The 2022 Veikkausliiga was the 92nd season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK won the championship for the third consecutive season.
Teams
KTP (relegated after one year in the top flight) were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2021 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions VPS (promoted after a two-year absence).
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacityAC OuluOuluRaatti StadionNatural4,392FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttäArtificial3,516FC HonkaEspooTapiolan UrheilupuistoNatural6,000FC InterTurkuVeritas StadionNatural9,372FC LahtiLahtiLahden StadionNatural7,465HIFKHelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770HJKHelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial4,000IlvesTampereTampere StadiumNatural16,800KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat AreenaArtificial5,000SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,000VPSVaasaHietalahtiArtificial6,005
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) AC Oulu Jyrki Ahola Lassi Nurmos Craft Go On Oulu / Codemate / Oulun Energia FC Haka Teemu Tainio Jacob BushuePuma Volkswagen FC Honka Vesa Vasara Duarte Tammilehto Puma Volkswagen FC Inter Miguel Grau Timo Furuholm Nike Alfons Håkans FC Lahti Ilir Zeneli Kari Arkivuo Umbro Halton / Oomi / Green Lahti HIFK Mixu Paatelainen Sakari Mattila Puma Aktia Bank HJK Toni Koskela Daniel O'Shaughnessy Adidas Apu IFK Mariehamn Daniel Norrmén Timi Lahti Puma Åland / Arkipelag Ilves Toni Kallio Tuure Siira Adidas Pohjola Rakennus / Avant Tecno / Pihlajalinna / NYQS Oy KuPS Simo Valakari Nana Boateng Puma Pohjola Sairaala (home) / LähiTapiola (away) SJK Joaquín Gómez Mehmet Hetemaj Adidas LähiTapiola / Oma Säästöpankki / Elisa VPS Jussi Nuorela Sebastian Strandvall Nike
Regular season League table
Results
Championship round
Relegation round
Europa Conference League play-offs
Quarter-finals
Semifinal
Final First leg
Second leg
Relegation play-offs
Ykkönen playoff semifinals
Ykkönen playoff finals
Promotion/relegation play-off final
First leg
Second leg
Statistics Top goalscorers Suomen Palloliitto RankPlayerClubGoals1 Lee ErwinHaka202 Kalle MultanenVPS153 Agon SadikuHonka144 John OwoeriMariehamn11 Tim VäyrynenKuPS6 Michael LópezOulu10 Kai MeriluotoIlves8 DéMariehamn9 Petteri PennanenIlves10 Jānis IkaunieksKuPS8 Bojan RadulovićHJK Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Year Lee ErwinHakaGoalkeeper of the Year Conor HazardHJK Defender of the Year Paulo RicardoKuPSMidfielder of the Year Petteri PennanenIlvesStriker of the Year Lee ErwinHakaBreakthrough of the Year Agon SadikuHonkaCoach of the Year Toni KoskelaHJK Team of the Year
Team of the YearGoalkeeper Johannes Kreidl (KuPS)Defence Henri Toivomäki (KuPS)Miro Tenho (HJK) Paulo Ricardo (KuPS)Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK)MidfieldRui Modesto (Honka)Anton Popovitch
(KuPS) Jānis Ikaunieks (KuPS)Otso Liimatta (Oulu)Attack Lee Erwin (Haka) Agon Sadiku (Honka)
Attendance
References
External links Official website 2022 Veikkausliiga at Soccerway