2008 Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga
Season	2008
Champions	FC Honka
Relegated
Top goalscorer	(18 goals)
	← 2007 →

The 2008 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2008 Finnish football season, was the second season of the 2006 established Naisten Liiga. FC Honka were the defending champions, having won the 2007 season. withdrew from the league and was replaced by TPS Turku.

Teams[]

Team	Location	Stadium
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
FC Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadion
FC Kontu	Helsinki
FC Kuusysi	Lahti
	Vaasa	Kaarlen kenttä
HJK	Helsinki	Töölön Pallokenttä
	Kuopio	Kuopio Football Stadium
NiceFutis	Pori	Pori Stadium
PuiU	Helsinki
TPS Turku	Turku
TiPS	Vantaa
Åland United	Lemland

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Honka	22	20	2	0	86	17	+69	62	2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32
2	HJK	22	15	4	3	68	27	+41	49
3		22	13	4	5	48	24	+24	43
4	PuiU	22	11	6	5	36	27	+9	39
5	FC Kontu	22	8	7	7	34	32	+2	31
6	FC Kuusysi	22	9	2	11	43	59	−16	29
7	TPS Turku	22	7	3	12	38	53	−15	24
8	Åland United	22	7	3	12	31	46	−15	24
9	NiceFutis	22	7	3	12	29	47	−18	24
10	FC Ilves	22	5	4	13	26	43	−17	19
11	TiPS	22	5	2	15	18	50	−32	17	Relegation play-offs
12	(R)	22	3	4	15	23	55	−32	13	Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs[]

25 October 2008

KPV	0 – 0	TiPS

, Kokkola

1 November 2008

TiPS	4 – 3 pen. 0 – 0 (aet.)	KPV

, Vantaa

TiPS won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers[]

Pos.	Player	Club	Goals
1.		FC Kuusysi	18
2.	Maiju Ruotsalainen	FC Honka	16
3.	Anna Auvinen	NiceFutis	15

	Jaana Lyytikäinen	FC Honka
6.		HJK	14
6.		FC Kontu	14
8.		FC Honka	13
8.		TPS Turku	13
10.		FC Honka	12

Personal awards[]

Top scorer: , FC Kuusysi^[1]
Player of the year: Jaana Lyytikäinen, FC Honka^[2]
Referee of the year: Kirsi Savolainen^[2]

Sources[]

Finland - List of Women League First Level Tables Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

References[]

^ Top scorers 2006-12 Naisten Liiga. Retrieved 22 December 2014. (in Finnish)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Palloliitto ja Veikkausliiga palkitsivat kauden parhaita" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

External links[]

Naisten Liiga Official Homepage (in Finnish)

[1] Top scorers 2006-12 Naisten Liiga. Retrieved 22 December 2014. (in Finnish)

[veikkausliiga-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Palloliitto ja Veikkausliiga palkitsivat kauden parhaita" (in Finnish). Veikkausliiga. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

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