How many teams play in the Liiga?

The Liiga currently consists of 17 teams.

Who won the most recent Liiga championship?

Tappara won the most recent Liiga championship in 2026.

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League naming history:

2013 - currentLiiga
1975 - 2013SM-liiga

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2026-2027 Season

Lukko lead the 2026-27 Liiga standings with 40 points. Ilves (37 points) and Jukurit (36 points) follow.

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2026-2027 Liiga Standings

2026-2027 Liiga — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
1.	Lukko	19	11	-	4	3	1	53	36	17	40	2.11	-
2.	Ilves	20	10	-	6	3	1	52	39	13	37	1.85	-
3.	Jukurit	20	9	-	6	4	1	49	40	9	36	1.80	-
4.	JYP	17	10	-	4	2	1	59	48	11	35	2.06	-
5.	Ässät	20	10	-	7	1	2	46	48	-2	34	1.70	-
6.	SaiPa	18	9	-	5	3	1	52	38	14	34	1.89	-
7.	Kärpät	20	7	-	5	4	4	53	52	1	33	1.65	-
8.	TPS	19	9	-	7	1	2	53	48	5	31	1.63	-
9.	Kiekko-Espoo	20	8	-	7	2	3	61	49	12	31	1.55	-
10.	Tappara	18	7	-	6	2	3	51	43	8	28	1.56	-
11.	HIFK	19	7	-	7	1	4	53	56	-3	27	1.42	-
12.	KalPa	18	8	-	9	0	1	46	41	5	25	1.39	-
13.	Pelicans	17	7	-	8	1	1	40	38	2	24	1.41	-
14.	HPK	19	5	-	11	3	0	39	55	-16	21	1.11	-
15.	Sport	18	5	-	10	1	2	33	53	-20	19	1.06	-
16.	Jokerit	18	3	-	10	1	4	41	62	-21	15	0.83	-
17.	KooKoo	20	2	-	15	1	2	46	81	-35	10	0.50	-

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2026-2027 Liiga Player Stats

2026-2027 Liiga — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Daniel Mäkiaho (F)	19	12	15	27	6
2.	Luke Henman (F)	20	11	11	22	6
3.	Lukas Haudum (F)	18	7	12	19	4
4.	Alexander True (F)	17	5	14	19	6
5.	Valtteri Ojantakanen (F)	17	10	8	18	4

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2026-2027 Liiga Goalie Stats

2026-2027 Liiga — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Mantas Armalis (G)	13	1.18	.950
2.	Rasmus Korhonen (G)	8	1.26	.938
3.	Jesper Myrenberg (G)	17	1.69	.929
4.	Daniel Salonen (G)	14	1.64	.928
5.	Masi Härkönen (G)	14	2.11	.926

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2026-2027 Liiga Demographics

Liiga Games

Liiga — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/01/2026 01:00 PM GMT	Tappara	HPK	-
10/31/2026 03:00 PM GMT	Sport	Ässät	1 - 2
10/31/2026 03:00 PM GMT	Pelicans	Kiekko-Espoo	0 - 3
10/31/2026 03:00 PM GMT	Kärpät	Jukurit	1 - 2
10/31/2026 03:00 PM GMT	Ilves	KalPa	1 - 0

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Liiga Transactions

Liiga — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Tommi Kivistö (D)	Mountfield HK	Tappara	Details
10/29/2026	Confirmed	Devante Stephens (D)	EC Salzburg	KooKoo	Details
10/27/2026	Confirmed	Alexander Ruuttu (F)	Adler Mannheim	KooKoo	Details
10/24/2026	Confirmed	Mattias Tedenby (F)	HV71	HPK	Details
10/22/2026	Confirmed	Rasmus Lahnaviik (F)	Jokerit	Kiekko-Vantaa	Details

2026-2027 Liiga Free Agents

2026-2027 Liiga — Free Agents
Team	Player
Lukko	Éric Gélinas (D)
HPK	Teemu Rautiainen (F)
Pelicans	Konsta Hirvonen (F)
Pelicans	Patrik Carlsson (F)
Kiekko-Espoo	Joonas Rask (F)

2027-2028 Liiga Free Agents

2027-2028 Liiga — Free Agents
Team	Player
HIFK	Daniel Mäkiaho (F)
Ilves	Luke Henman (F)
TPS	Lukas Haudum (F)
JYP	Alexander True (F)
JYP	Valtteri Ojantakanen (F)

Liiga League Injury List

Liiga — Injury List
Team	Player	Information
JYP	Teemu Eronen (D)	Undisclosed Injury
JYP	Santeri Huovila (F)	End of season
JYP	Roni Jokinen (D)	End of season
JYP	Väinö Liikonen (D)	Undisclosed Injury

Liiga Team Comparison (Averages)

