The 2010 Veikkausliiga was the 80th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 16 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010.
Teams RoPS finished at the bottom of the 2009 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions AC Oulu. 13th-placed Veikkausliiga team JJK and Ykkönen runners-up KPV competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in this season. JJK won 5–3 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
Team summaries
ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerKitmakerAC OuluOuluCastrén4,000 Juha MalinenUmbroFC HonkaEspooTapiolan Urheilupuisto6,000 Mika LehkosuoKappaFC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Job DragtsmaNikeFC LahtiLahtiLahden Stadion15,000 Ilkka MäkeläUmbroFF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000/ Alexei Eremenko Sr.ErreaHakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 Sami RistiläUmbroHJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770 Antti MuurinenAdidasIFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000 Pekka LyyskiPumaJJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 Kari MartonenLegeaKuPSKuopioKuopion keskuskenttä5,000 Esa PekonenPumaMYPAMyllykoski, KouvolaSaviniemi4,167 Janne LindbergPumaTampere UnitedTampereRatina Stadion17,000 Ari HjelmPumaTPSTurkuVeritas Stadion9,372 Marko RajamäkiPumaVPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600 Tommi PikkarainenUmbro
League table
Relegation play-offs The 13th placed team of 2010 Veikkausliiga and the runners-up of the 2010 Ykkönen will compete in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2011 Veikkausliiga.Liigakarsinta ensi keskiviikkona ja lauantaina, Web.archive.org, JJK won the playoffs by 3-1 and remained again in Veikkausliiga.
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers Source: veikkausliiga.com
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Juho MäkeläHJK162 Roope RiskiTPS123 Henri LehtonenFC Inter114 Tamás GruborovicsIFK Mariehamn10 Jonatan JohanssonTPS106 Tommi KariJJK9 Jami PuustinenHonka9 Maxim VotinovMYPA99 DuduKuPS8 Frank JonkeOulu8 Papa NiangFF Jaro8 Mikko PaatelainenIFK Mariehamn8
Top assistants Source: veikkausliiga.com
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Alexei Eremenko Jr.FF Jaro82 Miikka IloKuPS7 Tomi PetrescuTampere United74 Sasha AnttilainenIFK Mariehamn6 Jonne HjelmTampere United6 Antti HynynenHaka/KuPS6 Tommi KariJJK6 Mika LahtinenJJK6 Mikko ManninenTPS6 Maxim VotinovMYPA611 DemaTampere United/HJK5 Papa NiangFF Jaro5 Mika NurmelaOulu5 Sebastian StrandvallIFK Mariehamn5
Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthApril Kari Martonen (JJK) Janne Korhonen (Haka)May Esa Pekonen (KuPS) Miikka Ilo (KuPS)June Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Henri Lehtonen (FC Inter)July Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) Tamás Gruborovics (IFK Mariehamn)August Marko Rajamäki (TPS) Roope Riski (TPS)September/ Alexei Eremenko Sr. (FF Jaro) Toni Kolehmainen (TPS)October Sami Ristilä (Haka) Dudu (KuPS)
Players of the year Source: PositionPlayerBest Goalkeeper Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS)Best Defender Juhani Ojala (HJK)Best Midfielder Miikka Ilo (KuPS)Best Striker Juho Mäkelä (HJK)Best Player Medo (HJK)
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 TPS 3,658 2 HJK 3,545 3 JJK 2,922 4 KuPS 2,628 5 Lahti 2,406 6 Honka 2,265 7 VPS 2,133 8 Oulu 1,992 9 Jaro 1,904 10 Inter Turku 1,853 11 Tampere 1,776 12 Haka 1,449 13 Mariehamn 1,445 14 MyPa 1,172 Source:
References
External links Official site uefa.com