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Veikkausliiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2026

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 2026 FIN1 season, the FIN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 - 2028 UEFA Champions League (UEFACL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2026 FIN1 Championship round team
2027 - 2028 UEFA Europa Conference League (UEFAECL) - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2026 FIN1 Championship round teams
The winner of the 2026 Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), typically a FIN1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2027 - 2028 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	24

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 4 Apr 2026 - 31 Dec 1969	Champ/Relegation Series 8 Sep 2026 - 8 Nov 2026		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 for the Regular season 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. Table ranking ties for the Championship/Relegation series are broken by (1) points in Regular season, (2) head-to-head points in Regular season, (3) head-to-head goal difference in Regular season, (4) head-to-head goals scored in Regular season, (5) head-to-head away goals scored (if two teams tied), (6) goal difference, (7) goals scored, (8) Fair-Play ranking, then (9) a drawing.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2026 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 2027 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	KuPS	25	13 -9-3	48	-	41	24	17	12	6 -5-1	23	21	14	7	13	7 -4-2	25	20	10	10
2	FC Inter Turku	25	13 -9-3	48	-	32	18	14	12	6 -5-1	23	12	6	6	13	7 -4-2	25	20	12	8
3	HJK	25	12 -6-7	42	-	39	29	10	12	7 -2-3	23	20	15	5	13	5 -4-4	19	19	14	5
4	IF Gnistan	25	11 -8-6	41	-	40	32	8	13	6 -4-3	22	23	19	4	12	5 -4-3	19	17	13	4
5	VPS	25	10 -6-9	36	-	30	25	5	13	6 -3-4	21	19	13	6	12	4 -3-5	15	11	12	-1
6	AC Oulu	25	10 -4-11	34	-	26	29	-3	13	6 -2-5	20	13	12	1	12	4 -2-6	14	13	17	-4
Relegation
1	FC Lahti	25	10 -6-9	36	-	30	24	6	13	6 -4-3	22	20	12	8	12	4 -2-6	14	10	12	-2
2	FC Ilves	25	10 -4-11	34	-	42	38	4	13	8 -1-4	25	22	12	10	12	2 -3-7	9	20	26	-6
3	TPS	25	8 -8-9	32	-	28	27	1	13	7 -3-3	24	18	12	6	12	1 -5-6	8	10	15	-5
4	SJK	25	5 -9-11	24	-	28	35	-7	12	4 -3-5	15	18	16	2	13	1 -6-6	9	10	19	-9
5	IFK Mariehamn	25	4 -5-16	17	-	20	47	-27	12	3 -4-5	13	10	17	-7	13	1 -1-11	4	10	30	-20
6	FF Jaro	25	3 -8-14	17	-	20	48	-28	12	3 -5-4	14	15	17	-2	13	0 -3-10	3	5	31	-26
2027-2028 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2027-2028 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	KuPS	22	12 -7-3	43	-	38	23	15	11	6 -4-1	22	21	14	7	11	6 -3-2	21	17	9	8
2	FC Inter Turku	22	11 -9-2	42	-	29	16	13	11	5 -5-1	20	11	6	5	11	6 -4-1	22	18	10	8
3	HJK	22	11 -4-7	37	-	36	27	9	11	6 -2-3	20	18	14	4	11	5 -2-4	17	18	13	5
4	IF Gnistan	22	10 -6-6	36	-	36	29	7	11	6 -2-3	20	21	17	4	11	4 -4-3	16	15	12	3
5	AC Oulu	22	10 -4-8	34	-	25	25	0	11	6 -2-3	20	12	9	3	11	4 -2-5	14	13	16	-3
6	VPS	22	9 -6-7	33	-	29	22	7	11	5 -3-3	18	18	11	7	11	4 -3-4	15	11	11	0
7	FC Lahti	22	9 -5-8	32	-	26	19	7	11	5 -3-3	18	17	10	7	11	4 -2-5	14	9	9	0
8	TPS	22	8 -7-7	31	-	28	23	5	11	7 -2-2	23	18	9	9	11	1 -5-5	8	10	14	-4
9	FC Ilves	22	7 -4-11	25	-	34	37	-3	11	6 -1-4	19	17	11	6	11	1 -3-7	6	17	26	-9
10	SJK	22	4 -7-11	19	-	25	33	-8	11	3 -3-5	12	16	15	1	11	1 -4-6	7	9	18	-9
11	FF Jaro	22	3 -6-13	15	-	18	44	-26	11	3 -4-4	13	14	16	-2	11	0 -2-9	2	4	28	-24
12	IFK Mariehamn	22	3 -5-14	14	-	17	43	-26	11	2 -4-5	10	9	17	-8	11	1 -1-9	4	8	26	-18
Championship Rounds Relegation Rounds