2025 Veikkausliiga

The 2025 Veikkausliiga was the 95th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.

Teams The league consisted of twelve teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Ykkösliiga. KuPS entered the season as defending champions.

Team changes Promoted from2024 YkkösliigaRelegated to2025 YkkösliigaKTPFF JaroEIFLahti

The promoted teams were the 2024 Ykkösliiga champions KTP (returning to the top flight after a single-season absence), and 2024 Veikkausliiga play-off winners Jaro (returning to the top flight after a nine-year absence). They replaced the 2024 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team EIF (relegated after a single season), and Veikkausliiga play-off losers Lahti (relegated after a 13-year stint in the top flight).

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacityIF GnistanOulunkylä, HelsinkiMustapekka AreenaArtificial2,700FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttäArtificial3,516HJKTöölö, HelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770IlvesTampereTammelan StadionArtificial8,000FC Inter TurkuTurkuVeritas StadionArtificial9,372FF JaroJakobstad (Pietarsaari)Jakobstads CentralplanNatural5,000KTPKotkaArto Tolsa AreenaArtificial4,780KuPSKuopioVäre AreenaArtificial4,778IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial1,650AC OuluOuluRaatti StadiumNatural5,000SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,075VPSVaasaHietalahti StadiumArtificial6,005

Personnel and kits All teams are obligated to have the Veikkausliiga logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

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 Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer IF Gnistan Puma FC Haka Niklas Friberg Puma HJK Miika Nuutinen (interim) Daniel O'Shaughnessy Adidas Ilves Adidas FC Inter Turku NikeFF Jaro Niklas Vidjeskog Sergei EremenkoPuma KTP Ossi Virta (interim) Joona Toivio Puma KuPS Jarkko Wiss Puma IFK Mariehaman Gary Williams Pontus Lindgren Puma AC Oulu Mikko Isokangas Craft SJK Rasmus Karjalainen Adidas VPS Nike

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref KuPS Jani Honkavaara Signed by Djurgårdens IF 31 December 2024Pre-season Jarkko Wiss 1 January 2025Jarkko Wiss ja Sixten Boströmin kanssa sopimukset kaudesta 2025, kups.fi, 15 August 2024 HJK Toni Korkeakunnas Sacked 4 May 202510th Miika Nuutinen (interim) 4 May 2025Kiitos, Toke! – HJK:n valmennukseen muutos, hjk.fi, 4 May 2025FC Haka Andy Smith 28 July 202510th Kari Martonen 28 July 2025FC HAKA ON VAPAUTTANUT PÄÄVALMENTAJA ANDY SMITHIN TEHTÄVISTÄÄN, fchaka.fi, 28 July 2025KTP Jonas Nyholm20 September 202512th Ossi Virta (interim)20 September 2025Lehdistötilaisuus: KTP - Jaro 19.9.2025, KTP Kotka

Regular season League table

Results

Championship round League table

Results

Relegation round League table

Results

Results by round

Veikkausliiga play-off The eleventh-placed team (KTP) faced the second-placed team of the 2025 Ykkösliiga (TPS) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Veikkausliiga.

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers PERUSTILASTOT, veikkausliiga.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kasper PaananenSJK Seinäjoki182 Alexander RingHJK14 Kerfala CissokoJaro Teemu PukkiHJK4 Roope RiskiIlves13 Mohamed ToureKuPS5 Dimitri LegboInter Turku126 Maissa FallVPS117 Santeri HostikkaHJK10 Korede AdedoyinIFK Mariehamn Agon SadikuKuPS9 Jeremiah StrengSJK Seinäjoki9 Rasmus KarjalainenSJK Seinäjoki

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Mads BorchersVPSAC Oulu4–3 (H)5 April 2025VPS-LUOTSI JUSSI NUORELA FUTISUUTISILLE: "MADS BORCHERSISSA AINESTA MAALIKUNINKAAKSI", veikkausliiga.com, Joslyn Luyeye-LutumbaKuPSHJK3–0 (H)27 June 2025KuPS jo kolmen maalin johtoon, hyökkääjälle hattutemppu, Savon Sanomat, 27 June 2025 Agon SadikuKuPSGnistan6–2 (H)1 July 2025 Alexander RingHJKIFK Mariehamn8–2 (H)24 August 2025

Clean sheets , Football Association of Finland RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Johannes KreidlKuPS10 Eetu HuuhtanenInter Turku3 Otso VirtanenIlves74 Thijmen NijhuisHJK Helsinki5 Roope PaunioSJK Seinäjoki Álex CraninxGnistan7 Miguel SantosJaro48 Matias RiikonenMariehamn3 Teppo MarttinenVPS Rasmus LeislahtiVPS

Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthManager of the MonthRefApril Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki) Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki)SJK:n Kasper Paananen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja huhtikuussa, Veikkaus, 5 May 2025May Alexander Ring (HJK Helsinki) Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku)HJK:n Alexander Ring Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja toukokuussa, veikkaus.fi, 12 June 2025June Antoin Essomba (Inter Turku) Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki) (2)FC Interin Loic Essomba Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja kesäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 7 July 2025July Benji Michel (HJK Helsinki) Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku) (2)HJK:n Benji Michel Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa, Veikkaus, 5 August 2025August Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki) (2) Jarkko Wiss (KuPS)SJK:n Kasper Paananen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja elokuussa, Veikkaus, 10 September 2025September Cody David (IFK Mariehamn) Joonas Rantanen (Ilves)IFK Mariehamnin Cody David Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja syyskuussa, Veikkaus, 7 October 2025October Dimitri Legbo (Inter Turku) Jarkko Wiss (KuPS) (2)

Attendances

The clubs are listed by average home league attendance.https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avefin.htm

No. Club Average attendance vs '24 Highest 1 HJK 6,223 -2,2% 8,133 2 FC Ilves 5,447 -5,8% 7,651 3 Seinäjoen JK 3,540 14,0% 6,075 4 FC Inter Turku 3,208 27,8% 4,489 5 VPS Vaasa 2,871 -3,1% 4,632 6 FC Haka 2,773 23,8% 3,780 7 KuPS 2,698 -24,2% 4,023 8 FC KTP 2,428 35,4% 3,412 9 IF Gnistan 2,329 9,3% 3,112 10 FF Jaro 2,282 63,6% 3,616 11 AC Oulu 1,849 6,4% 3,649 12 IFK Mariehamn 1,250 -8,0% 2,267

2025 Veikkausliiga

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