Veikkausliiga matches 2009

The matter of the fixtures is always discussed as the Veikkausliiga is a matter of a lesser league who always take everything into consideration. This season there are two significant factors that have been taken account while creating the program.

First of all, the Under 21 European Championship in Sweden in June has an effect in the form of some of the teams not playing the local league because they have keyplayers in the national U-21. Secondly the Women Euro 2009 takes place in Finland August - September which means that most of the stadiums are reserved for the ladies only and the League is on a break again.

Some other details should also be known which are important when thinking about placing bets; for instance the favourites Honka are not playing on their own home ground until mid summer because it is being under construction. Improvements they say. As a matter of fact it only favours FC Honka as they will play their first home matches at Finnair Stadium in Helsinki, an artificial pitch that suites their style of play perfectly.

I am still jet-lagged and exhausted as always after a relaxing holiday but will get back to you soon and regularly from now on. Below a link to official fixture list at Veikkausliiga.com
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League Cup 2009

The League cup is not the biggest of the competitions but it is on and that is the most important thing! For the teams the games are still a testing and training occasion though so surprises are more than likely to happen. This is the the program for Groups I and II, I guess everything else is pretty obvious but the "pelikenttä" means the stadion where the game is played, and please note, it is not always the home stadium! Click the table if you can not see all the columns.


I will come back to the stadiums (stadia) and the line-ups later.