The 2026 Veikkausliiga is the 96th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus is the league's main sponsor.
Teams The league consists 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 from2025 YkkösliigaRelegated to2026 YkkösliigaFC LahtiTPSFC HakaKTP
The promoted teams are the 2025 Ykkösliiga champions FC Lahti (returning to the top flight after a single-season absence), and 2025 Veikkausliiga play-off winners TPS (returning to the top flight after a five-year absence). They replaced the 2025 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team FC Haka (relegated after a six-year stint in the top flight), and Veikkausliiga play-off losers KTP (relegated after a single season).
Stadiums and locations
ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacityAC OuluOuluRaatti StadiumNatural4,392FC InterTurkuVeritas StadionArtificial9,072FC LahtiLahtiLahti StadiumNatural7,465FF JaroJakobstad (Pietarsaari)Project Liv ArenaArtificial3,600HJKTöölö, HelsinkiBolt ArenaArtificial10,770IF GnistanOulunkylä, HelsinkiMarkku.fi AreenaArtificial2,700IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaArtificial1,635IlvesTampereTammelan StadionArtificial8,017KuPSKuopioVäre AreenaArtificial5,000SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,075TPSTurkuVeritas StadionArtificial9,072VPSVaasaHietalahti StadiumArtificial6,009
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 AC Oulu Mikko Isokangas Rasmus KarjalainenCraft FC Inter Vesa Vasara Juuso Hämäläinen Nike FC Lahti Gonçalo Pereira Matias Vainionpää AdidasFF Jaro Jens Karlsson Erik GunnarssonPuma HJK Joonas Rantanen Alexander Ring Adidas IF Gnistan Jussi Leppälahti Yevgeni Bashkirov Puma IFK Mariehamn Gary Williams Sebastian Dahlström Puma Ilves Joni Lehtonen Sauli Väisänen Adidas KuPS Miika Nuutinen Petteri Pennanen Puma SJK Jarkko Wiss Markus Arsalo Adidas TPS Ivan Piñol Atte SihvonenPuma VPS Jussi Nuorela Martti Haukioja Nike
Regular season League table
Results
Championship round
League table
Results
Relegation round
League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by round
Veikkausliiga play-off
Season statistics
Top goalscorers PERUSTILASTOT, veikkausliiga.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 Adeleke AkinyemiGnistan132 Rasmus KarjalainenAC Oulu10 Alie ContehInter Turku Jaime MorenoKuPS Teemu HytönenIlves Jardell KangaIlves7 Mads BorchersHJK9 Albijon MuzaciTPS9 Herman SjögrellJaro/Inter Turku7 Luka SmythVPS Simon LindholmVPS
Hat-tricks
References