2006 Veikkausliiga
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.
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- UEFA Cup place as HJK won the Finnish Cup. The Intertoto Cup place was given to FC Honka.
- UEFA Cupas Fair Play Award winners.
Results
European results
- FC Copenhagenin the second round
- Drogheda United
- FC Levadia Tallinn
Intertoto Cup:
- Carmarthen Town F.C., but was knocked out by Kalmar FFin the second round
Promotions and relegations
- The 2007 season is once again being contested by 14 teams. Only one team, KuPS, was relegated, while two teams from Division 1 were promoted, being FC Viikingit and AC Oulu.
Top goal scorers
Position | Player | Country | Team | Goals |
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1 | Hermanni Vuorinen | FC Honka | 16 | |
2 | Rafael |
FC Lahti | 13 | |
3 | Farid Ghazi | HJK | 12 | |
4 | Ville Lehtinen | Tampere Utd | 11 | |
- | Mikko Paatelainen | FF Jaro | 11 | |
- | Antti Pohja | HJK | 11 | |
7 | Ady | / | TPS | 10 |
- | Valtter Laaksonen | FC Inter | 10 |