2011 Veikkausliiga

The 2011 Veikkausliiga was the 81st season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 2 May 2011 and ended on 29 October 2011. HJK were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.

Veikkausliiga
Season2011
ChampionsHJK
8th Veikkausliiga title
24th Finnish title
RelegatedRoPS
Champions LeagueHJK
Europa LeagueInter Turku
JJK
KuPS
MYPA
Matches played198
Goals scored599 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerTimo Furuholm (22 goals)
Biggest home winHJK 6–0 TPS
(22 June)
FF Jaro 8–2 RoPS
(29 June)
HJK 6–0 FF Jaro
(28 September)
Biggest away winHaka 0–5 HJK
(18 June)
Highest scoringFF Jaro 8–2 RoPS
(29 June)
Longest winning runHJK
(10 games)
Longest unbeaten runFC Honka
(14 games)
Longest winless runRoPS
(21 games)
Longest losing runRoPS
(6 games)
2010
2012

The pre-season was severely affected by license revocations to two teams, which eventually resulted in a later than originally scheduled begin date and an increase of scheduled matches from 26 to 33 per team.

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