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Veikkausliiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2023

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 2023 FIN1 season, the FIN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2024 - 2025 UEFA Champions League (UEFACL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2023 FIN1 Championship round team
2024 - 2025 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2023 FIN1 Championship round team
- 2023 FIN1 UEFAECL Playoffs winner
The winner of the 2023 Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), typically a FIN1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2024 - 2025 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Finland

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
FIN1	Veikkausliiga	12
FIN2	Ykkönen	12
FIN3	Kakkonen	37
FIN4	Kolmonen	104
FIN5	Nelonen	159
FIN6	Vitonen	-
FIN7	Kutonen	-
FIN8	Seiska	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 5 Apr 2023 - 3 Sep 2023	Champ/Relegation Series 10 Sep 2023 - 19 Oct 2023		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 Relegation Series. For each series, 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 (only to decide a champion).

Playoffs

Upon completion of the 2023 FIN1 Championship and Relegation Rounds, the 4th place Championship Round team plays the 1st place Relegation 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 2024 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round.

Relegation

At the end of the 2023 FIN1 Regular season, the 6th place FIN1 Relegation Round team is relegated to the FIN2, and the 5th place FIN1 Relegation Round team plays Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins playoff matches with the 2nd place FIN2 team. The playoff winner and the 1st place FIN2 play in the 2024 FIN1.

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UEFAECL Playoffs - Final

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

FC Honka

Vaasan Palloseura

01.11.23

FC Honka

Vaasan Palloseura

Tapiolan Urheilupuisto

05.11.23

Vaasan Palloseura

FC Honka

Lemonsoft Stadion

UEFAECL Playoffs - 2nd Round

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 28 Oct 2023

FC Honka

AC Oulu

Tapiolan Urheilupuisto

UEFAECL Playoffs - 1st Round

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Wed - 25 Oct 2023

	FC Honka		00		FC Inter Turku	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
	FC Honka advances on PKs (4-2)

	SJK		22		AC Oulu	OmaSP Stadion
	AC Oulu advances on PKs (5-4)

Relegation Playoff

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

IF Gnistan

IFK Mariehamn

25.10.23

IF Gnistan

IFK Mariehamn

Arto Tolsa Areena

29.10.23	IFK Mariehamn		30		IF Gnistan	Wiklöf Holding Arena
	IFK Mariehamn remains in FIN1

2nd Stage

		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
Championship
1	HJK	27	15 -8-4	53	-	50	26	24	14	9 -3-2	30	27	9	18	13	6 -5-2	23	23	17	6
2	KuPS	27	16 -5-6	53	-	41	20	21	14	8 -1-5	25	19	10	9	13	8 -4-1	28	22	10	12
3	VAPS	27	15 -4-8	49	-	41	26	15	13	7 -3-3	24	21	13	8	14	8 -1-5	25	20	13	7
4	SJK	27	12 -6-9	42	-	35	33	2	14	7 -1-6	22	19	21	-2	13	5 -5-3	20	16	12	4
5	FC Honka	27	12 -5-10	41	-	29	27	2	13	7 -2-4	23	17	10	7	14	5 -3-6	18	12	17	-5
6	FC Inter Turku	27	10 -5-12	35	-	35	40	-5	13	6 -2-5	20	18	16	2	14	4 -3-7	15	17	24	-7
Relegation
1	AC Oulu	27	11 -5-11	38	-	41	45	-4	14	6 -3-5	21	21	23	-2	13	5 -2-6	17	20	22	-2
2	FC Ilves	27	8 -9-10	33	-	35	33	2	13	4 -5-4	17	15	18	-3	14	4 -4-6	16	20	15	5
3	FC Haka	27	7 -11-9	32	-	35	42	-7	14	4 -10-0	22	24	17	7	13	3 -1-9	10	11	25	-14
4	FC Lahti	27	7 -8-12	29	-	26	41	-15	14	5 -2-7	17	17	24	-7	13	2 -6-5	12	9	17	-8
5	IFK Mariehamn	27	5 -7-15	22	-	28	40	-12	13	2 -4-7	10	9	17	-8	14	3 -3-8	12	19	23	-4
6	KTP	27	5 -5-17	20	-	21	44	-23	13	3 -3-7	12	11	21	-10	14	2 -2-10	8	10	23	-13
2024-2025 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2024-2025 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation

1st Stage

		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	12 -8-2	44	-	39	19	20	11	7 -3-1	24	21	7	14	11	5 -5-1	20	18	12	6
2	KuPS	22	13 -4-5	43	-	34	15	19	11	7 -0-4	21	15	6	9	11	6 -4-1	22	19	9	10
3	SJK	22	11 -5-6	38	-	29	24	5	11	7 -1-3	22	16	14	2	11	4 -4-3	16	13	10	3
4	VAPS	22	11 -3-8	36	-	30	23	7	11	6 -2-3	20	17	10	7	11	5 -1-5	16	13	13	0
5	FC Honka	22	10 -5-7	35	-	23	17	6	11	6 -2-3	20	14	7	7	11	4 -3-4	15	9	10	-1
6	FC Inter Turku	22	10 -4-8	34	-	33	31	2	11	6 -2-3	20	17	13	4	11	4 -2-5	14	16	18	-2
7	AC Oulu	22	9 -4-9	31	-	32	37	-5	11	4 -2-5	14	15	20	-5	11	5 -2-4	17	17	17	0
8	FC Haka	22	5 -9-8	24	-	27	37	-10	11	2 -9-0	15	18	15	3	11	3 -0-8	9	9	22	-13
9	FC Lahti	22	5 -7-10	22	-	21	32	-11	11	3 -2-6	11	12	17	-5	11	2 -5-4	11	9	15	-6
10	FC Ilves	22	4 -8-10	20	-	20	27	-7	11	2 -5-4	11	10	15	-5	11	2 -3-6	9	10	12	-2
11	KTP	22	5 -5-12	20	-	20	33	-13	11	3 -3-5	12	11	16	-5	11	2 -2-7	8	9	17	-8
12	IFK Mariehamn	22	3 -6-13	15	-	21	34	-13	11	1 -3-7	6	7	16	-9	11	2 -3-6	9	14	18	-4
Championship Rounds Relegation Rounds