2008 Veikkausliiga
| Season | 2008 |
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| Champions |
Inter Turku 1st Finnish title |
| Relegated | KooTeePee |
| Champions League | Inter Turku |
| Europa League |
Honka Lahti HJK (via domestic cup) |
| Goals scored | 482 |
| Average goals/game | 2.65 |
| Top goalscorer |
 Aleksandr Kokko Henri Myntti(13 goals both) |
| Biggest home win |
Honka 7–0 Haka Lahti 8–1 KuPS |
| Biggest away win |
Jaro 0–4 Haka Haka 0–4 Inter Turku TPS 0–4 Inter Turku VPS 0–4 Inter Turku KooTeePee 0–4 MYPA |
| Highest scoring | Lahti 8–1 KuPS |
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Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) |
The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the seventy-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.
AC Oulu finished at the bottom of the 2007 season and therefore were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions KuPS. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team FC Viikingit and Ykkönen runners-up RoPS competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Veikkausliiga. RoPS won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore were promoted to Veikkausliiga.
Veikkausliiga (Tier 1)
Ykkönen (Tier 2)
Kakkonen (Tier 3)
Kolmonen (Tier 4)
Nelonen (Tier 5)
Suomen Cup 2008
Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1HJK won the Finnish Cup 2008, thereby qualifying for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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