Veikkausliiga
Season2003
ChampionsHJK Helsinki
Top goalscorerSaku Puhakainen, MyPa (14)
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The 2003 season was the 73rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 14th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2003 season was contested by 14 teams. HJK Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and sixth placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. The third and fourth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004, while FC KooTeePee and KuPS Kuopio were relegated to the Ykkönen.[1]

Participating clubs

In 2003 there were 14 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

[2]

League standings

2003 Veikkausliiga is located in Finland
HJK Helsinki Jokerit
Jazz
Lahti
Haka
Inter TPS
KuPS
MyPa
Tampere United
KooTeePee
FC Hämeenlinna
Allianssi Vantaa
Jaro
Location of teams in 2003 Veikkausliiga
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HJK Helsinki (C) 26 17 6 3 51 15 +36 57 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Haka Valkeakoski 26 16 5 5 54 16 +38 53 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Tampere United 26 14 5 7 39 21 +18 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 MyPa Anjalankoski 26 13 4 9 46 29 +17 43
5 FC Lahti 26 11 8 7 40 31 +9 41
6 Allianssi Vantaa 26 10 6 10 43 44 −1 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
7 FC Inter Turku 26 10 5 11 43 41 +2 35
8 Jaro Jakobstad 26 9 8 9 36 38 −2 35
9 TPS Turku 26 8 8 10 30 35 −5 32
10 FC Jokerit 26 7 7 12 29 37 −8 28
11 FC Hämeenlinna 26 7 7 12 25 48 −23 28
12 FC Jazz Pori 26 7 7 12 31 55 −24 28
13 FC KooTeePee (R) 26 6 4 16 28 53 −25 22 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 KuPS (R) 26 4 6 16 25 57 −32 18 Relegation to Ykkönen
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Allianssi Vantaa as runners-up of the 2003 Finnish Cup qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.

Promotion/relegation playoff

RoPS Rovaniemi promoted, KooTeePee Kotka relegated.[2]

Results

Home \ Away ALL HAK HJK HÄM INT JAR JAZ JOK KTP KUP LAH MYP TAM TPS
AC Allianssi 0–3 1–4 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 5–0 5–2 0–3 1–4 3–1 2–1
FC Haka 5–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–3 5–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
HJK Helsinki 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Hämeenlinna 0–3 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–1
Inter Turku 5–2 2–4 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2
Jaro 2–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 0–6 0–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–1
Jazz 1–1 1–1 2–6 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Jokerit 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–4 0–1 2–0
KooTeePee 0–1 0–4 0–4 1–2 3–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0
KuPS 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–5 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–0
Lahti 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0
MyPa 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Tampere United 4–2 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 1–3 2–0 2–0
TPS 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leading scorers

Pos. Player Nat. Club Goals
1. Saku Puhakainen Finland MyPa 14
2. Juho Mäkelä Finland HJK 13
- Gábor Szilágyi Hungary FC KooTeePee 13
4. Luciano Álvarez Argentina FC Inter 12
- Arístides Pertot Argentina FC Inter 12
6. Mika Kottila Finland HJK 11
- Valeri Popovitch Russia FC Haka 11
8. Ryan Botha South Africa MyPa 10
- Jari Niemi Finland Tampere Utd 10
- Sami Ristilä Finland FC Haka 10

[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Finland 2003". RSSSF. 2003. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. 2003. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. ^ "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)". RSSSF. 2003. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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