# 2022 Veikkausliiga

The 2022 Veikkausliiga was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK won the championship for the third consecutive season.

## Teams

KTP (relegated after one year in the top flight) were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2021 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions VPS (promoted after a two-year absence).

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity |
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatti Stadion | Natural | 4,392 |
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | Artificial | 3,516 |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | Natural | 6,000 |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 9,372 |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 7,465 |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | Artificial | 10,770 |
| HJK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | Artificial | 10,770 |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Artificial | 4,000 |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tampere Stadium | Natural | 16,800 |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Artificial | 5,000 |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti | Artificial | 6,005 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| AC Oulu | Jyrki Ahola | Lassi Nurmos | Craft | Go On Oulu / Codemate / Oulun Energia |
| FC Haka | Teemu Tainio | Jacob Bushue | Puma | Volkswagen |
| FC Honka | Vesa Vasara | Duarte Tammilehto | Puma | Volkswagen |
| FC Inter | Miguel Grau | Timo Furuholm | Nike | Alfons Håkans |
| FC Lahti | Ilir Zeneli | Kari Arkivuo | Umbro | Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti |
| HIFK | Mixu Paatelainen | Sakari Mattila | Puma | Aktia Bank |
| HJK | Toni Koskela | Daniel O'Shaughnessy | Adidas | Apu |
| IFK Mariehamn | Daniel Norrmén | Timi Lahti | Puma | Åland / Arkipelag |
| Ilves | Toni Kallio | Tuure Siira | Adidas | Pohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy |
| KuPS | Simo Valakari | Nana Boateng | Puma | Pohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away) |
| SJK | Joaquín Gómez | Mehmet Hetemaj | Adidas | LähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa |
| VPS | Jussi Nuorela | Sebastian Strandvall | Nike | |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | HJK | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | KuPS | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Honka | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Haka | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | SJK | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Oulu | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Ilves | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 25 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | VPS | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 22 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Lahti | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | HIFK | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 48 | −33 | 9 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

## Results

| Home \ Away | HAK | HFK | HJK | HON | ILV | INT | KPS | LAH | MAR | OUL | SJK | VPS |
| Haka | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| HIFK | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| HJK | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Honka | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Ilves | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Inter Turku | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| KuPS | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Lahti | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–5 |
| Mariehamn | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Oulu | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–6 |
| SJK | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 |
| VPS | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — |

## Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HJK | KPS | HON | HAK | INT | SJK |
| 1 | HJK (C, Q) | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round | — | 0–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | KuPS (Q) | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Honka (Q) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 3–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 4 | Haka (O) | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 45 | Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs. | 0–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Inter Turku | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 35 | Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs. | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | SJK | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs. | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

## Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OUL | VPS | ILV | MAR | LAH | HFK |
| 7 | Oulu | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs. | — | — | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 8 | VPS | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 35 | Qualification for the national Europa Conference League play-offs. | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 9 | Ilves | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 34 | | — | 2–3 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | — |
| 10 | Mariehamn | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 34 | | 2–4 | 2–2 | — | — | 6–0 | — |
| 11 | Lahti (O) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 21 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | 6–1 |
| 12 | HIFK (R) | 27 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 70 | −50 | 9 | Relegation to Ykkönen | — | — | 1–5 | 2–3 | — | — |

## Europa Conference League play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | | | | | | |
| 6 SJK | 6 SJK | 6 SJK | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 SJK | 6 SJK | 6 SJK | 0 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | | | | | |
| 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 1 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | 22 October 2022 | | |
| 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 1 | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 0 | | |
| 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | | | | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 7 Oulu | 0 | | |
| 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 19 October 2022 | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| 5 Inter Turku | 5 Inter Turku | 5 Inter Turku | 1 | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 8 VPS (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| 5 Inter Turku | 5 Inter Turku | 5 Inter Turku | 1 | | | | | | | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 |
| 8 VPS | 8 VPS | 8 VPS | 5 | | | | | | | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 | 26 and 30 October 2022 |
| 8 VPS | 8 VPS | 8 VPS | 5 | | | | | | | 8 VPS | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 Haka | 3 | 1 | 4 |

