# 2013 Veikkausliiga

The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and ended on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

## Teams

FC Haka were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2012 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions RoPS.

### Team summaries

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Mika Lehkosuo | Jussi Vasara |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Job Dragtsma | Henri Lehtonen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | Juha Malinen | Mikko Hauhia |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Alexei Eremenko Sr. | Jonas Emet |
| HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | Sixten Boström | Ville Wallén |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | Pekka Lyyski | Jani Lyyski |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Juha Pasoja | Janne Korhonen |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | Esa Pekonen | Rami Hakanpää |
| MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion | 4,167 | Toni Korkeakunnas | Tuomas Aho |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | Kari Virtanen | Antti Okkonen |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Marko Rajamäki | Jarkko Hurme |
| VPS | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 4,600 | Olli Huttunen | Sebastian Strandvall |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| HJK | Antti Muurinen | End of contract | n/a | Sixten Boström | 1 January 2013 | Pre-season |
| FC Lahti | Tommi Kautonen | Sacked | 4 June 2013 | Juha Malinen | 5 June 2013 | 12th |
| JJK | Kari Martonen | Sacked | 30 June 2013 | Juha Pasoja (as caretaker) | 30 June 2013 | 12th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 25 | +53 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FC Honka | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | VPS | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 49 | |
| 5 | FC Lahti | 33 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 48 | |
| 6 | MYPA | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 47 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 7 | KuPS | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 41 | |
| 8 | TPS | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 41 | |
| 9 | FC Inter | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 40 | |
| 10 | FF Jaro | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 37 | |
| 11 | RoPS | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 34 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 12 | JJK (R) | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 22 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
* ↑ MYPA qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by Fair-Play ranking.
* ↑ RoPS qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Finnish Cup.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tim Väyrynen | FC Honka | 17 |
| 2 | Rafael | FC Lahti | 16 |
| 3 | Mikael Forssell | HJK | 14 |
| 4 | Pekka Sihvola | MYPA | 12 |
| 4 | Ilja Venäläinen | KuPS | 12 |
| 6 | Demba Savage | HJK | 11 |
| 6 | Erfan Zeneli | HJK | 11 |
| 8 | Tomi Ameobi | VPS | 9 |
| 8 | Kris Bright | IFK Mariehamn | 9 |
| 8 | Jonas Emet | FF Jaro | 9 |
| 8 | Irakli Sirbiladze | FC Inter | 9 |
| 12 | Sasha Anttilainen | MYPA | 8 |
| 12 | Dever Orgill | IFK Mariehamn | 8 |
| 12 | Shahdon Winchester | FF Jaro | 8 |
| 15 | 8 players | 8 players | 7 |
| 23 | 4 players | 4 players | 6 |
| 27 | 12 players | 12 players | 5 |
| 39 | 13 players | 13 players | 4 |
| 52 | 25 players | 25 players | 3 |
| 77 | 29 players | 29 players | 2 |
| 106 | 36 players | 36 players | 1 |

## Monthly awards

| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
| April | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) | Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn) |
| May | Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) | Pekka Sihvola (MYPA) |
| June | Mika Lehkosuo (FC Honka) | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
| July | Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) | Tomi Maanoja (RoPS) |
| August | Toni Korkeakunnas (MYPA) | Abdoulaye Méïté (FC Honka) |
| September | Sixten Boström (HJK) | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) |
| October | Olli Huttunen (VPS) | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |

## Annual awards

Source: Kauden 2013 pelipaikkojen parhaat nimetty (in Finnish)
| Position | Player |
| Best Player | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
| Best Goalkeeper | Henri Sillanpää (VPS) |
| Best Defender | Gideon Baah (FC Honka) |
| Best Midfielder | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) |
| Best Striker | Tim Väyrynen (FC Honka) |
| Best Manager | Olli Huttunen (VPS) |