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Veikkausliiga (Finnish: [ˈʋei̯kːɑusˌliːɡɑ]) is the premier division of association football in Finland, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name.
The Football Association of Finland was founded in 1907 and became a member of FIFA the next year. At the time, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy ruled by the Russian Emperors . Finland played its first international on 22 October 1911, as Sweden beat the Finns at the Eläintarha Stadium in Helsinki.
The 2023 Veikkausliiga was the 93rd season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. The winners (HJK, their fourth successive title win and thirty-third overall) qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023 Finnish Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round.
The 2024 Veikkausliiga was the 94th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor. Teams
Stadin derby HIFK–HJK 23. May 2017. The highest division in Finnish men's football is the Veikkausliiga, comprising 12 professional football teams. Below that is a league system maintained by the Finnish Football Association, with Ykkönen, or First Division, as the second highest division, with 10 teams.
This article provides details of international football games played by the Finland national football team from 2020 to present. [1] Results. Key Win Draw
Finland have qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2020 edition. [1] They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with one group match remaining; this meant they would appear in a major tournament finals for the first time in their history. [2]
Ykkösliiga replaces Ykkönen as the second-highest Finnish football league, and the current second-tier Ykkönen will drop down one level in a league pyramid to establish a new and the first nation-wide third-tier Ykkönen with 12 teams, starting to run in 2024. All the previous third-tier levels in Finland had been divided to geographical ...