2006 Veikkausliiga

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KuPS 0 - 5 TPS
Highest scoringTPS 7 - 0 FC KooTeePee
FF Jaro 2 - 5 FC Honka
2005

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.

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. UEFA Cup place as HJK won the Finnish Cup. The Intertoto Cup place was given to FC Honka
    .
  2. UEFA Cup
    as Fair Play Award winners.

Results

European results

Champions League:

  • FC Copenhagen
    in the second round

UEFA Cup:

  • Drogheda United
  • FC Levadia Tallinn

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

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