The 2009

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, 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 Veikkau ...

was the 79th season of top-tier football in

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. It began on 18 April 2009 and ended on 17 October 2009.

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were the defending champions. The championship was won by

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history ...

, who came out on top of a three-team race which also involved

Honka Espoo FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

and TPS Turku. On the bottom end of the table,

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were relegated to the

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also play ...

while JJK will have to compete in a two-legged relegation play-off.

Promotion and relegation

KooTeePee finished at the bottom of the 2008 season and were relegated to

. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions JJK. 13th placed Veikkausliiga team

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

and Ykkönen runners-up competed in a two-legged relegation play-offs for one spot in 2009 Veikkausliiga. KuPS won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby retained their league position.

Overview

Managerial changes

League table

Relegation play-offs

JJK as 13th placed team of 2009 Veikkausliiga and

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as runners-up of the 2009 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-offs for one spot in the

2010 Veikkausliiga The 2010 Veikkausliiga was the 80th season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 16 April 2010 and ended on 23 October 2010. Teams RoPS finished at the bottom of the 2009 season and were relegated to Ykkönen. Their place was taken by Ykk ...

. JJK won the play-offs by 5–3 and remained in Veikkausliiga. ----

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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Top assistants

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veikkausliiga.com
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Monthly awards

References

External links

Official site

{{2009–10 in European Football (UEFA) Veikkausliiga seasons

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