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2001 Veikkausliiga

The 2001 season was the 71st completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Veikkausliiga. At the same time it was the 12th season of the Veikkausliiga.

Overview

The Veikkausliiga is administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 2001 season was contested by 12 teams. Tampere United won the championship and qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League qualification round, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup. The fourth placed team qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition, FC Jokerit and RoPS Rovaniemi were relegated to the Ykkönen.

Participating clubs

In 2001 there were 12 participants in the Veikkausliiga:

Atlantis Helsinki - Promoted from Ykkönen
FC Jazz Pori
FC Lahti
Haka Valkeakoski
HJK Helsinki
Inter Turku
Jokerit Helsinki
KuPS Kuopio - Promoted from Ykkönen
MyPa 47 Anjalankoski
RoPS Rovaniemi
Tampere United
VPS Vaasa

League standings

Promotion/relegation playoff

Jaro Pietarsaari - Jokerit Helsinki 1-1
Jokerit Helsinki - Jaro Pietarsaari 3-4

Jaro Pietarsaari promoted, Jokerit Helsinki relegated.

Results

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.

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Leading scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paulus Roiha	FIN	HJK Helsinki
2	Antti Pohja	FIN	Tampere United
3	Richard Teberio	SWE	Inter Turku
4	Peter Sampo	FIN	KuPS Kuopio
5	Nikki Helenius	FIN	FC Lahti

Attendances

No.	Club	Average
1	HJK	3,818
2	Tampere	3,074
3	Jokerit	2,930
4	KuPS	2,558
5	Inter Turku	2,207
6	VPS	2,153
7	MyPa	1,860
8	Haka	1,780
9	Atlantis	1,723
10	Lahti	1,572
11	RoPS	1,526
12	Jazz	1,506

Source:

Footnotes

References

Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

References

(2001). "Finland 2001".
(2001). "Finland - List of League First Level Tables".
(2001). "Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga)".
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fin/avefin01.htm

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