The 2001 season was the 71st completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 12th season of the Veikkausliiga.
Overview The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2001 season was contested by 12 teams. Tampere United won the championship and qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition, FC Jokerit and RoPS Rovaniemi were relegated to the Ykkönen.
Participating clubs
In 2001 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:
Atlantis Helsinki - Promoted from Ykkönen FC Jazz Pori FC Lahti Haka Valkeakoski HJK Helsinki Inter Turku Jokerit Helsinki KuPS Kuopio - Promoted from Ykkönen MyPa 47 Anjalankoski RoPS Rovaniemi Tampere United VPS Vaasa
League standings
Promotion/relegation playoff
Jaro Pietarsaari - Jokerit Helsinki 1-1 Jokerit Helsinki - Jaro Pietarsaari 3-4
Jaro Pietarsaari promoted, Jokerit Helsinki relegated.
Results Each team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–33
Leading scorers Rank Player ClubGoals 1 Paulus Roiha HJK Helsinki 22 2 Antti Pohja Tampere United 19 3 Richard Teberio Inter Turku 13 4 Peter Sampo KuPS Kuopio 12 5 Nikki Helenius FC Lahti 11
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 HJK 3,818 2 Tampere 3,074 3 Jokerit 2,930 4 KuPS 2,558 5 Inter Turku 2,207 6 VPS 2,153 7 MyPa 1,860 8 Haka 1,780 9 Atlantis 1,723 10 Lahti 1,572 11 RoPS 1,526 12 Jazz 1,506Source:
References
External links Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)