2018 Veikkausliiga


The 2018 Veikkausliiga was the 88th season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK were the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 17 January 2017. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.

Teams

JJK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2017 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions TPS.
HIFK as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team FC Honka in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan UrheilupuistoNatural6,000
FC InterTurkuVeritas StadionNatural10,000
FC LahtiLahtiLahden StadionNatural15,000
HJKHelsinkiTelia 5G -areenaArtificial10,770
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaNatural4,000
IlvesTampereTammelan StadionNatural5,040
KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat AreenaArtificial5,000
PS KemiKemiSauvosaaren UrheilupuistoNatural4,500
RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttäArtificial4,000
SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,000
TPSTurkuVeritas StadionNatural10,000
VPSVaasaElisa 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Attendances

No.ClubAverageHighest
1HJK3,7795,723
2TPS3,0045,560
3Ilves2,8604,762
4RoPS2,6254,013
5KuPS2,6183,695
6SJK2,5344,010
7VPS2,0703,928
8Inter Turku1,9545,525
9Honka1,9283,302
10Lahti1,8202,830
11Mariehamn1,2361,795
12Kemi1,2093,650

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