2025 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga
Season2025
Dates5 April – 26 October 2025
ChampionsKuPS
RelegatedKTP
Haka
Champions LeagueKuPS
Conference LeagueHJK
Ilves
Inter Turku
Matches132
Goals433 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorerKasper Paananen
(14)
Biggest home winHJK 8–2 IFK Mariehamn
(24 August 2025)
Biggest away winKTP 0–5 Ilves
(19 April 2025)
Highest scoringHJK 8–2 IFK Mariehamn
(24 August 2025)
Highest attendance8,133
HJK 0–0 KuPS
(31 May 2025)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 31 August 2025.

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.[1]

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 from
2024 Ykkösliiga 		Relegated to
2025 Ykkösliiga
KTP
FF Jaro 		EIF
Lahti

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

Location of teams in 2025 Veikkausliiga
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity
IF Gnistan Oulunkylä, Helsinki Mustapekka Areena Artificial 2,700
FC Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä Artificial 3,516
HJK Töölö, Helsinki Bolt Arena Artificial 10,770
Ilves Tampere Tammelan Stadion Artificial 8,000
FC Inter Turku Turku Veritas Stadion Artificial 9,372
FF Jaro Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) Jakobstads Centralplan Natural 5,000
KTP Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena Artificial 4,780
KuPS Kuopio Väre Areena Artificial 4,778
IFK Mariehamn Mariehamn Wiklöf Holding Arena Artificial 1,650
AC Oulu Oulu Raatti Stadium Natural 5,000
SJK Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion Artificial 6,075
VPS Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium Artificial 6,005

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 Jussi Leppälahti Jukka Raitala Puma
FC Haka Kari Martonen Niklas Friberg Puma
HJK Miika Nuutinen (interim) Daniel O'Shaughnessy Adidas
Ilves Joonas Rantanen Otso Virtanen Adidas
FC Inter Turku Vesa Vasara Juuso Hämäläinen Nike
FF Jaro Niklas Vidjeskog Sergei Eremenko Puma
KTP Ossi Virta (interim) Joona Toivio Puma
KuPS Jarkko Wiss Petteri Pennanen Puma
IFK Mariehaman Gary Williams Pontus Lindgren Puma
AC Oulu Mikko Isokangas Niklas Jokelainen Craft
SJK Stevie Grieve Rasmus Karjalainen Adidas
VPS Jussi Nuorela Jesper Engström 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 2024 Pre-season Jarkko Wiss 1 January 2025 [2]
HJK Toni Korkeakunnas Sacked 4 May 2025 10th Miika Nuutinen (interim) 4 May 2025 [3]
FC Haka Andy Smith 28 July 2025 10th Kari Martonen 28 July 2025 [4]
KTP Jonas Nyholm 20 September 2025 12th Ossi Virta (interim) 20 September 2025 [5]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Inter Turku 22 13 7 2 46 20 +26 46 Qualification for the Championship Round
2 Ilves 22 14 3 5 47 27 +20 45
3 HJK 22 14 2 6 59 29 +30 44
4 KuPS 22 13 5 4 39 23 +16 44
5 SJK 22 12 5 5 45 31 +14 41
6 Gnistan 22 7 7 8 34 39 −5 28
7 VPS 22 6 7 9 32 34 −2 25 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 Jaro 22 7 4 11 25 36 −11 25
9 IFK Mariehamn 22 5 6 11 25 48 −23 21
10 AC Oulu 22 5 3 14 30 48 −18 18
11 Haka 22 4 4 14 27 43 −16 16
12 KTP 22 3 5 14 24 55 −31 14
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).


Results

Home \ Away GNI HAK HJK ILV INT JAR KTP KPS MAR OUL SJK VPS
Gnistan — 2–0 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–0
Haka 3–2 — 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–3 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–1
HJK 0–1 3–1 — 5–1 1–4 2–3 4–1 0–0 8–2 3–1 4–2 3–1
Ilves 2–2 3–2 3–2 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–2
Inter Turku 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 — 3–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 2–1
Jaro 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 — 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–4 2–2
KTP 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–5 2–2 3–2 — 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–2
KuPS 6–2 3–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 — 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–2
IFK Mariehamn 2–5 1–1 0–4 3–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–2 1–5
AC Oulu 2–3 3–2 0–4 0–4 1–4 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 — 2–2 2–1
SJK 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 — 2–3
VPS 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–2 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KuPS (C) 32 20 7 5 62 34 +28 67 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Inter Turku 32 17 10 5 60 33 +27 61 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Ilves 32 18 6 8 68 45 +23 60
4 SJK 32 17 8 7 70 51 +19 59
5 HJK 32 14 7 11 74 52 +22 49 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
6 Gnistan 32 8 9 15 47 65 −18 33
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ HJK qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round as the 2025 Finnish Cup winners.


