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| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Inter Turku 1st Finnish title |
| Relegated | KooTeePee |
| Champions League | Inter Turku |
| Europa League | Honka Lahti HJK (viadomestic cup) |
| Goals | 482 |
| Average goals/game | 2.65 |
| Top goalscorer | (13 goals both) |
| Biggest home win | Honka 7–0Haka Lahti 8–1KuPS |
| Biggest away win | Jaro 0–4Haka Haka 0–4Inter Turku TPS 0–4Inter Turku VPS 0–4Inter Turku KooTeePee 0–4MYPA |
| Highest scoring | Lahti 8–1KuPS |
←2007 2009 → | |
The2008 season ofVeikkausliiga was the 78th season of top-tier football inFinland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions wereTampere United.
AC Oulu finished at the bottom of the2007 season and therefore were relegated toYkkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen championsKuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga teamFC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-upRoPS 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Inter(C) | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 54 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 50 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | FC Lahti | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 48 | Qualification toEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | HJK | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 47 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | MYPA | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 42 | |
| 6 | TPS | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Tampere United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 36 | |
| 8 | Haka | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 35 | |
| 9 | FF Jaro | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | |
| 10 | RoPS | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 30 | |
| 11 | VPS | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 29 | |
| 12 | IFK Mariehamn | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 26 | |
| 13 | KuPS(O) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 19 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 14 | FC KooTeePee(R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 57 | −43 | 8 | Relegation toYkkönen |
KuPS andYkkönen runners-upFC Viikingit competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot inVeikkausliiga 2009. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league spot for 2009.
| FC Viikingit | 1 – 2 | KuPS |
|---|---|---|
| Jäntti | Report (in Finnish) | Koljonen Venäläinen |
| KuPS | 0 – 0 | FC Viikingit |
|---|---|---|
| Report (in Finnish) |
| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | HON | INT | JAR | KTP | KPS | LAH | MAR | MYP | RPS | TAM | TPS | VPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haka | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| HJK | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| FC Honka | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | |
| FC Inter | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| FF Jaro | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| FC KooTeePee | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| KuPS | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
| FC Lahti | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| MYPA | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| RoPS | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Tampere United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| TPS | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| VPS | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Source:veikkausliiga.com(in Finnish)
Source:Veikkausliigan parhaat kaudella 2008 nimetty(in Finnish)