Season | 2017 |
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Matches played | 55 |
Goals scored | 149 (2.71 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Alfredo Morelos 10 goals |
Biggest home win | HJK 6–0 SJK (31 May) |
Biggest away win | JJK 1–5 HJK (23 April) |
Highest scoring | FC Inter 6–2 RoPS (12 April) |
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The 2017 Veikkausliiga will be the eighty-seventh season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn are the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 19 January 2017. The season started on 5 April 2017 and will end in 28 October 2017.
PK-35 Vantaa were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2016 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK.
FC Inter as 11th-placed team regained their Veikkausliiga spot after winning the second-placed Ykkönen team TPS 2–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Each team plays three times against every other team, either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away, for a total of 33 matches played each.
Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)
Source: veikkausliiga.com (Finnish)