2003 Veikkausliiga

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2002

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

KuPS Kuopio were relegated to the Ykkönen.[1]

Participating clubs

In 2003 there were 14 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

[2]

League standings

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 - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1
  • KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2

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.

References