2009 Veikkausliiga
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The 2009 Veikkausliiga was the 79th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009. Inter Turku were the defending champions.
The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved Honka Espoo and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table, RoPS were relegated to the Ykkönen while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.
Promotion and relegation
KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team KuPS and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.
Overview
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Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS | Template:Flagicon Tomi Kärkkäinen | Resigned | 15 May 2009 [1] | Template:Flagicon Petri Vuorinen | 15 May 2009 [1] | 14th |
| RoPS | Template:Flagicon Valeri Bondarenko | Sacked | 27 May 2009 [2] | Template:Flagicon Mika Lumijärvi Template:Flagicon Zeddy Saileti |
27 May 2009 [2] | 14th |
| FF Jaro | Template:Flagicon Mika Laurikainen | Sacked | 18 August 2009 | Template:Flagicon Alexei Eremenko Sr. |
18 August 2009 | |
| Haka | Template:Flagicon Olli Huttunen | Sacked | 7 September 2009 | Template:Flagicon Sami Ristilä |
7 September 2009 | 5th |
| RoPS | Template:Flagicon Mika Lumijärvi | Sacked | 7 October 2009 | Template:Flagicon Zeddy Saileti Template:Flagicon Jorma Turpeenniemi |
7 October 2009 | 14th |
League table
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Relegation play-offs
JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and KPV as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the 2010 Veikkausliiga. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga.
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Results
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Statistics
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Monthly awards
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|---|
| April[3] | Template:Flagicon Pekka Lyyski (IFK Mariehamn) | Template:Flagicon Hermanni Vuorinen (Honka) |
| May[4] | Template:Flagicon Olli Huttunen (Haka) | Template:Flagicon Sebastian Strandvall (Haka) |
| June[5] | Template:Flagicon Mika Laurikainen (Jaro) | Template:Flagicon Jens Nygård (VPS) |
| July[6] | Template:Flagicon Pasi Rautiainen (TPS) | Template:Flagicon Jukka Lehtovaara (TPS) |
References
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- ↑ Vuorisesta Veikkausliigan huhtikuun pelaaja Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- ↑ Toukokuun Kuukauden joukkue nimetty Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- ↑ Jens Nygårdista kesäkuun Kuukauden pelaaja Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- ↑ TPS:n Lehtovaarasta Kuukauden pelaaja heinäkuussa Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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External links
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