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Veikkausliiga 2008

Veikkausliiga
Season 2008
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 Finland Aleksandr Kokko
Finland 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
2007
2009
Finnish football
2008

Veikkausliiga (Tier 1)
Ykkönen (Tier 2)
Kakkonen (Tier 3)
Kolmonen (Tier 4)
Nelonen (Tier 5)
Suomen Cup 2008


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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