2025 Veikkausliiga

The 2025 Veikkausliiga was the 95th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.^[1]

Season2025

Dates5 April – 26 October 2025

ChampionsKuPS

RelegatedKTP
Haka

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Veikkausliiga
Season	2025
Dates	5 April – 26 October 2025
Champions	KuPS
Relegated	KTP Haka
Champions League	KuPS
Conference League	HJK Ilves Inter Turku
Matches	162
Goals	583 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kasper Paananen (18)
Biggest home win	HJK 8–2 IFK Mariehamn (24 August 2025)
Biggest away win	KTP 0–5 Ilves (19 April 2025)
Highest scoring	HJK 8–2 IFK Mariehamn (24 August 2025)
Highest attendance	8,133 HJK 0–0 KuPS (31 May 2025)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 26 October 2025.

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Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Ykkösliiga. KuPS entered the season as defending champions.

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2024 Ykkösliiga, Relegated to ...

Promoted from 2024 Ykkösliiga	Relegated to 2025 Ykkösliiga
KTP FF Jaro	EIF Lahti

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The promoted teams were the 2024 Ykkösliiga champions KTP (returning to the top flight after a single-season absence), and 2024 Veikkausliiga play-off winners Jaro (returning to the top flight after a nine-year absence). They replaced the 2024 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team EIF (relegated after a single season), and Veikkausliiga play-off losers Lahti (relegated after a 13-year stint in the top flight).

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2025 Veikkausliiga

More information Club, Location ...

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
IF Gnistan	Oulunkylä, Helsinki	Mustapekka Areena	Artificial	2,700
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	Artificial	3,516
HJK	Töölö, Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
Ilves	Tampere	Tammelan Stadion	Artificial	8,000
FC Inter Turku	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Artificial	9,372
FF Jaro	Jakobstad (Pietarsaari)	Jakobstads Centralplan	Natural	5,000
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	Artificial	4,780
KuPS	Kuopio	Väre Areena	Artificial	4,778
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Artificial	1,650
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatti Stadium	Natural	5,000
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	6,075
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	Artificial	6,005

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Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the Veikkausliiga logo on the right sleeve of their shirt.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information Team, Head coach ...

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
IF Gnistan	Jussi Leppälahti	Jukka Raitala	Puma
FC Haka	Kari Martonen	Niklas Friberg	Puma
HJK	Miika Nuutinen (interim)	Daniel O'Shaughnessy	Adidas
Ilves	Joonas Rantanen	Otso Virtanen	Adidas
FC Inter Turku	Vesa Vasara	Juuso Hämäläinen	Nike
FF Jaro	Niklas Vidjeskog	Sergei Eremenko	Puma
KTP	Ossi Virta (interim)	Joona Toivio	Puma
KuPS	Jarkko Wiss	Petteri Pennanen	Puma
IFK Mariehaman	Gary Williams	Pontus Lindgren	Puma
AC Oulu	Mikko Isokangas	Niklas Jokelainen	Craft
SJK	Stevie Grieve	Rasmus Karjalainen	Adidas
VPS	Jussi Nuorela	Jesper Engström	Nike

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Ref
KuPS	Jani Honkavaara	Signed by Djurgårdens IF	31 December 2024	Pre-season	Jarkko Wiss	1 January 2025	^[2]
HJK	Toni Korkeakunnas	Sacked	4 May 2025	10th	Miika Nuutinen (interim)	4 May 2025	^[3]
FC Haka	Andy Smith		28 July 2025	10th	Kari Martonen	28 July 2025	^[4]
KTP	Jonas Nyholm		20 September 2025	12th	Ossi Virta (interim)	20 September 2025	^[5]

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Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Turku	22	13	7	2	46	20	+26	46	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	Ilves	22	14	3	5	47	27	+20	45
3	HJK	22	14	2	6	59	29	+30	44
4	KuPS	22	13	5	4	39	23	+16	44
5	SJK	22	12	5	5	45	31	+14	41
6	Gnistan	22	7	7	8	34	39	−5	28
7	VPS	22	6	7	9	32	34	−2	25	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	Jaro	22	7	4	11	25	36	−11	25
9	IFK Mariehamn	22	5	6	11	25	48	−23	21
10	AC Oulu	22	5	3	14	30	48	−18	18
11	Haka	22	4	4	14	27	43	−16	16
12	KTP	22	3	5	14	24	55	−31	14

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Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results

More information Home \ Away, GNI ...

Home \ Away	GNI	HAK	HJK	ILV	INT	JAR	KTP	KPS	MAR	OUL	SJK	VPS
Gnistan	—	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–0
Haka	3–2	—	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–1
HJK	0–1	3–1	—	5–1	1–4	2–3	4–1	0–0	8–2	3–1	4–2	3–1
Ilves	2–2	3–2	3–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–2
Inter Turku	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	2–1
Jaro	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	—	2–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–4	2–2
KTP	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–5	2–2	3–2	—	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	2–2
KuPS	6–2	3–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	—	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–2
IFK Mariehamn	2–5	1–1	0–4	3–2	2–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	1–5
AC Oulu	2–3	3–2	0–4	0–4	1–4	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	—	2–2	2–1
SJK	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	—	2–3
VPS	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–3	1–2	—

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Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KuPS (C)	32	20	7	5	62	34	+28	67	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Inter Turku	32	17	10	5	60	33	+27	61	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Ilves	32	18	6	8	68	45	+23	60
4	SJK	32	17	8	7	70	51	+19	59
5	HJK	32	14	7	11	74	52	+22	49	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Gnistan	32	8	9	15	47	65	−18	33

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Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:

[a]
HJK qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round as the 2025 Finnish Cup winners.

