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2008 Veikkausliiga
The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the 78th 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 AC Oulu 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 League table Relegation play-offs KuPS 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. ---- Results Top goalscorers ''Sourceveikkausliiga.com'' Annual awards ''SourceVeikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty'' Players' Association's awards * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called ''Mestaruussarja'' (championship series) since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided as a knock-out cup competition. Structure During the 1990 and 1991 seasons the Veikkausliiga was played under the name "Futisliiga" (). As with certain other cold-climate European countries, league matches in Finland are played in summer, with a schedule usually from April to October. The format and number of teams has changed frequently. As of 2024, there are 12 teams, which first face the other teams two times in the regular season. After the regular season, the league is di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Veikkausliiga
The 2007 season of the Veikkausliiga (the premier league of the Finnish football system), the 18th season in the league's history, began on April 21. Final league table Relegation playoff RoPS of the Ykkönen beat FC Viikingit for a place in the 2008 season of the Veikkausliiga. Results European results '' Champions League:'' * Tampere United prevailed in the first qualifying round against S.S. Murata of San Marino, and followed up with a victory over Levski Sofia of Bulgaria, but was knocked out by Rosenborg of Norway in the third qualifying round ''UEFA Cup:'' * HJK won in the first qualifying round against Etzella Ettelbruck of Luxembourg, but was knocked out by Aalborg BK of Denmark in the second qualifying round * FC Haka won in the first qualifying round against Rhyl of Wales, but was knocked out by Midtjylland of Denmark in the second qualifying round * MyPa won in the first qualifying round against EB/Streymur of the Faroe Islands, but was knocked out by Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Huttunen
Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Huttunen is currently the CEO of Veikkausliiga club Haka. Huttunen was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2018 Career Considered as one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka throughout his career. He ended up winning one Finnish championship and three Finnish Cups with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland. Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong's assistant at Haka. He became Haka's head coach in 2002, and has led the club to one league championship and two cups. In 2009, Huttunen was sacked. On 8 November 2010, he replaced Stuart Baxter as an interim head coach on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino. On 1 September 2016, Huttunen was named the CEO of Haka. Career statistics Honours As player * Finnish Championship: 1995 *Finnis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehtaan Kenttä
Tehtaan kenttä (, Eng. lit. ''Factory's field'') is a 1934 opened football (soccer), football stadium in the 1st district of Valkeakoski, Finland, and the home of Veikkausliiga club FC Haka. The stadium holds an attendance capacity of 3,516. The record for attendance is 6,401 and was set in a game against rival team HJK Helsinki in 1999. In addition to its history, the stadium is noted especially for its surroundings, while located in a big park and having the nearby UPM-Kymmene paper mill lay at the southwestern end of the pitch. The name (lit. ''the factory pitch'') derives from UPM's ownership of the stadium (until being sold in 2014) as well as the stadium's proximity to and open view of the paper mill characteristic to the town of Valkeakoski. The turf was changed from natural grass to artificial in November 2014. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tehtaan Kentta 1934 establishments in Finland Football venues in Finland Valkeakoski Buildings and structures in Pirkanmaa Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkeakoski
Valkeakoski (; lit. "white rapids") is a town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is located south of Tampere, north of Hämeenlinna and north of Helsinki in the Pirkanmaa regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. Valkeakoski is best known for its paper industry and domestically highly successful football (soccer), football team, FC Haka. The town and the paper industry have both grown by the Valkeakoski rapids between the lake Mallasvesi in the north and the lake Vanajavesi in the south. History The Valkeakoski area is known to have been inhabited since the Iron Age. More than a thousand years ago, the ridges on the area served as a foundation of the Rapola fort. In the following Middle Ages, the mill town Sääksmäki was the center of the area. However, industrialization towards the end of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, and it plays its home matches at Wiklöf Holding Arena. History While IFK Mariehamn was formed in 1919, the sports club did not have a football department until the mid-1930s. Initially the team participated primarily in local tournaments on Åland, only sporadically playing other Finnish or Swedish teams. The team has participated in the Finnish football leagues since 1945. Until the 1970s, IFK Mariehamn played primarily in the Finnish football divisions 3 and 4. The club reached a peak in 1975 and 1976, when the club first advanced to division 2 and then reached division 1 (''Ykkönen'') the following year. After two seasons in division 1, IFK Mariehamn was relegated to division 2, where it would remain up until the 2000s, except for a few seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RoPS
Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football and voluntarily relegated to the amateur ''Kakkonen'' division. The club plays home games at the Rovaniemen Keskuskenttä in the Arctic Circle of Lapland. History RoPS have won the Finnish Cup on two occasions, in 1986 and 2013, and were runners-up in 1962. They placed third in the Finnish Premier Division in 1988 and 1989, before finishing as runner-up in 2015, losing out on the title by 1 point to eventual champions SJK. The club's most notable international achievement was reaching the quarter-finals of the European Cup-Winners' Cup in 1987–88 against Marseille. Match fixing allegations and scandal Throughout the 2000s, RoPS became infamous for suspected involvement in match fixing. In spring 2011 the Finnish National Bureau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Viikingit
FC Viikingit is a Finnish football club based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki, and currently playing in the ''Vitonen'', the sixth tier of Finnish football. They play their home matches at Vuosaaren urheilukenttä, also called Heteniitty. The club's name and crest refer to Vikings, and they are known for their red colour. FC Viikingit played the 2007 season in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), but were relegated to the ''Ykkönen'' and competed there until 2014, when they were relegated to Kakkonen. The club's reserve team, FC Viikkarit, were promoted to the ''Kakkonen'' for the 2014 season but they had to give it up, because they were not able to play on the same division as the main team. History Early history (1965–1997) The club was first founded as ''Vuosaaren Viikingit'' ('Vuosaari Vikings') in 1965. The new club started at the very bottom of the Finnish football pyramid, spending their first years in the fifth and sixth divisions. For the 1973 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ykkönen
''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until the end of 2023, ''Ykkönen'' was the second-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-tier Ykkösliiga, it was dropped down one level in the league pyramid. History The first league format competition in the second level of Finnish football was called , which was founded in 1936. Before the inauguration of the , from 1930 to 1935, there had been special qualification matches for the right to play in the ''Mestaruussarja''. In the autumn of 1969, the Finnish football underwent a league system reform, and the was renamed ''II divisioona'', or Kakkonen, 2nd Division, with regional sections. In 1973, this level of football in Finland became nationwide, and the new name was (First Division). The name has been used s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veikkausliiga 2007
The 2007 season of the Veikkausliiga (the premier league of the Finnish football system), the 18th season in the league's history, began on April 21. Final league table Relegation playoff RoPS of the Ykkönen beat FC Viikingit for a place in the 2008 season of the Veikkausliiga. Results European results '' Champions League:'' * Tampere United prevailed in the first qualifying round against S.S. Murata of San Marino, and followed up with a victory over Levski Sofia of Bulgaria, but was knocked out by Rosenborg of Norway in the third qualifying round ''UEFA Cup:'' * HJK won in the first qualifying round against Etzella Ettelbruck of Luxembourg, but was knocked out by Aalborg BK of Denmark in the second qualifying round * FC Haka won in the first qualifying round against Rhyl of Wales, but was knocked out by Midtjylland of Denmark in the second qualifying round * MyPa won in the first qualifying round against EB/Streymur of the Faroe Islands, but was knocked out by Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Oulu
AC Oulu is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu, currently playing in Finland's premier division, ''Veikkausliiga''. Formed in 2002, the club have played six seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons in the second highest league. They currently play their home games at Raatti Stadium, and the club colours are navy blue, and white. History Early years; 2002–2010 and the first promotions AC Oulu was founded in 2002 as a joint initiative of four local clubs, Oulun Luistinseura (OLS), Oulun Palloseura (OPS), Oulun Työväen Palloilijat (OTP) and Tervarit, with the aim of bringing top level football back to Oulu. FC Oulu played in the Veikkausliiga in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football. The club inherited the league license of Tervarit in the second-tier Ykkönen for the 2003 season. After four seasons in Ykkönen, AC Oulu reached the Finland's premier division Veikkausliiga in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