Results

Home \ Away GNI HJK ILV INT KPS SJK
Gnistan — 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–4 3–4
HJK 2–3 — 2–2 1–1 0–2 3–4
Ilves 3–2 3–1 — 1–2 1–1 3–3
Inter Turku 2–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–3 2–2
KuPS 1–1 3–1 2–4 3–2 — 3–2
SJK 3–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jaro 27 10 4 13 35 44 −9 34
2 IFK Mariehamn 27 8 8 11 34 53 −19 32
3 VPS 27 8 7 12 37 42 −5 31
4 AC Oulu 27 8 3 16 35 53 −18 27
5 KTP (R) 27 5 6 16 31 61 −30 21 Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off
6 Haka (R) 27 4 5 18 30 50 −20 17 Relegation to the Ykkösliiga
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated


Results

Home \ Away HAK JAR KTP MAR OUL VPS
Haka — — 1–2 — 0–1 —
Jaro 2–1 — — 2–3 1–2 —
KTP — 1–2 — 1–1 — —
IFK Mariehamn 1–1 — — — 2–0 2–1
AC Oulu — — 0–2 — — 2–0
VPS 1–0 1–3 2–1 — — —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
KuPSDWWWWWWLDLLWWDWDLWWWWDLWWWWDWDWW
Inter TurkuDWWWDDWWWDWDDWWDWWWLLWWDLLWWDDLW
IlvesWWWLLWLDWWLWWDWWWDLWWWWWDLLDWWDL
SJKWWWDLLDLDWWWWDLWLWWWWDDLWWWWLDDW
HJKLLLWDWWWDWWLLWWWWLWWWWDDDLLLDLDL
GnistanLLWLWWDDLWDDLDWLLDWDWLLLLWLLLDDL
JaroWLLLWLDDLLWLWDLLDWWLLWLWLWW
IFK MariehamnLWLWLDWLDLWLDDLDLDLWLLDWWDW
VPSWDLLWWDWLWDLLLLDDDLDWLWLWLL
AC OuluLLLLWLLDDLLWLDWLWLLLLWWWLWL
KTPLDLWLLLDDLLWLDLDWLLLLLLLWDW
HakaWLWDLLLDWDLLWLLDLLLLLLDLLLL
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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

23 October 2025 TPS 3–0 KTP Turku
16:30 BST Muzaci 78'
Helén 85', 87'		 Stadium: Veritas Stadion

Second leg

26 October 2025 KTP2–3
(2–6 agg.)		 TPS Kotka
12:00 BST Rangel 49'
Tahmbi 74'		 Helén 3'
Muzaci 56' (pen.)
Boström 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena

Season statistics

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Ref
April Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki) Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki) [10]
May Alexander Ring (HJK Helsinki) Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku) [11]
June Antoin Essomba (Inter Turku) Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki) (2) [12]
July Benji Michel (HJK Helsinki) Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku) (2) [13]
August Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki) (2) Jarkko Wiss (KuPS) [14]
September Cody David (IFK Mariehamn) Joonas Rantanen (Ilves) [15]
October Dimitri Legbo (Inter Turku) Jarkko Wiss (KuPS) (2)

Attendances

The clubs are listed by average home league attendance.[16]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "2025 Veikkausliiga". Soccerway.
  2. ^ Jarkko Wiss ja Sixten Boströmin kanssa sopimukset kaudesta 2025, kups.fi, 15 August 2024
  3. ^ Kiitos, Toke! – HJK:n valmennukseen muutos, hjk.fi, 4 May 2025
  4. ^ FC HAKA ON VAPAUTTANUT PÄÄVALMENTAJA ANDY SMITHIN TEHTÄVISTÄÄN, fchaka.fi, 28 July 2025
  5. ^ Lehdistötilaisuus: KTP - Jaro 19.9.2025, KTP Kotka
  6. ^ PERUSTILASTOT, veikkausliiga.com
  7. ^ VPS-LUOTSI JUSSI NUORELA FUTISUUTISILLE: "MADS BORCHERSISSA AINESTA MAALIKUNINKAAKSI", veikkausliiga.com,
  8. ^ KuPS jo kolmen maalin johtoon, hyökkääjälle hattutemppu, Savon Sanomat, 27 June 2025
  9. ^ [1], Football Association of Finland
  10. ^ SJK:n Kasper Paananen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja huhtikuussa, Veikkaus, 5 May 2025
  11. ^ HJK:n Alexander Ring Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja toukokuussa, veikkaus.fi, 12 June 2025
  12. ^ FC Interin Loic Essomba Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja kesäkuussa, veikkaus.fi, 7 July 2025
  13. ^ HJK:n Benji Michel Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa, Veikkaus, 5 August 2025
  14. ^ SJK:n Kasper Paananen Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja elokuussa, Veikkaus, 10 September 2025
  15. ^ IFK Mariehamnin Cody David Veikkausliigan kuukauden pelaaja syyskuussa, Veikkaus, 7 October 2025
  16. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/avefin.htm
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