Football league
Veikkausliiga ( swedish : Tipsligan ) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league social organization, comprising the top 12 clubs of the area. Its chief patron is the finnish national dissipated means Veikkaus, hence the league ‘s diagnose. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990 ; before that the top division was called Mestaruussarja ( championship serial ) since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided as a knock-out cup contest .
structure [edit ]
During the 1990 and 1991 seasons the Veikkausliiga was played under the name “ Futisliiga ” ( swedish : Fotbollsligan ). [ 1 ]
Reading: Veikkausliiga
As with certain other cold-climate european countries, league matches in Finland are played in summer, with a schedule normally from April to October. The format and count of teams has changed frequently. As of 2020 there are 12 teams, which first face the other teams two times. After the two rounds, the league is divided into championship group ( 6 teams ) and challenge group ( 6 teams ), and both groups play a single series of five far matches. At the end of the season, the final team is relegated to Ykkönen, whose winner is promoted to Veikkausliiga, and the second final team plays a two-leg play-off versus the Ykkönen runner-up. In 2010 the average annual wage with bang benefits for a league musician was 24,400 euros. [ 2 ] Veikkausliiga is a establish penis of the European Professional Football Leagues affiliation. [ 3 ]
Clubs [edit ]
The Veikkausliiga clubs in the 2021 temper are presented in the table below. Number of seasons includes seasons played in Veikkausliiga and preceding Mestaruussarja and seasons of predecessor teams after season 2020. In the case of mergers, the seasons of the predecessor with the most seasons are counted .
erstwhile clubs [edit ]
1 ) FC Jazz was once known as PPT ( Porin Pallotoverit ).
2 ) Kuusysi and Reipas merged their professional teams in 1996 to form FC Lahti. Kuusysi returned to Kakkonen in 2011 under the diagnose Lahti Akatemia, while Reipas returned to Kolmonen one year late.
3 ) tampere United was formed in 1998 after it inherited the place of FC Ilves. Tampere United was dissolved in 2011 and Ilves, which in the meanwhile had bought the place of KooVee in second base division, got promoted back to the highest league in 2015 .
Veikkausliiga 1990–present [edit ]
performance [edit ]
performance by club [edit ]
The following clubs have won : Finnish Championship Cup Competition ( 1908–1929 )
Mestaruussarja ( 1930–1989 )
Veikkausliiga ( 1990–present ) 30 clubs have been Champions.
Read more: Lille OSC
top scorers [edit ]
individual all-time records [edit ]
Player in activities
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
Read more: Lille OSC