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2020 Veikkausliiga, the Glossary

The 2020 Veikkausliiga was the 90th season of top-tier football in Finland with KuPS being the defending champions.^[1]

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2020 in Finnish football
Veikkausliiga seasons

Albion Ademi

Albion Ademi (born 19 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger as a winger.

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Aniekpeno Udo

Aniekpeno Christopher Udo (born 11 November 1996) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward.

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Antti Mäkijärvi

Antti Mäkijärvi (born 8 December 1993) is a Finnish former professional football midfielder.

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Artificial turf

Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications that traditionally use grass.

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Arto Tolsa Areena

Arto Tolsa Areena is a football stadium in Kotka, Finland.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Bolt Arena

The Bolt Arena (named Telia 5G -areena until January 2020, named Sonera Stadium until April 2017, and Finnair Stadium until August 2010; also known as Töölön jalkapallostadion, "Töölö football stadium") is a football stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

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COVID-19 pandemic in Finland

The COVID-19 pandemic in Finland has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.

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Daniel O'Shaughnessy

Daniel Michael O'Shaughnessy (born 14 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club HJK and the Finland national team as a defender.

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Dimitry Imbongo

Dimitry Imbongo Boele (born 28 March 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Alemannia Aachen.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Espoo

Espoo (Esbo) is a city in Finland.

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FC Haka

FC Haka, originally Valkeakosken Haka, commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski.

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FC Honka

FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo.

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FC Inter Turku

Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku (Inter Åbo) and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football.

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FC Lahti

FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, commonly known as HJK Helsinki (HJK Helsingfors), or simply as HJK (Finnish pronunciation; hoo-jii-koo), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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HIFK Fotboll

HIFK Fotboll or IFK Helsingfors, was the association football section of HIFK, a sports club based in Helsinki, Finland.

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IFK Mariehamn

IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands.

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Ilmari Niskanen

Ilmari Niskanen (born 27 October 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Exeter City and the Finland national team.

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Tampereen Ilves (Finnish for "Lynx"; Ilves Tammerfors), commonly referred to as Ilves, is a Finnish professional football club based in Tampere.

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Jasin-Amin Assehnoun

Jasin-Amin Assehnoun (born 26 December 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece club Volos.

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Jean Marie Dongou

Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack (born 20 April 1995), known as Dongou, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Kokkolan Palloveikot

KPV (or Kokkolan Palloveikot) is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola.

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Kotka

Kotka is a town in Finland, located on the southeastern coast of the country at the mouth of the Kymi River.

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Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, and currently competing in Finland's second-tier, the new Ykkösliiga.

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Kuopio

Kuopio is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo.

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Kuopio Football Stadium (Kuopion keskuskenttä), also known as Väre Areena (formerly Savon Sanomat Areena, Magnum Areena) is a multi-use stadium in Kuopio, Finland.

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Kuopion Palloseura

Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish football club based in Kuopio.

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Lahti

Lahti (Lahtis) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme.

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Lahti Stadium

Lahti Stadium (Lahden stadion) is a multi-use stadium in Lahti, Finland.

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Lauri Ala-Myllymäki

Lauri Elias Ala-Myllymäki (born 4 June 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ilves.

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Luis Carlos Murillo

Luis Carlos Murillo (born 16 October 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender.

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Mariehamn

Mariehamn (Maarianhamina; Portus Mariae) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty.

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Mattias Gestranius

Mattias Gestranius (born 7 June 1978) is a Finnish former professional football referee.

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Naatan Skyttä

Naatan Mikael Skyttä (born 7 May 2002) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Finland U21 national team.

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Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

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Nikolai Alho

Nikolai Aleksanteri Alho (born 12 March 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis and the Finland national team.

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OmaSP Stadion

OmaSP Stadion (also known as Seinäjoki Football Stadium) is a football stadium in Seinäjoki, Finland.

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Rick Ketting

Rick Ketting (born 15 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo.

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Riku Riski

Riku Olavi Riski (born 16 August 1989) is a Finnish footballer who plays for the Finnish club TPS.

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Roope Riski

Roope Riski (born 16 August 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.

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Rovaniemen keskuskenttä

Keskuskenttä is a multi-purpose stadium in Rovaniemi, Finland.

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Rovaniemen Palloseura

Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland.

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Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi (Roavvenjárga; Ruávinjargâ; Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland.

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Salomo Ojala

Salomo Ojala (born 17 April 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF (EIF).

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Samuel Fagerholm

Samuel Fagerholm (born 10 October 1992) is a Finnish football manager and a former footballer, managed Åland United in the Finnish Kansallinen Liiga, women's premier division, during the seasons of 2018-2020 where the team succeeded to win both the cup and the league during the 2020 season.

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Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, commonly referred to as SJK, also internationally SJK Seinäjoki, is a Finnish professional football club from the city of Seinäjoki.

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Seinäjoki

Seinäjoki ("Wall River"; Wegelia, formerly Östermyra) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia.

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Tammelan Stadion

Tammelan Stadion is a football stadium in Tampere, Finland.

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Tampere

Tampere (Tammerfors) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa.

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Tapiolan urheilupuisto

Tapiolan urheilupuisto (Hagalunds idrottspark, 'Tapiola Sports Park') is a sports park in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland.

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Tehtaan kenttä

Tehtaan kenttä (Fabriksplan) is a 1934 opened football stadium in the 1st district of Valkeakoski, Finland, and the home of Veikkausliiga club FC Haka.

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Tim Murray (soccer)

Tim Murray (born July 30, 1987) is an American soccer player who is currently the goalkeeper coach for USL League One club Northern Colorado Hailstorm.

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Tim Väyrynen

Tim Väyrynen (born 30 March 1993) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Veikkausliiga club Gnistan.

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Timo Furuholm

Timo Furuholm (born 11 October 1987) is a Finnish politician and a former professional football forward.

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland.

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Turun Palloseura

Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland.

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UEFA Conference League

The UEFA Conference League (previously known as the UEFA Europa Conference League), abbreviated as UECL or sometimes UEFA ECL, is an annual football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Veikkausliiga

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2020 Veikkausliiga, the Glossary

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See also

2020 in Finnish football

Veikkausliiga seasons

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