2002 Veikkausliiga

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Veikkausliiga
Season	2002
Premiers	HJK Helsinki
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Top goalscorer	Mika Kottila, HJK Helsinki (18)
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Finnish football 2002

Veikkausliiga (Tier 1)

Ykkönen (Tier 2)

Kakkonen (Tier 3)

Kolmonen (Tier 4)

Nelonen (Tier 5)

Suomen Cup 2002

The 2002 season was the 72nd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 13th season of the Veikkausliiga. This season 3 teams could promote from the 2nd division and only one would releagate, because the Veikkausliiga would extend its number of participating teams from 12 to 14, starting the 2003 season.

1 Overview
2 Participating clubs
3 League standings
4 Leading scorers
5 Footnotes
6 References

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2002 season was contested by 12 teams. Following the Preliminary Stage, the higher 8 teams progressed to the Championship Group while the lower 4 teams competed in the Promotion/Relegation Group with the higher 4 teams from the Ykkönen. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2003-04 qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the UEFA Cup 2003-04. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while VPS Vaasa were relegated to the Ykkönen.^[1]

Participating clubs

In 2002 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

Allianssi Vantaa - previously Atlantis Helsinki
FC Jazz Pori
FC Hämeenlinna - Promoted from Ykkönen
FC Lahti
Haka Valkeakoski
HJK Helsinki

Inter Turku
Jaro Pietarsaari - Promoted from Ykkönen
KuPS Kuopio
MyPa 47 Anjalankoski
Tampere United
VPS Vaasa

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League standings

Location of teams in 2002 Veikkausliiga

Preliminary stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	HJK Helsinki	22	15	3	4	36	16	48
2	MyPa Anjalankoski	22	12	7	3	43	20	43
3	Haka Valkeakoski	22	11	5	6	31	18	38
4	Allianssi Vantaa	22	10	4	8	35	36	34
5	FC Inter Turku	22	8	8	6	28	17	32
6	Tampere United	22	7	11	4	23	15	32
7	FC Lahti	22	9	5	8	23	26	32
8	Jaro Jakobstad	22	7	5	10	23	36	26
9	KuPS Kuopio	22	6	6	10	26	30	24
10	FC Hämeenlinna	22	3	9	10	23	34	18
11	VPS Vaasa	22	4	5	13	21	39	17
12	FC Jazz Pori	22	4	4	14	17	42	16

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Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	HJK Helsinki (C)	29	20	5	4	51	21	65
2	MyPa Anjalankoski	29	17	9	3	57	25	60
3	Haka Valkeakoski	29	15	7	7	51	30	52
4	Allianssi Vantaa	29	12	5	12	39	44	41
5	Tampere United	29	8	15	6	31	24	39
6	FC Inter Turku	29	9	9	11	33	29	36
7	Jaro Jakobstad	29	10	6	13	34	46	36
8	FC Lahti	29	9	6	14	25	44	33

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Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	KuPS Kuopio	7	4	1	2	14	4	16 (3)
2	TPS Turku (P)	7	4	2	1	10	9	15 (1)
3	FC Hämeenlinna	7	3	0	4	8	8	11 (2)
4	FC Jokerit (P)	7	3	1	3	13	13	10 (0)
5	FC Jazz Pori	7	2	3	2	6	5	9 (0)
6	FC KooTeePee (P)	7	2	2	3	8	11	9 (1)
7	VPS Vaasa (R)	7	2	2	3	6	12	9 (1)
8	TP-47	7	2	1	4	6	9	7 (0)

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Leading scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mika Kottila	HJK Helsinki	18
2	Valeri Popovits	Haka Valkeakoski	17
3	Petteri Kaijasilta	Allianssi Vantaa	13
3	Saku Puhakainen	MyPa 47 Anjalankoski	13
5	Richard Teberio	Inter Turku	11

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Footnotes

^ "Finland 2002". RSSSF Archive. 2002. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fin01.html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF Archive. 2002. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/finhist.html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
^ "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF Archive. 2001. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fintops.html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

References

Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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v t e 2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup