2026 Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

Season	2026
Dates	4 April - 1 November 2026
Matches	58
Goals	141 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rasmus Karjalainen (7)
Biggest home win	IF Gnistan 5–0 FF Jaro (16 May 2026) FC Lahti 5–0 Ilves (30 May 2026)
Biggest away win	IF Gnistan 1–5 AC Oulu (4 April 2026)
Highest scoring	IF Gnistan 1–5 AC Oulu (4 April 2026)
Highest attendance	8,102 Inter Turku 2–1 TPS (23 May 2026)
← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 23 May 2026.

The 2026 Veikkausliiga is the 96th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus is the league's main sponsor.

Teams

The league consists 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

Promoted from 2025 Ykkösliiga	Relegated to 2026 Ykkösliiga
FC Lahti TPS	FC Haka KTP

The promoted teams are the 2025 Ykkösliiga champions FC Lahti (returning to the top flight after a single-season absence), and 2025 Veikkausliiga play-off winners TPS (returning to the top flight after a five-year absence). They replaced the 2025 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team FC Haka (relegated after a six-year stint in the top flight), and Veikkausliiga play-off losers KTP (relegated after a single season).

Stadiums and locations

Oulu

FF Jaro

Lahti

Turku

Helsinki

IFK M

Ilves

KuPS

SJK

VPS

Helsinki teams
HJK
Gnistan

Turku teams
Inter
TPS

Location of teams in 2026 Veikkausliiga

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatti Stadium	Natural	4,392
FC Inter	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Artificial	9,072
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahti Stadium	Natural	7,465
FF Jaro	Jakobstad (Pietarsaari)	Project Liv Arena	Artificial	3,600
HJK	Töölö, Helsinki	Bolt Arena	Artificial	10,770
IF Gnistan	Oulunkylä, Helsinki	Markku.fi Areena	Artificial	2,700
IFK Mariehamn	Mariehamn	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Artificial	1,635
Ilves	Tampere	Tammelan Stadion	Artificial	8,017
KuPS	Kuopio	Väre Areena	Artificial	5,000
SJK	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	Artificial	6,075
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	Artificial	9,072
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	Artificial	6,009

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.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
AC Oulu	Mikko Isokangas	Rasmus Karjalainen	Craft
FC Inter	Vesa Vasara	Juuso Hämäläinen	Nike
FC Lahti	Gonçalo Pereira	Matias Vainionpää	Adidas
FF Jaro	Jens Karlsson	Erik Gunnarsson	Puma
HJK	Joonas Rantanen	Alexander Ring	Adidas
IF Gnistan	Jussi Leppälahti	Yevgeni Bashkirov	Puma
IFK Mariehamn	Gary Williams	Sebastian Dahlström	Puma
Ilves	Joni Lehtonen	Sauli Väisänen	Adidas
KuPS	Miika Nuutinen	Petteri Pennanen	Puma
SJK	Jarkko Wiss	Markus Arsalo	Adidas
TPS	Ivan Piñol	Atte Sihvonen	Puma
VPS	Jussi Nuorela	Martti Haukioja	Nike

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KuPS	22	12	7	3	38	23	+15	43	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	Inter Turku	22	11	9	2	29	16	+13	42
3	HJK	22	11	4	7	36	27	+9	37
4	IF Gnistan	22	10	6	6	36	29	+7	36
5	AC Oulu	22	10	4	8	25	25	0	34
6	VPS	22	9	6	7	29	22	+7	33
7	FC Lahti	22	9	5	8	26	19	+7	32	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	TPS	22	8	7	7	28	23	+5	31
9	Ilves	22	7	4	11	34	37	−3	25
10	SJK	22	4	7	11	25	33	−8	19
11	FF Jaro	22	3	6	13	18	44	−26	15
12	IFK Mariehamn	22	3	5	14	17	43	−26	14

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

Home \ Away	GNI	HJK	ILV	INT	JAR	KPS	LAH	MAR	OUL	SJK	TPS	VPS
IF Gnistan	—	0–3	3–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–5	3–2	1–1	1–1
HJK	2–3	—	2–2	3–3	3–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Ilves	2–0	1–2	—	1–3	5–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1
Inter Turku	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
FF Jaro	1–1	2–5	2–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3
KuPS	1–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	2–4	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–1
FC Lahti	1–0	2–0	5–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	—	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1
IFK Mariehamn	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
AC Oulu	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0
SJK	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	—	3–1	1–2
TPS	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	—	1–0
VPS	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	5–1	1–0	1–3	—

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

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KuPS	22	12	7	3	38	23	+15	43	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Inter Turku	22	11	9	2	29	16	+13	42	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	HJK	22	11	4	7	36	27	+9	37
4	IF Gnistan	22	10	6	6	36	29	+7	36
5	AC Oulu	22	10	4	8	25	25	0	34
6	VPS	22	9	6	7	29	22	+7	33

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2026. Source:
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

Home \ Away	KPS	INT	HJK	GNI	OUL	VPS
KuPS	—
Inter Turku		—
HJK			—
IF Gnistan				—
AC Oulu					—
VPS						—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2026. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	FC Lahti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ilves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	SJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	FF Jaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off
6	IFK Mariehamn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the 2027 Ykkösliiga

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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

Home \ Away	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	—
TBD		—
TBD			—
TBD				—
TBD					—
TBD						—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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	33
KuPS	3	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Inter Turku	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
HJK	2	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	4	3
IF Gnistan	12	12	12	12	10	10	7	8	8	6	5	6	6	7	6	6	4	5	6	4	3	4
AC Oulu	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	3	5	6	6	5
VPS	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	4	6	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	5	6	4	5	5	6
TPS	6	7	6	5	2	2	5	6	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
FC Lahti	4	6	7	6	7	7	8	9	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Ilves	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	7	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
SJK	11	3	5	7	6	6	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
FF Jaro	9	9	10	9	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
IFK Mariehamn	5	10	9	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and 2027–28 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
	Conference League first qualifying round
	Veikkausliiga play-off
	Relegation to 2027 Ykkösliiga

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2026. Source: Veikkausliiga

Results by round

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
IF Gnistan	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W
HJK	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L
Ilves	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L
Inter Turku	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D
FF Jaro	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L
KuPS	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L
FC Lahti	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W
IFK Mariehamn	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W
AC Oulu	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W
SJK	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L
TPS	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D
VPS	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 23 August 2026. Source: Soccerstats.com (in English)
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose; P = Postponed

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 31 May 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rasmus Karjalainen	AC Oulu	7
2	Adeleke Akinyemi	IF Gnistan	5
	Alie Conteh	Inter Turku
	Jaime Moreno	KuPS
3	Bob Nii Armah	KuPS	4
	Teemu Hytönen	Ilves
	Julius Körkkö	AC Oulu
4	Herman Sjögrell	FF Jaro	3
	Otto Ruoppi	KuPS
	Teemu Pukki	HJK
	Maksim Stjopin	Ilves
	Theodoros Tsirigotis	TPS
	Albijon Muzaci	TPS
	Teemu Hytönen	Ilves
	Luka Smyth	VPS