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Veikkausliiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2020

Location

Finland

Abbreviation

FIN1

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Summary

The Veikkausliiga (FIN1) is the top football league in the Finnish football system. At the end of the 2020 FIN1 season, the FIN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2021 - 2022 UEFA Champions League (UEFACL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2020 FIN1 team
2021 - 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place 2020 FIN1 teams
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 FIN1 Championship and Challenger series were cancelled and the final table was based on the 22 matches that each team played.

Leagues Pyramid - Finland

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
FIN1	Veikkausliiga	12
FIN2	Ykkönen	12
FIN3	Kakkonen	36
FIN4	Kolmonen	104
FIN5	Nelonen	159

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 1 Jul 2020 - 11 Sep 2021	Champ/Challenger Series Cancelled	UEFAECL Playoffs Cancelled	12: FIN1 (10 minimum), FIN2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

Each FIN1 team plays Home/Away matches against the other 11 FIN1 teams for a total of 22 regular season league matches. At the end of regular season, the top 6 teams play in the Championship Series, while the bottom 6 teams play in the Challenger Series. For each round, each team plays against the other 5 teams in their group once for 5 more matches (27 total league matches). Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) head-to-head points, (4) head-to-head goal difference, (5) head-to-head away goals scored, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

Upon completion of the 2020 FIN1 Championship and Challenger Series, the 4th place Championship Round team plays the 1st place Challenger Series team, and the 5th and 6th place Championship Round teams play each other in the 1st Round of the UEFA Europa Conference League Playoffs. The winners of the 1st Round, meet in the 2nd Round. The 2nd Round winner plays the 3rd place Championship Round team in the UEFA Europa Conference League Playoff final. The winner of the final receives a berth in the 2021 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round.

Relegation

At the end of the 2020 FIN1 Regular season, the 12th place FIN1 team is relegated to the FIN2, and the 11th place FIN1 team plays Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins playoff matches with the 2nd place FIN2 team. The playoff winner and the 1st place FIN2 are promoted to the 2021 FIN1.

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Relegation Playoff

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

KTP (FIN2)

TPS (FIN1)

11.11.20

KTP

TPS

Arto Tolsa Areena

14.11.20	TPS		11		KTP	Veritas Stadion
	KTP is promoted w/more away goals (1-0)

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	HJK	22	14 -6-2	48	-	53	17	36	11	6 -5-0	23	27	9	18	11	8 -1-2	25	26	8	18
2	FC Inter Turku	22	12 -5-5	41	-	36	17	19	11	9 -1-1	28	24	6	18	11	3 -4-4	13	12	11	1
3	KuPS	22	12 -5-5	41	-	39	26	13	11	7 -1-3	22	20	14	6	11	5 -4-2	19	19	12	7
4	FC Honka	22	9 -10-3	37	-	26	17	9	11	5 -4-2	19	13	9	4	11	4 -6-1	18	13	8	5
5	FC Ilves	22	10 -6-6	36	-	37	29	8	11	5 -4-2	19	20	12	8	11	5 -2-4	17	17	17	0
6	FC Lahti	22	8 -8-6	32	-	33	30	3	11	4 -5-2	17	15	13	2	11	4 -3-4	15	18	17	1
7	SJK	22	8 -5-9	29	-	27	29	-2	11	4 -2-5	14	14	17	-3	11	4 -3-4	15	13	12	1
8	HIFK	22	8 -4-10	28	-	29	33	-4	11	4 -3-4	15	13	16	-3	11	4 -1-6	13	16	17	-1
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	6 -5-11	23	-	29	43	-14	11	3 -3-5	12	13	19	-6	11	3 -2-6	11	16	24	-8
10	FC Haka	22	5 -7-10	22	-	25	41	-16	11	1 -2-8	5	9	25	-16	11	4 -5-2	17	16	16	0
11	TPS	22	6 -3-13	21	-	23	39	-16	11	5 -1-5	16	14	15	-1	11	1 -2-8	5	9	24	-15
12	RoPS	22	1 -2-19	5	-	15	51	-36	11	0 -2-9	2	10	25	-15	11	1 -0-10	3	5	26	-21
2021-2022 UEFACL 2021-2022 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to FIN2