Results

More information Home \ Away, GNI ...

Home \ Away	GNI	HJK	ILV	INT	KPS	SJK
Gnistan	—	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–4	3–4
HJK	2–3	—	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–4
Ilves	3–2	3–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–3
Inter Turku	2–1	0–0	2–0	—	0–3	2–2
KuPS	1–1	3–1	2–4	3–2	—	3–2
SJK	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	—

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Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jaro	27	10	4	13	35	44	−9	34
2	IFK Mariehamn	27	8	8	11	34	53	−19	32
3	VPS	27	8	7	12	37	42	−5	31
4	AC Oulu	27	8	3	16	35	53	−18	27
5	KTP (R)	27	5	6	16	31	61	−30	21	Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off
6	Haka (R)	27	4	5	18	30	50	−20	17	Relegation to the Ykkösliiga

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Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, HAK ...

Home \ Away	HAK	JAR	KTP	MAR	OUL	VPS
Haka	—	—	1–2	—	0–1	—
Jaro	2–1	—	—	2–3	1–2	—
KTP	—	1–2	—	1–1	—	—
IFK Mariehamn	1–1	—	—	—	2–0	2–1
AC Oulu	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–0
VPS	1–0	1–3	2–1	—	—	—

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Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

More information Team ╲ Round, KuPS ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
KuPS	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W
Inter Turku	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W
Ilves	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	L
SJK	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W
HJK	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L
Gnistan	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L
Jaro	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W
IFK Mariehamn	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W
VPS	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L
AC Oulu	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
KTP	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W
Haka	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L

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Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: veikkausliiga.com (in Finnish)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Veikkausliiga play-off

The eleventh-placed team (KTP) faced the second-placed team of the 2025 Ykkösliiga (TPS) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Veikkausliiga.

First leg

23 October 2025	TPS	3–0	KTP	Turku
16:30 BST	Muzaci 78' Helén 85', 87'			Stadium: Veritas Stadion

Second leg

26 October 2025	KTP	2–3 (2–6 agg.)	TPS	Kotka
12:00 BST	Rangel 49' Tahmbi 74'		Helén 3' Muzaci 56' (pen.) Boström 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Arto Tolsa Areena

Season statistics

More information Rank, Player ...

Top goalscorers

As of 26 October 2025^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kasper Paananen	SJK Seinäjoki	18
2	Alexander Ring	HJK	14
	Kerfala Cissoko	Jaro
	Teemu Pukki	HJK
4	Roope Riski	Ilves	13
4	Mohamed Toure	KuPS	13
5	Dimitri Legbo	Inter Turku	12
6	Maissa Fall	VPS	11
7	Santeri Hostikka	HJK	10
	Korede Adedoyin	IFK Mariehamn
	Agon Sadiku	KuPS
9	Jeremiah Streng	SJK Seinäjoki	9
9	Rasmus Karjalainen	SJK Seinäjoki	9

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mads Borchers	VPS	AC Oulu	4–3 (H)	5 April 2025^[7]
Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba	KuPS	HJK	3–0 (H)	27 June 2025^[8]
Agon Sadiku	KuPS	Gnistan	6–2 (H)	1 July 2025
Alexander Ring	HJK	IFK Mariehamn	8–2 (H)	24 August 2025

Clean sheets

As of 26 October 2025^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Johannes Kreidl	KuPS	10
1	Eetu Huuhtanen	Inter Turku	10
3	Otso Virtanen	Ilves	7
4	Thijmen Nijhuis	HJK Helsinki	5
	Roope Paunio	SJK Seinäjoki
	Álex Craninx	Gnistan
7	Miguel Santos	Jaro	4
8	Matias Riikonen	Mariehamn	3
	Teppo Marttinen	VPS
	Rasmus Leislahti	VPS

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Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Month	Player of the Month	Manager of the Month	Ref
April	Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki)	Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki)	^[10]
May	Alexander Ring (HJK Helsinki)	Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku)	^[11]
June	Antoin Essomba (Inter Turku)	Stevie Grieve (SJK Seinäjoki) ⁽²⁾	^[12]
July	Benji Michel (HJK Helsinki)	Vesa Vasara (Inter Turku) ⁽²⁾	^[13]
August	Kasper Paananen (SJK Seinäjoki) ⁽²⁾	Jarkko Wiss (KuPS)	^[14]
September	Cody David (IFK Mariehamn)	Joonas Rantanen (Ilves)	^[15]
October	Dimitri Legbo (Inter Turku)	Jarkko Wiss (KuPS) ⁽²⁾

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Attendances

The clubs are listed by average home league attendance.^[16]

More information No., Club ...

No.	Club	Average attendance	vs '24	Highest
1	HJK	6,223	-2,2%	8,133
2	FC Ilves	5,447	-5,8%	7,651
3	Seinäjoen JK	3,540	14,0%	6,075
4	FC Inter Turku	3,208	27,8%	4,489
5	VPS Vaasa	2,871	-3,1%	4,632
6	FC Haka	2,773	23,8%	3,780
7	KuPS	2,698	-24,2%	4,023
8	FC KTP	2,428	35,4%	3,412
9	IF Gnistan	2,329	9,3%	3,112
10	FF Jaro	2,282	63,6%	3,616
11	AC Oulu	1,849	6,4%	3,649
12	IFK Mariehamn	1,250	-8,0%	2,267

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2025 Veikkausliiga

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship round

League table

Results

Relegation round

League table

Results

Results by round

Veikkausliiga play-off

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

Attendances

See also

References

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