2008 Veikkausliiga


The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the 78th season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.

Promotion and relegation

AC Oulu finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga.

Overview

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManager
FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516

League table

Relegation play-offs

KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up FC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in Veikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009.
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Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
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Annual awards

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Players' Association's awards

Veikkausliiga's awards

Attendances

No.ClubAverage
1HJK4,516
2TPS4,501
3Inter Turku4,432
4Honka3,156
5Tampere2,924
6Lahti2,532
7VPS2,263
8Jaro2,131
9KuPS1,859
10RoPS1,843
11KooTeePee1,773
12Haka1,717
13Mariehamn1,603
14MyPa1,574

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