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Veikkausliiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025

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 2025 FIN1 season, the FIN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026 - 2027 UEFA Champions League (UEFACL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025 FIN1 Championship round team
2026 - 2027 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2025 FIN1 Championship round team
- 2026 - 2027 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
  - 3rd place 2025 FIN1 Championship round team
  - 2025 FIN1 UEFAECL Playoffs winner
  The winner of the 2025 Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), typically a FIN1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2026 - 2027 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Finland

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
FIN1	Veikkausliiga	12
FIN2	Ykkösliiga	10
FIN3	Ykkönen	12
FIN4	Kakkonen	30
FIN5	Kolmonen	108
FIN6	Nelonen	159
FIN7	Vitonen	228
FIN8	Kutonen	265
FIN9	Seiska	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 5 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2025	Champ/Relegation Series 10 Sep 2025 - 20 Oct 2025		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 per team. 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. In 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 2025 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 2026 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025 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 team play in the 2026 FIN1.

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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	FC Ilves	23	15 -3-5	48	-	51	29	22	11	8 -2-1	26	23	14	9	12	7 -1-4	22	28	15	13
2	FC Inter Turku	22	13 -7-2	46	-	46	20	26	11	7 -4-0	25	26	9	17	11	6 -3-2	21	20	11	9
3	HJK	22	14 -2-6	44	-	59	29	30	11	7 -1-3	22	33	17	16	11	7 -1-3	22	26	12	14
4	KuPS	23	13 -5-5	44	-	41	27	14	12	9 -0-3	27	26	15	11	11	4 -5-2	17	15	12	3
5	SJK	22	12 -5-5	41	-	45	31	14	11	6 -3-2	21	23	12	11	11	6 -2-3	20	22	19	3
6	IF Gnistan	22	7 -7-8	28	-	34	39	-5	11	4 -3-4	15	17	17	0	11	3 -4-4	13	17	22	-5
Relegation
1	VPS	24	7 -7-10	28	-	35	37	-2	12	4 -4-4	16	14	16	-2	12	3 -3-6	12	21	21	0
2	FF Jaro	24	8 -4-12	28	-	28	39	-11	12	2 -3-7	9	12	23	-11	12	6 -1-5	19	16	16	0
3	IFK Mariehamn	24	6 -7-11	25	-	28	50	-22	13	4 -3-6	15	17	26	-9	11	2 -4-5	10	11	24	-13
4	AC Oulu	24	7 -3-14	24	-	33	49	-16	11	3 -2-6	11	15	26	-11	13	4 -1-8	13	18	23	-5
5	FC Haka	24	4 -5-15	17	-	28	45	-17	12	3 -0-9	9	13	23	-10	12	1 -5-6	8	15	22	-7
6	KTP	24	3 -5-16	14	-	26	59	-33	12	1 -5-6	8	12	25	-13	12	2 -0-10	6	14	34	-20
2026-2027 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2026-2027 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	FC Inter Turku	22	13 -7-2	46	-	46	20	26	11	7 -4-0	25	26	9	17	11	6 -3-2	21	20	11	9
2	FC Ilves	22	14 -3-5	45	-	47	27	20	11	8 -2-1	26	23	14	9	11	6 -1-4	19	24	13	11
3	HJK	22	14 -2-6	44	-	59	29	30	11	7 -1-3	22	33	17	16	11	7 -1-3	22	26	12	14
4	KuPS	22	13 -5-4	44	-	39	23	16	11	9 -0-2	27	24	11	13	11	4 -5-2	17	15	12	3
5	SJK	22	12 -5-5	41	-	45	31	14	11	6 -3-2	21	23	12	11	11	6 -2-3	20	22	19	3
6	IF Gnistan	22	7 -7-8	28	-	34	39	-5	11	4 -3-4	15	17	17	0	11	3 -4-4	13	17	22	-5
7	VPS	22	6 -7-9	25	-	32	34	-2	11	3 -4-4	13	12	15	-3	11	3 -3-5	12	20	19	1
8	FF Jaro	22	7 -4-11	25	-	25	36	-11	11	2 -3-6	9	11	21	-10	11	5 -1-5	16	14	15	-1
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	5 -6-11	21	-	25	48	-23	11	3 -2-6	11	14	24	-10	11	2 -4-5	10	11	24	-13
10	AC Oulu	22	5 -3-14	18	-	30	48	-18	11	3 -2-6	11	15	26	-11	11	2 -1-8	7	15	22	-7
11	FC Haka	22	4 -4-14	16	-	27	43	-16	11	3 -0-8	9	13	22	-9	11	1 -4-6	7	14	21	-7
12	KTP	22	3 -5-14	14	-	24	55	-31	11	1 -5-5	8	11	23	-12	11	2 -0-9	6	13	32	-19
Championship Rounds Relegation Rounds