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Veikkausliiga

highest level of men's football in Finland
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Summary

Veikkausliiga is an association football league[1]. Veikkausliiga draws 3,385 Wikipedia views per month (association football league category, ranking #99 of 786).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Finland[3]
  • Named after: Veikkaus[4]
  • Subclass of: Finnish Championship[5]
  • Has part(s): 1990 Futisliiga[6], 1991 Futisliiga[7], 1992 Veikkausliiga[8], 1993 Veikkausliiga[9], 1994 Veikkausliiga[10], 1995 Veikkausliiga[11], 1996 Veikkausliiga[12], 1997 Veikkausliiga[13], 1998 Veikkausliiga[14], 1999 Veikkausliiga[15], 2000 Veikkausliiga[16], 2001 Veikkausliiga[17], 2002 Veikkausliiga[18], 2003 Veikkausliiga[19]
  • Inception: 1990[20]
  • Sport: association football[21]
  • Organizer: Jalkapalloliiga[22]
  • Official website: https://www.veikkausliiga.com/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Veikkausliiga[24]
  • Number of participants: 12[25]
  • Replaces: Mestaruussarja[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Veikkausliiga teamlist[27], Template:Veikkausliiga[28]
  • Native label: Veikkausliiga[29]
  • Competition class: men's association football[30]
  • Event interval: 1 years[31]
  • League level below: Ykkösliiga[32]
  • Sports league level: 1[33]
  • Season starts: April[34]
  • Season ends: October[35]
  • League system: Finnish football league system[36]
  • Social media followers: 19,408[37], 21,364[38], 22,984[39]

Why It Matters

Veikkausliiga has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Veikkausliiga is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Finland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . urheilumuseo.fi. urheilumuseo.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → association football league
    Country → Finland
    Has part(s) → 1990 Futisliiga, 1991 Futisliiga, 1992 Veikkausliiga +34
    Competition class → men's association football
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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