2006 Veikkausliiga
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Season | 2006 |
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Champions | Tampere United 2nd Finnish title |
Relegated | KuPS |
Champions League | Tampere United |
UEFA Cup | HJK, MyPa, FC Haka |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 410 (2.63 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hermanni Vuorinen (16) |
Biggest home win | TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee |
Biggest away win | KuPS 0 - 5 TPS |
Highest scoring | TPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee FF Jaro 2 - 5 FC Honka |
← 2005 2007 → |
The 2006 season of the Veikkausliiga the 17th season in the league's history, which began on April 19 and ended on October 29.
The league was originally supposed to have 14 teams, but AC Allianssi was refused a license, so the league was subsequently played with only 13 teams.
Table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Tampere United (C) | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 51 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | HJK | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a] |
3 | FC Haka | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 44 | |
4 | FC Honka | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 42 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
5 | IFK Mariehamn | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 37 | |
6 | MyPa | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b] |
7 | TPS | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 31 | |
8 | FC Lahti | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 31 | |
9 | VPS | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 29 | |
10 | FC Inter | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 28 | |
11 | FC KooTeePee | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 27 | |
12 | FF Jaro | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 19 | |
13 | KuPS (R) | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 41 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
[edit]European results
[edit]- MyPa prevailed in the first round against The New Saints, but was knocked out by FC Copenhagen in the second round
- HJK lost the first round to Drogheda United
- FC Haka lost the first round to FC Levadia Tallinn
- Tampere United won the first round against Carmarthen Town F.C., but was knocked out by Kalmar FF in the second round
Promotions and relegations
[edit]- The 2007 season is once again being contested by 14 teams. Only one team, KuPS, was relegated, while two teams from Division 1 were promoted, being FC Viikingit and AC Oulu.
Top goal scorers
[edit]Position | Player | Country | Team | Goals |
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1 | Hermanni Vuorinen | FC Honka | 16 | |
2 | Rafael | FC Lahti | 13 | |
3 | Farid Ghazi | HJK | 12 | |
4 | Ville Lehtinen | Tampere Utd | 11 | |
- | Mikko Paatelainen | FF Jaro | 11 | |
- | Antti Pohja | HJK | 11 | |
7 | Ady | / | TPS | 10 |
- | Valtter Laaksonen | FC Inter | 10 |