The 2007 season of the Veikkausliiga (the premier league of the Finnish football system), the 18th season in the league's history, began on April 21.
Final league table
Relegation playoff RoPS of the Ykkönen beat FC Viikingit for a place in the 2008 season of the Veikkausliiga.
Results
European results Champions League: Tampere United prevailed in the first qualifying round against S.S. Murata of San Marino, and followed up with a victory over Levski Sofia of Bulgaria, but was knocked out by Rosenborg of Norway in the third qualifying round
UEFA Cup: HJK won in the first qualifying round against Etzella Ettelbruck of Luxembourg, but was knocked out by Aalborg BK of Denmark in the second qualifying round FC Haka won in the first qualifying round against Rhyl of Wales, but was knocked out by Midtjylland of Denmark in the second qualifying round MyPa won in the first qualifying round against EB/Streymur of the Faroe Islands, but was knocked out by Blackburn Rovers of England in the second qualifying round Tampere United joined 1st round of UEFA Cup after losing in the third qualifying round of Champions League. Bordeaux won 4–3 on aggregate.
Intertoto Cup: FC Honka won the first round against TVMK Tallinn of Estonia, but was knocked out by Aalborg BK of Denmark in the second round
Top goal scorers As of 13 October 2007 Position Player Country Team Goals 1 Rafael FC Lahti 13 2 Toni Lehtinen FC Haka 11 3 Mikko Paatelainen TPS 9 - Berat Sadik FC Lahti 9 5 Jami Puustinen FC Honka 8 - Mika Ääritalo TPS 8 7 Kim Liljeqvist KooTeePee 7 - Jari Niemi Tampere Utd 7 9 Jonas Emet FF Jaro 6 - Mikko Innanen FC Haka 6 - Armand One TPS 6 - Tomi Petrescu Tampere Utd 6 - Antti Pohja Tampere Utd 6 - Vili Savolainen HJK 6 15 Jussi Aalto FF Jaro 5 - Janne Hietanen AC Oulu 5 - Toni Junnila FF Jaro 5 - Tero Taipale VPS 5 - Justus Vajanne IFK Mariehamn 5
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 TPS 5,294 2 HJK 4,848 3 Tampere 4,115 4 Honka 3,935 5 KooTeePee 2,825 6 Inter Turku 2,807 7 Oulu 2,725 8 Viikingit 2,526 9 VPS 2,351 10 Jaro 2,338 11 Lahti 2,293 12 Haka 2,024 13 Mariehamn 1,809 14 MyPa 1,769 Source:
References
External links UEFA