# 1996 Veikkausliiga

Statistics of Veikkausliiga in the 1996 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and FC Jazz Pori won the championship.

## Preliminary stage
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FF Jaro | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 37 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | Jazz | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 37 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 3 | TPS | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 37 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 4 | FinnPa | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 35 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | MyPa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | VPS | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 8 | HJK | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 9 | RoPS | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | Ilves | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 11 | Haka | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 24 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 12 | MP | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 16 | Qualification to Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FPA | HAK | HJK | ILV | INT | JAR | JAZ | MP | MYP | RPS | TPS | VPS |
| FinnPa | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| FC Haka | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| HJK | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 |
| Ilves | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Inter Turku | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| FF Jaro | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Jazz | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| MP | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| MyPa | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| RoPS | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| TPS | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| VPS | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |

## Championship group
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jazz (C) | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 47 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | MyPa | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | TPS | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 4 | FinnPa | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 42 | |
| 5 | FF Jaro | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 39 | |
| 6 | Inter Turku | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 39 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FPA | INT | JAR | JAZ | MYP | TPS |
| FinnPa | | 3–0 | | | 0–1 | |
| Inter Turku | | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 |
| FF Jaro | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Jazz | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 3–1 |
| MyPa | | 3–0 | | 3–2 | | |
| TPS | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | 3–0 | |

## Relegation group
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VPS | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 41 | |
| 2 | RoPS | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 39 | |
| 3 | HJK (O) | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 38 | Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round and relegation play-offs |
| 4 | Ilves (R) | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
| 5 | Haka (R) | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 27 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
| 6 | MP (R) | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
* ↑ HJK Helsinki as winners of the 1996 Finnish Cup qualified for the qualifying round of the 1997–98 Cup Winners' Cup.

### Results

| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | ILV | MP | RPS | VPS |
| Haka | | | | 5–2 | | 0–1 |
| HJK | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | 4–2 |
| Ilves | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | | |
| MP | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | |
| RoPS | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | | | |
| VPS | | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |