2018 Veikkausliiga
The 2018 Veikkausliiga was the eighty-eighth season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK were the defending champions.
Fixtures for the 2018 season were announced on 17 January 2017. The season started on 7 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.
Teams
were relegated to Ykkönen after finishing at the bottom of the 2017 season. Their place was taken by Ykkönen champions TPS.HIFK as 11th-placed team lost their Veikkausliiga spot after losing to second-placed Ykkönen team FC Honka in a relegation/promotion playoff.
Stadia and locations
| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | Natural | 6,000 |
| FC Inter | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 10,000 |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden Stadion | Natural | 15,000 |
| HJK | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | Artificial | 10,770 |
| IFK Mariehamn | Mariehamn | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Natural | 4,000 |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tammelan Stadion | Natural | 5,040 |
| KuPS | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Artificial | 5,000 |
| PS Kemi | Kemi | Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto | Natural | 4,500 |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | Artificial | 4,000 |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | Natural | 10,000 |
| VPS | Vaasa | Elisa Stadion | Artificial | 6,000 |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Klauss | HJK | 21 |
| 2 |  Rasmus Karjalainen | KuPS | 17 |
| 3 |  Macoumba Kandji | Honka | 16 |
| 4 |  Borjas Martín | Honka | 12 |
| 4 | Petteri Pennanen | KuPS | 12 |
| 6 | Aleksei Kangaskolkka | IFK Mariehamn | 10 |
| 6 | Sebastian Strandvall | VPS | 10 |
| 8 | Timo Furuholm | Inter Turku | 9 |
| 8 |  Marius Noubissi | Ilves | 9 |
| 10 | Mika Ääritalo | TPS | 8 |
| 10 | Benjamin Källman | Inter Turku | 8 |
| 10 | Lassi Lappalainen | RoPS | 8 |