2018 Veikkausliiga


The 2018 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK were the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 17 January 2017. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.

Teams

were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2017 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions TPS.
HIFK as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team FC Honka in a relegation/promotion playoff.

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumTurfCapacity
FC HonkaEspooTapiolan UrheilupuistoNatural6,000
FC InterTurkuVeritas StadionNatural10,000
FC LahtiLahtiLahden StadionNatural15,000
HJKHelsinkiTelia 5G -areenaArtificial10,770
IFK MariehamnMariehamnWiklöf Holding ArenaNatural4,000
IlvesTampereTammelan StadionNatural5,040
KuPSKuopioSavon Sanomat AreenaArtificial5,000
PS KemiKemiSauvosaaren UrheilupuistoNatural4,500
RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttäArtificial4,000
SJKSeinäjokiOmaSP StadionArtificial6,000
TPSTurkuVeritas StadionNatural10,000
VPSVaasaElisa StadionArtificial6,000

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 KlaussHJK21
2 Rasmus KarjalainenKuPS17
3 Macoumba KandjiHonka16
4 Borjas MartínHonka12
4 Petteri PennanenKuPS12
6 Aleksei KangaskolkkaIFK Mariehamn10
6 Sebastian StrandvallVPS10
8 Timo FuruholmInter Turku9
8 Marius NoubissiIlves9
10 Mika ÄäritaloTPS8
10 Benjamin KällmanInter Turku8
10 Lassi LappalainenRoPS8