Veikkausliiga
Season2006
ChampionsTampere United
2nd Finnish title
RelegatedKuPS
Champions LeagueTampere United
UEFA CupHJK, MyPa, FC Haka
Matches played156
Goals scored410 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerFinlandHermanni Vuorinen (16)
Biggest home winTPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee
Biggest away winKuPS 0 - 5 TPS
Highest scoringTPS 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.

2006 Veikkausliiga is located in Finland
KuPS
MyPa
Honka
Viikingit HJK
Jaro
Tampere United
KooTeePee
Mariehamn
Lahti
Inter TPS
VPS
Haka
Location of teams in 2006 Veikkausliiga

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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:
  1. ^ FC Haka gained HJK's UEFA Cup place as HJK won the Finnish Cup. The Intertoto Cup place was given to FC Honka.
  2. ^ MyPa were awarded a place in the UEFA Cup as Fair Play Award winners.

Results

Home \ Away HAK HJK HON INT JAR KTP KUP LAH IFK MYP TAM TPS VPS
FC Haka 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 4–1
HJK 1–2 3–0 5–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 3–2 3–0
FC Honka 0–2 0–0 6–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
FC Inter 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
FF Jaro 0–0 2–0 2–5 1–5 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 5–0 1–1
FC KooTeePee 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0
KuPS 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–2
FC Lahti 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–4 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–0
IFK Mariehamn 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1
MyPa 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–2
Tampere United 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–3
TPS 1–2 1–4 0–2 2–2 0–3 7–0 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1
VPS 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

European results

Champions League:

UEFA Cup:

Intertoto Cup:

Promotions and relegations

Top goal scorers

Position Player Country Team Goals
1 Hermanni Vuorinen Finland FC Honka 16
2 Rafael Brazil FC Lahti 13
3 Farid Ghazi Algeria HJK 12
4 Ville Lehtinen Finland Tampere Utd 11
- Mikko Paatelainen Finland FF Jaro 11
- Antti Pohja Finland HJK 11
7 Ady Brazil/Tunisia TPS 10
- Valtter Laaksonen Finland FC Inter 10

External links

Top-division football seasons in Finland
2006 in Finnish football
2005–06 in European men's football (UEFA)
2006–07 in European men's football (UEFA)
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