The 2015 Veikkausliiga was the 85th season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK Helsinki were the defending champions. The season was won by SJK, ending HJK's record streak of six straight titles.
Teams TPS were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2014 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions HIFK.
FC Honka and MYPA were not given a license due to the clubs' bad economic situation. The two places were given for KTP, the runner-up of 2014 Ykkönen, and Ilves, which finished third in Ykkönen.Liigalisenssikomitea päätti Veikkausliigalisensseistä kaudelle 2015
Stadia and location
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityFC InterTurkuVeritas Stadion10,000FC LahtiLahtiLahden kisapuisto4,000FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000HIFKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770HJKHelsinkiSonera Stadium10,770IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding Arena4,000IlvesTampereTammela Stadion5,040KTPKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat Areena5,000RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttä4,000SJKSeinäjokiSeinäjoen keskuskenttä3,500VPSVaasaHietalahti Stadium4,600
Personnel and kits ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsorsFC Inter NikeAlfons HåkansFC Lahti UmbroBE Group Lahti Energia HaltonFF Jaro MacronStadshotellet Kaupunginhotelli Halpa-Halli SagafursHIFK KappaAktia BankHJK AdidasApuIFK Mariehamn PumaHotell ArkipelagIlves Marco Baruffato AdidasLähiTapiola DextraKTP PumaSteveco Data Group Port of HaminakotkaKuPS PumaLähiTapiola Laitilan WirvoitusjuomatehdasRoPS PumaSarawareSJK AdidasGapConVPS PumaVarious
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableIlves Mika MalinenEnd of contractn/a Keith Armstrong24 October 2014Pre-seasonVPS Olli HuttunenSacked29 June 2015 Petri Vuorinen29 June 201512thIlves Sacked7 October 2015 Marco Baruffato14 October 20158th
League table
Results
Matches 1–22
Matches 23–33
Relegation play-offs
PK-35 Vantaa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Statistics Top scorers Source: veikkausliiga.com
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aleksandr KokkoRoPS172 Juho MäkeläVPS163 Akseli PelvasSJK144 Matheus AlvesFC Lahti125 Mika LahtinenIlves106 Pekka SihvolaHIFK97 Erfan ZeneliHJK8 Atomu TanakaHJK8 Demba SavageHJK8 Dever OrgillIFK Mariehamn8 Roope RiskiSJK812 Toni LehtinenSJK6 Joni AhoFC Inter6 Ville SalmikiviHIFK6 Ousman JallowHJK6 Ilari ÄijäläKTP6 Guy GnabouyouFC Inter6187 players52513 players43824 players36234 players29662 players1
Awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthAprilVahid Hambo huhtikuun kuukauden pelaaja Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Vahid Hambo (FC Inter)MaySJK:n Mihkel Aksalu toukokuun pelaaja Juha Malinen (RoPS) Mihkel Aksalu (SJK)JuneAleksandr Kokko kesäkuun pelaaja Juha Malinen (RoPS) Aleksandr Kokko (RoPS)JulyMika Hilander Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja Toni Korkeakunnas (FC Lahti) Mika Hilander (Ilves)August Keith Armstrong (Ilves) Mika Hilander (Ilves)September Job Dragtsma (FC Inter) Antti Okkonen (RoPS)October Simo Valakari (SJK) Aleksandr Kokko (RoPS) Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Aleksandr KokkoRoPS Goalkeeper of the Year Mihkel AksaluSJK Defender of the Year Faith ObilorRoPS Midfielder of the Year Moshtagh YaghoubiRoPS Striker of the Year Aleksandr KokkoRoPS Breakthrough of the Year Kaan KairinenInter Turku Coach of the Year Simo ValakariSJK
Attendances
# Club Average 1 HJK 5,281 2 Ilves 3,265 3 HIFK 3,080 4 SJK 2,689 5 KTP 2,565 6 Inter Turku 2,439 7 KuPS 2,332 8 RoPS 2,277 9 Lahti 2,136 10 VPS 2,096 11 Jaro 1,458 12 Mariehamn 1,303Source:
See also 2015 Ykkönen 2015 Kakkonen
References
External links Official site Escape To Suomi