| Season | 2019 |
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| Champions | KuPS 6th title |
| Relegated | KPV VPS |
| Champions League | KuPS |
| Europa League | Inter Turku Ilves |
| Matches played | 162 |
| Goals scored | 396 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Filip Valenčič (16) |
| Highest scoring | IFK Mariehamn 3–4 KuPS (1 May 2019) |
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The 2019 Veikkausliiga was the 89th season of top-tier footballinFinland. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi were the defending champions.[1] KuPS won the title.
Veikkausliiga adopted a new league format for the 2019 season. Each team played against each other twice in the regular season. After the regular season the top six teams advanced to the Championship Series which determines the champion and European tournament qualification places. The bottom six teams advanced to the Challenger Series. The best team from the Challenger Series plays in a tournament against the Championship Series' 4th, 5th, and 6th place teams. The winner from that plays in a final series against the 3rd best team from the Championship Series. The last UEFA Europa League qualification place goes to the winner of that final series.[2]
The bottom team from the Challenger Series will relegate to the Ykkönen, and second to last team will play in a relegation play-off series against the 2nd best team from Ykkönen.
Palloseura Kemi Kings were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2018 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions HIFK Fotboll.
Turun Palloseura as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team Kokkolan Palloveikot in a relegation/promotion playoff.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity |
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| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | Natural | 6,000 |
| Inter Turku | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 10,000 |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 15,000 |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | Artificial | 10,770 |
| HJK | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | Artificial | 10,770 |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Natural | 4,000 |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tammelan Stadion | Natural | 5,040 |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan Keskuskenttä | Natural | 2,000 |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Artificial | 5,000 |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | Artificial | 4,000 |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
| VPS | Vaasa | Elisa Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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| 1 | KuPS (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 53 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round. |
| 2 | Inter Turku | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round. |
| 3 | FC Honka (O) | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification final. |
| 4 | Ilves | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round.[b] |
| 5 | HJK | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 37 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
| 6 | IFK Mariehamn | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 32 | |
| 7 | HIFK | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for the national Europa League qualification tournament. |
| 8 | FC Lahti | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 9 | SJK | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | RoPS | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 30 | |
| 11 | KPV (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | VPS (R) | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 19 | Relegation to the Ykkönen |
| Home \ Away | HFK | HJK | HON | MAR | ILV | INT | KPV | KPS | LAH | RPS | SJK | VPS |
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| HIFK | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| HJK | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| FC Honka | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| IFK Mariehamn | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Ilves | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| FC Inter | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| KPV | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| KuPS | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 |
| FC Lahti | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| RoPS | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| SJK | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| VPS | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Five teams will play for a spot in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
| HJK | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Lahti |
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Report |
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Referee: Mattias Gestranius
| IFK Mariehamn | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | HIFK |
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Referee: Mohammed Al-Emara
| HJK | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | IFK Mariehamn |
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Referee: Antti Munukka
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| IFK Mariehamn | 1–3 | FC Honka | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| IFK Mariehamn | 2-3 | FC Honka |
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Referee: Joni Hyytiä
| FC Honka | 2-1 | IFK Mariehamn |
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| Report |
Referee: Petri Viljanen
| TPS | 0–0 | KPV |
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| Report |
Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Kalle Mäkinen
| KPV | 0–3 | TPS |
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| Report | Ääritalo 44' Jakonen 67' Duah 90+2' |
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ville Nevalainen
Final standings[3]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 |  Filip Valenčič
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Inter Turku | 16 |
| 2 |  Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
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Ilves | 12 |
 Borjas Martín
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| 4 | Timo Furuholm
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Inter Turku | 10 |
 Tiquinho
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| 6 | Luís Henrique
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HIFK | 8 |
 Denys Oliynyk
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| Lucas Rangel
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KuPS |
| Award[4] | Winner | Club |
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| Player of the Year | Filip Valenčič
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Inter Turku |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Mika Hilander
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Ilves |
| Defender of the Year |  Luis Carlos Murillo
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KuPS |
| Midfielder of the Year | Petteri Pennanen
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KuPS |
| Striker of the Year | Filip Valenčič
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Inter Turku |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Jair
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Ilves |
| Coach of the Year | Jonas Rantanen
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HJK |
Hilander Diallo Aspegren Mensah Murillo Saxman Myllymäki Pennanen Valenčič Martín Markkula |
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| Goalkeeper | Mika Hilander (Ilves)
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Babacar Diallo (KuPS) |
Baba Mensah (Ilves) |
Luis Carlos Murillo (HJK) | ||||||||
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Niko Markkula (Inter Turku) |
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Lauri Ala-Myllymäki (Ilves)
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| Attack | Filip Valenčič (Inter Turku)
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