2003 Veikkausliiga


The 2003 season was the 73rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 14th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2003 season was contested by 14 teams. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and sixth placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. The third and fourth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004, while FC KooTeePee and KuPS Kuopio were relegated to the Ykkönen.

Participating clubs

In 2003 there were 14 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

League standings

Promotion/relegation playoff

RoPS Rovaniemi promoted, KooTeePee Kotka relegated.

Attendances

No.ClubAverageHighest
1HJK3,6467,716
2TPS3,2035,624
3Tampere3,0625,040
4Inter Turku2,5206,211
5Lahti2,4036,450
6KooTeePee2,3483,378
7KuPS2,2423,015
8Jokerit2,2313,789
9Haka2,0673,121
10MyPa1,9953,111
11Jazz1,8983,248
12Hämeenlinna1,8923,105
13Jaro1,7092,627
14Allianssi1,7012,402

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