2017 Veikkausliiga


The 2017 Veikkausliiga was the 87th season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn were the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 19 January 2017. The season started on 5 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.

Teams

PK-35 Vantaa were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2016 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK.
FC Inter as 11th-placed team regained their Veikkausliiga spot after beating the second-placed Ykkönen team TPS 2–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
FC Inter TurkuTurkuVeritas StadionNatural10,000
FC LahtiLahtiLahden StadionNatural15,000
HIFK FotbollHelsinkiTelia 5G -areenaArtificial10,770
Helsingin JalkapalloklubiHelsinkiTelia 5G -areenaArtificial10,770
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaNatural4,000
FC IlvesTampereTammelan StadionNatural5,040
JJK JyväskyläJyväskyläHarjun stadionNatural3,000
Kuopion PalloseuraKuopioSavon Sanomat AreenaArtificial5,000
Palloseura Kemi KingsKemiSauvosaaren UrheilupuistoNatural4,500
RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttäArtificial4,000
Seinäjoen JalkapallokerhoSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,000
Vaasan PalloseuraVaasaElisa StadionArtificial6,000

League table


Results

Each team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.

Relegation play-offs

Second Match

''FC Honka won 1-1 on away goals.''

Statistics

Top scorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Attendances

No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1HJK4,779−6.3%10,500
2Ilves3,462+3.3%5,050
3HIFK3,162−12.9%10,500
4SJK2,990−3.7%4,023
5KuPS2,724+29.9%4,432
6Lahti2,469+20.3%4,099
7VPS2,248−23.4%3,123
8Inter Turku2,235−0.9%3,512
9RoPS1,566−11.2%2,921
10JJK1,559−10.2%2,346
11Mariehamn1,304−13.2%2,207
12Kemi1,125−27.4%3,325

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