	9
13	Hendrik Helmke	FF Jaro	8
13	Toni Lehtinen	SJK	8
15	6 players		7
21	10 players		6
31	6 players		5
37	10 players		4
47	26 players		3
73	24 players		2
97	61 players		1

Monthly awards

Month	Coach of the Month	Player of the Month
April^[14]	Antti Muurinen (MYPA)	Hendrik Helmke (FF Jaro)
May^[15]	Mika Lehkosuo (HJK)	Rasmus Schüller (HJK)
June^[16]	Simo Valakari (SJK)	Admir Ćatović (KuPS)
July^[17]	Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti)	Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti)
August^[18]	Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn)	Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn)
September^[19]	Mika Lehkosuo (HJK)	Erfan Zeneli (HJK)
October^[20]	Olli Huttunen (VPS)	Sebastian Standvall (VPS)

Annual awards

Position	Player
Best Player	Robin Lod (HJK)
Best Goalkeeper	Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti)
Best Defender	Cédric Gogoua (SJK)
Best Midfielder	Robin Lod (HJK)
Best Striker	Demba Savage (HJK)
Best Manager	Mika Lehkosuo (HJK)

References

^ "Veikkausliigakaudesta 2014 kaikkien aikojen pisin". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
^ "Juha Malinen RoPSin peräsimeen kauden päätyttyä". RoPS (in Finnish). RoPS. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Toni Korkeakunnas valmentaa FC Lahtea kaudesta 2014 lähtien". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "ANTTI MUURINEN MYPAN PÄÄVALMENTAJAKSI". MYPA (in Finnish). MYPA. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "FC HONKA ON PURKANUT PÄÄVALMENTAJA MIKA LEHKOSUON SOPIMUKSEN". FC Honka (in Finnish). FC Honka. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "FC HONKA JA SHEFKI KUQI OVAT SOLMINEET PÄÄVALMENTAJASOPIMUKSEN". FC Honka (in Finnish). FC Honka. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
^ "TPS ja Marko Rajamäki purkivat keskinäisen sopimuksensa". TPS (in Finnish). TPS. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "Mika Laurikainen palaa TPS:n päävalmentajaksi". TPS (in Finnish). TPS. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^ "KuPS ja Pekonen purkivat sopimuksensa". KuPS (in Finnish). KuPS. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ "Marko Rajamäki on uusi päävalmentaja". KuPS (in Finnish). KuPS. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Mika Lehkosuo on HJK:n uusi päävalmentaja". HJK (in Finnish). HJK. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
^ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2014/11/07/rops-menetti-hjk-voittonsa RoPS menetti HJK-voittonsa
^ http://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2014/04/25/ifk-mariehamn-vps-ottelun-lopputulos-muutettu IFK Mariehamn-VPS -ottelun lopputulos muutettu
^ Jaron Helmke huhtikuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Rasmus Schüller Veikkausliigan toukokuun pelaaja Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ KuPSin Admir Catovic Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 2014-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Henrik Moisander heinäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ Petteri Forsell elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
^ HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-10-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)
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External links

[table_note_MYPA0.60748508880263-12] MYPA were denied a licence for the 2015 season and were relegated to 2015 Ykkönen, however the team later decided to cease their operations

[table_note_FCH0.60748508880263-13] FC Honka were denied a licence and they continue in the 2015 Kakkonen with a reserve team

[table_note_1_HJK_RPS0.25080133008342-15] The match originally finished 0–3, but the result was changed to 3–0, as RoPS fielded an ineligible player.^[12]

[table_note_1_MAR_VPS0.25080133008342-17] The match originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as IFK Mariehamn fielded ineligible players.^[13]

[1] "Veikkausliigakaudesta 2014 kaikkien aikojen pisin". Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.

[2] "Juha Malinen RoPSin peräsimeen kauden päätyttyä". RoPS (in Finnish). RoPS. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[3] "Toni Korkeakunnas valmentaa FC Lahtea kaudesta 2014 lähtien". FC Lahti (in Finnish). FC Lahti. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[4] "ANTTI MUURINEN MYPAN PÄÄVALMENTAJAKSI". MYPA (in Finnish). MYPA. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[5] "FC HONKA ON PURKANUT PÄÄVALMENTAJA MIKA LEHKOSUON SOPIMUKSEN". FC Honka (in Finnish). FC Honka. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[6] "FC HONKA JA SHEFKI KUQI OVAT SOLMINEET PÄÄVALMENTAJASOPIMUKSEN". FC Honka (in Finnish). FC Honka. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

[7] "TPS ja Marko Rajamäki purkivat keskinäisen sopimuksensa". TPS (in Finnish). TPS. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

[8] "Mika Laurikainen palaa TPS:n päävalmentajaksi". TPS (in Finnish). TPS. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[9] "KuPS ja Pekonen purkivat sopimuksensa". KuPS (in Finnish). KuPS. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[10] "Marko Rajamäki on uusi päävalmentaja". KuPS (in Finnish). KuPS. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

[11] "Mika Lehkosuo on HJK:n uusi päävalmentaja". HJK (in Finnish). HJK. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

[14] ttp://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2014/11/07/rops-menetti-hjk-voittonsa RoPS menetti HJK-voittonsa

[16] ttp://www.veikkausliiga.com/uutiset/2014/04/25/ifk-mariehamn-vps-ottelun-lopputulos-muutettu IFK Mariehamn-VPS -ottelun lopputulos muutettu

[18] Jaron Helmke huhtikuun Kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[19] Rasmus Schüller Veikkausliigan toukokuun pelaaja Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[20] KuPSin Admir Catovic Veikkausliigan kesäkuun pelaaja Archived 2014-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[21] Henrik Moisander heinäkuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[22] Petteri Forsell elokuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

[23] HJK:n Erfan Zeneli Veikkausliigan syyskuun kuukauden pelaaja Archived 2014-10-04 at archive.today (in Finnish)

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