### Final
#### First leg
#### Second leg
## Relegation play-offs

| Ykkönen playoff semifinal | Ykkönen playoff semifinal | Ykkönen playoff semifinal | Ykkönen playoff semifinal | Ykkönen playoff final | Ykkönen playoff final | Ykkönen playoff final | Ykkönen playoff final | | | Promotion/relegation playoff final | Promotion/relegation playoff final | Promotion/relegation playoff final | Promotion/relegation playoff final |
| | | | | 17 Oktober 2022 | 17 Oktober 2022 | 17 Oktober 2022 | 17 Oktober 2022 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 TPS | 2 TPS | 2 TPS | 4 | | |
| 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | | | | 2 TPS | 2 TPS | 2 TPS | 4 | | |
| 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | 12 Oktober 2022 | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 0 | | |
| 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 2 | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 0 | | |
| 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 3 FF Jaro | 2 | | | | | | | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 |
| 4 Ekenäs IF | 4 Ekenäs IF | 4 Ekenäs IF | 1 | | | | | | | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 | 20 & 23 Oktober 2022 |
| 4 Ekenäs IF | 4 Ekenäs IF | 4 Ekenäs IF | 1 | | | | | | | 2 TPS | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 11 Lahti | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Promotion/relegation play-off final
#### First leg
#### Second leg
## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 30 October 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lee Erwin | Haka | 20 |
| 2 | Kalle Multanen | VPS | 15 |
| 3 | Agon Sadiku | Honka | 14 |
| 4 | John Owoeri | Mariehamn | 11 |
| 4 | Tim Väyrynen | KuPS | 11 |
| 6 | Michael López | Oulu | 10 |
| 6 | Kai Meriluoto | Ilves | 10 |
| 8 | Dé | Mariehamn | 9 |
| 8 | Petteri Pennanen | Ilves | 9 |
| 10 | Jānis Ikaunieks | KuPS | 8 |
| 10 | Bojan Radulović | HJK | 8 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Lee Erwin | Haka |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Conor Hazard | HJK |
| Defender of the Year | Paulo Ricardo | KuPS |
| Midfielder of the Year | Petteri Pennanen | Ilves |
| Striker of the Year | Lee Erwin | Haka |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Agon Sadiku | Honka |
| Coach of the Year | Toni Koskela | HJK |

### Team of the Year

Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Johannes Kreidl (KuPS) | Johannes Kreidl (KuPS) | Johannes Kreidl (KuPS) | Johannes Kreidl (KuPS) |
| Defence | Henri Toivomäki (KuPS) | Miro Tenho (HJK) | Paulo Ricardo (KuPS) | Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK) |
| Midfield | Rui Modesto (Honka) | Anton Popovitch (KuPS) | Jānis Ikaunieks (KuPS) | Otso Liimatta (Oulu) |
| Attack | Lee Erwin (Haka) | Agon Sadiku (Honka) |

### Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | HJK | 8,096 | 4,650 | 3,446 | 4,048 | +164.6%$^†$ |
| 2 | HIFK | 9,565 | 7,103 | 1,212 | 3,188 | +169.5%$^†$ |
| 3 | SJK | 4,432 | 2,358 | 2,074 | 2,216 | +28.3%$^†$ |
| 4 | KuPS | 5,394 | 2,336 | 1,394 | 1,798 | −17.7%$^†$ |
| 5 | VPS | 3,524 | 2,286 | 1,238 | 1,762 | +100.5%$^†$ |
| 6 | Haka | 3,250 | 2,240 | 1,010 | 1,625 | +36.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Ilves | 3,941 | 1,844 | 234 | 1,314 | −28.1%$^†$ |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 3,561 | 1,467 | 786 | 1,187 | +28.5%$^†$ |
| 9 | FC Inter | 2,652 | 2,122 | 224 | 884 | −38.0%$^†$ |
| 10 | IFK Mariehamn | 2,193 | 857 | 614 | 731 | −0.7%$^†$ |
| 11 | AC Oulu | 1,320 | 1,086 | 234 | 660 | −50.0%$^†$ |
| 12 | FC Honka | 672 | 340 | 332 | 336 | −31.4%$^†$ |
| | League total | 48,600 | 7,103 | 224 | 1,301 | −19.7%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 27 April 2022 Source: Notes: $^†$ Promoted from Ykkönen 2021