| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions | HJK 22nd league title |
| Relegated | RoPS |
| Champions League | HJK |
| Europa League | Honka TPS Inter Turku (viadom. cup) |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 498 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hermanni Vuorinen (16) |
| Biggest home win | Honka 9-0RoPS |
| Biggest away win | RoPS 1-5TamU KuPS 0-4Honka RoPS 0-4TPS |
| Highest scoring | Honka 9-0RoPS |
←2008 2010 → | |
The2009Veikkausliiga was the 79th season of top-tier football inFinland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009.Inter Turku were the defending champions.
The championship was won byHJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involvedHonka Espoo andTPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table,RoPS were relegated to theYkkönen whileJJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.
KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the2008 season and were relegated toYkkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen championsJJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga teamKuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Resigned | 15 May 2009[1] | 15 May 2009[1] | 14th | ||
| RoPS | Sacked | 27 May 2009[2] | 27 May 2009[2] | 14th | ||
| FF Jaro | Sacked | 18 August 2009 | 18 August 2009 | |||
| Haka | Sacked | 7 September 2009 | 7 September 2009 | 5th | ||
| RoPS | Sacked | 7 October 2009 | 7 October 2009 | 14th |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HJK(C) | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 52 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 49 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | TPS | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 49 | Qualification toEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | FC Inter | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 40 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Haka | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 37 | |
| 7 | Tampere United | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 37 | |
| 8 | VPS | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 35 | |
| 9 | MYPA | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 34 | Qualification toEuropa League first qualifying round[b] |
| 10 | FF Jaro | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 32 | |
| 11 | FC Lahti | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 | |
| 12 | KuPS | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 23 | |
| 13 | JJK(O) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 16 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 14 | RoPS(R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 16 | Relegation toYkkönen |
JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga andKPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.
| JJK | 2 – 1 | KPV |
|---|---|---|
| Lahtinen Nam | Kalliokoski |
| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | HON | INT | JAR | JJK | KPS | LAH | MAR | MYP | RPS | TAM | TPS | VPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haka | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| HJK | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| FC Honka | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| FC Inter | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| FF Jaro | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| JJK | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| KuPS | 5–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | |
| FC Lahti | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| MYPA | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| RoPS | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | |
| Tampere United | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| TPS | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| VPS | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Top goalscorers[edit]Source:veikkausliiga.com(in Finnish) | Top assistants[edit]Source:veikkausliiga.com(in Finnish)
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