2025 Veikkausliiga


The 2025 Veikkausliiga was the 95th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Ykkösliiga. KuPS entered the season as defending champions.

Team changes

The promoted teams were the 2024 Ykkösliiga champions KTP, and 2024 Veikkausliiga play-off winners Jaro. They replaced the 2024 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team EIF, and Veikkausliiga play-off losers Lahti.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
IF GnistanOulunkylä, HelsinkiMustapekka AreenaArtificial2,700
FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttäArtificial3,516
HJKTöölö, HelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770
IlvesTampereTammelan StadionArtificial8,000
FC Inter TurkuTurkuVeritas StadionArtificial9,372
FF JaroJakobstad (Pietarsaari)Jakobstads CentralplanNatural5,000
KTPKotkaArto Tolsa AreenaArtificial4,780
KuPSKuopioVäre AreenaArtificial4,778
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial1,650
AC OuluOuluRaatti StadiumNatural5,000
SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,075
VPSVaasaHietalahti StadiumArtificial6,005

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the Veikkausliiga logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturer
IF Gnistansortname|Jussi|Leppälahti

Regular season

League table



Championship round

League table



Relegation round

League table



Veikkausliiga play-off

The eleventh-placed team faced the second-placed team of the 2025 Ykkösliiga in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Veikkausliiga.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1

Attendances

The clubs are listed by average home league attendance.
No.ClubAverage attendancevs '24Highest
1HJK6,223-2,2%8,133
2FC Ilves5,447-5,8%7,651
3Seinäjoen JK3,54014,0%6,075
4FC Inter Turku3,20827,8%4,489
5VPS Vaasa2,871-3,1%4,632
6FC Haka2,77323,8%3,780
7KuPS2,698-24,2%4,023
8FC KTP2,42835,4%3,412
9IF Gnistan2,3299,3%3,112
10FF Jaro2,28263,6%3,616
11AC Oulu1,8496,4%3,649
12IFK Mariehamn1,250-8,0%2,267