2016 Veikkausliiga


The 2016 Veikkausliiga is the 86th season of top-tier football in Finland. The season started on 2 April 2016; the regular season ended on 23 October 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff continuing until 29 October. SJK were the defending champions.

Teams

FF Jaro were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2015 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions PS Kemi.
KTP as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team PK-35 Vantaa 3–2 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
FC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000
FC LahtiLahtiLahden kisapuisto4,000
HIFKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770
HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000
IlvesTampereTammela Stadion5,040
KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat Areena5,000
PK-35 VantaaVantaaMyyrmäen jalkapallostadion4,500
PS KemiKemiSauvosaaren Urheilupuisto4,500
RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttä4,000
SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP Stadion6,000
VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600

League table


Results

Relegation play-offs

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Statistics

Top scorers

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Attendances

No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1HJK5,101−3.4%10,500
2HIFK3,632+17.9%10,500
3Ilves3,351+2.6%5,050
4SJK3,103+15.4%5,817
5VPS2,935+40.0%5,987
6Inter Turku2,255−7.6%4,760
7KuPS2,098−10.0%4,457
8Lahti2,052−3.9%3,647
9RoPS1,763−22.6%3,024
10Kemi1,551+59.3%3,976
11Mariehamn1,503+15.3%4,335
12PK-351,229+103.1%2,832

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