# 2014 Veikkausliiga

The 2014 Veikkausliiga was the 84th season of top-tier football in Finland. The league started on 6 April 2014 and ended on 25 October 2014. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.

## Teams

JJK were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2013 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions SJK.

### Team summaries

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | 6,000 | Shefki Kuqi | Jussi Vasara |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Job Dragtsma | Henri Lehtonen |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | 15,000 | Toni Korkeakunnas | Mikko Hauhia |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Alexei Eremenko Sr. | Jonas Emet |
| HJK | Helsinki | Sonera Stadium | 10,770 | Mika Lehkosuo | Teemu Tainio |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | 4,000 | Pekka Lyyski | Jani Lyyski |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | 5,000 | Marko Rajamäki | Miikka Ilo |
| MYPA | Myllykoski, Kouvola | Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion | 4,167 | Antti Muurinen | Tuomas Aho |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | Juha Malinen | Antti Okkonen |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | Seinäjoen keskuskenttä | 3,500 | Simo Valakari | Pavle Milosavljević |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 10,000 | Mika Laurikainen | Jukka Lehtovaara |
| 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 |
| RoPS | Kari Virtanen | End of contract | n/a | Juha Malinen | | Pre-season |
| FC Lahti | Juha Malinen | End of contract | n/a | Toni Korkeakunnas | | Pre-season |
| MYPA | Toni Korkeakunnas | End of contract | n/a | Antti Muurinen | | Pre-season |
| FC Honka | Mika Lehkosuo | Sacked | 7 February 2014 | Shefki Kuqi | 15 February 2014 | Pre-season |
| TPS | Marko Rajamäki | Mutual termination | 14 February 2014 | Mika Laurikainen | 17 February 2014 | Pre-season |
| KuPS | Esa Pekonen | Mutual termination | 24 April 2014 | Marko Rajamäki | 2 May 2014 | 12th |
| HJK | Sixten Boström | Sacked | 29 April 2014 | Mika Lehkosuo | 29 April 2014 | 6th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 25 | +37 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | SJK | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | FC Lahti | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | VPS | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | IFK Mariehamn | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 | |
| 6 | FF Jaro | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 44 | |
| 7 | KuPS | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | MYPA (R) | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 39 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
| 9 | RoPS | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | FC Inter | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | FC Honka (R) | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 12 | TPS (R) | 33 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 24 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
* ↑ MYPA were denied a licence for the 2015 season and were relegated to 2015 Ykkönen, however the team later decided to cease their operations
* ↑ FC Honka were denied a licence and they continue in the 2015 Kakkonen with a reserve team

## Statistics
### Top scorers

Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
    As of 26 October 2014.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jonas Emet | FF Jaro | 14 |
| 1 | Luis Solignac | IFK Mariehamn | 14 |
| 3 | Rafael | FC Lahti | 13 |
| 4 | Diego Assis | IFK Mariehamn | 11 |
| 4 | Petteri Forsell | IFK Mariehamn | 11 |
| 4 | Akseli Pelvas | SJK | 11 |
| 4 | Demba Savage | HJK | 11 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Kokko | RoPS | 9 |
| 8 | Roni Porokara | FC Honka / HJK | 9 |
| 8 | Ats Purje | KuPS | 9 |
| 8 | Irakli Sirbiladze | FC Inter | 9 |
| 8 | Shahdon Winchester | FF Jaro | 9 |
| 13 | Hendrik Helmke | FF Jaro | 8 |
| 13 | Toni Lehtinen | SJK | 8 |
| 15 | 6 players | 6 players | 7 |
| 21 | 10 players | 10 players | 6 |
| 31 | 6 players | 6 players | 5 |
| 37 | 10 players | 10 players | 4 |
| 47 | 26 players | 26 players | 3 |
| 73 | 24 players | 24 players | 2 |
| 97 | 61 players | 61 players | 1 |

## Monthly awards

| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
| April | Antti Muurinen (MYPA) | Hendrik Helmke (FF Jaro) |
| May | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Rasmus Schüller (HJK) |
| June | Simo Valakari (SJK) | Admir Ćatović (KuPS) |
| July | Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti) | Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti) |
| August | Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) | Petteri Forsell (IFK Mariehamn) |
| September | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) | Erfan Zeneli (HJK) |
| October | Olli Huttunen (VPS) | Sebastian Standvall (VPS) |

## Annual awards

| Position | Player |
| Best Player | Robin Lod (HJK) |
| Best Goalkeeper | Henrik Moisander (FC Lahti) |
| Best Defender | Cédric Gogoua (SJK) |
| Best Midfielder | Robin Lod (HJK) |
| Best Striker | Demba Savage (HJK) |
| Best Manager | Mika Lehkosuo (HJK) |