2026-2027 Liiga — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	HIFK	27	4 128	6'1"	192 lbs	25.85
2.	HPK	30	4 021	6'1"	194 lbs	25.80
3.	Ilves	25	5 139	6'0"	187 lbs	26.48
4.	JYP	30	5 756	6'1"	190 lbs	27.00
5.	Jokerit	27	5 555	6'0"	190 lbs	27.89
6.	Jukurit	27	1 867	6'1"	194 lbs	25.48
7.	KalPa	32	6 307	5'11"	181 lbs	25.75
8.	Kiekko-Espoo	26	4 868	6'1"	190 lbs	27.69
9.	KooKoo	32	12 014	6'1"	192 lbs	25.88
10.	Kärpät	26	5 269	6'0"	183 lbs	25.77
11.	Lukko	26	4 173	6'0"	185 lbs	25.46
12.	Pelicans	32	4 111	6'0"	187 lbs	26.16
13.	SaiPa	30	6 658	6'0"	187 lbs	24.47
14.	Sport	35	4 334	6'0"	185 lbs	24.86
15.	TPS	29	5 011	6'1"	187 lbs	26.17
16.	Tappara	30	11 573	6'0"	190 lbs	26.97
17.	Ässät	34	6 152	6'0"	187 lbs	25.71

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Liiga Interesting Facts

Liiga — Oldest
Oldest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Veli-Matti Savinainen	40 yrs
2.	Atte Ohtamaa	38 yrs
3.	Jan-Mikael Järvinen	38 yrs
4.	Ville Lajunen	38 yrs
5.	Juuso Puustinen	38 yrs

Liiga — Tallest
Tallest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Eeli Äijälä	6'9"
2.	Malte Setkov	6'8"
3.	Andrej Sustr	6'7"
4.	Miro Karjalainen	6'7"
5.	Lassi Vanhatalo	6'7"

Liiga — Heaviest
Heaviest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Justin Addamo	240 lbs
2.	Eerik Wallenius	236 lbs
3.	Oskars Batna	234 lbs
4.	Teemu Hartikainen	234 lbs
5.	Väinö Liikonen	231 lbs

Liiga — Youngest
Youngest
Rank	Player	Age
1.	Paavo Fugleberg	17 yrs
2.	Alvar Soisalo	17 yrs
3.	Lenni Kokkonen	17 yrs
4.	Joakim Torvinen	17 yrs
5.	Miska Liljeberg	17 yrs

Liiga — Shortest
Shortest
Rank	Player	Height
1.	Hilpi Hohti	5'5"
2.	Petrus Palmu	5'6"
3.	Juuso Mäenpää	5'7"
4.	Philip Granath	5'7"
5.	Otto Jaatinen	5'7"

Liiga — Lightest
Lightest
Rank	Player	Weight
1.	Juuso Mäenpää	148 lbs
2.	Aleksi Klemetti	150 lbs
3.	Hilpi Hohti	152 lbs
4.	Juha Metsola	152 lbs
5.	Masi Härkönen	154 lbs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

Liiga — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	15	12	18	30	8
2.	Niklas Andersson (F)	2026-2027	Karhu-Kissat	III-divisioona	9	9	19	28	2
3.	Anton Holm (F)	2026-2027	Elbolaget	IAHL	6	14	12	26	-
4.	Camilo Miettinen (F)	2026-2027	Colombia	-	4	12	14	26	2
5.	Roby Järventie (F)	2026-2027	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	17	10	15	25	8
6.	Tomi Purmola (F)	2026-2027	Shakers	II-divisioona	8	14	10	24	8
7.	Dante Salituro (F)	2026-2027	Sheffield Steeldogs	NIHL	14	14	10	24	10
8.	Petr Stloukal (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	14	11	13	24	0
9.	Eppu Varjamo (F)	2026-2027	Rockets	II-divisioona	8	7	17	24	2
10.	Michael Keränen (F)	2026-2027	Tölzer Löwen	Oberliga	14	5	19	24	6

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Liiga All-Time Points

Liiga — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Janne Ojanen (F)	876	283	516	799
2.	Arto Javanainen (F)	668	462	330	792
3.	Kristian Kuusela (F)	1107	280	458	738
4.	Ville Vahalahti (F)	977	260	427	687
5.	Jari Lindroos (F)	649	230	432	662

Liiga All-Time Goals

Liiga — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Arto Javanainen (F)	668	462	330	792
2.	Vesa Viitakoski (F)	803	296	244	540
3.	Timo Susi (F)	552	295	245	540
4.	Janne Ojanen (F)	876	283	516	799
5.	Kari Makkonen (F)	529	281	285	566

Liiga All-Time Assists

Liiga — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Janne Ojanen (F)	876	283	516	799
2.	Kristian Kuusela (F)	1107	280	458	738
3.	Esa Keskinen (F)	478	215	443	658
4.	Jari Lindroos (F)	649	230	432	662
5.	Matti Hagman (F)	432	217	432	649

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min.

Liiga — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	1054	55	187	2129
2.	Pasi Peltonen (D)	827	69	234	1402
3.	Toni Mäkiaho (F)	635	148	310	1348
4.	Jyri Marttinen (D)	758	75	199	1165
5.	Pauli Levokari (D)	497	27	74	1101

Liiga All-Time Games Played

Liiga — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jan Latvala (D)	1230	115	317	432
2.	Kristian Kuusela (F)	1107	280	458	738
3.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	1054	55	132	187
4.	Arto Laatikainen (D)	1024	83	256	339
5.	Erik Hämäläinen (D)	1001	163	240	403

Liiga All-Time Points Per Game

Liiga — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Janne Ståhl (F)	2	1	4	2.00
2.	Jan Jasko (F)	1	1	2	2.00
3.	Veli-Pekka Ketola (F)	144	95	250	1.74
4.	Mariusz Czerkawski (F)	7	9	12	1.71
5.	Theo Fleury (F)	10	8	17	1.70

Liiga All-Time Points Per Season

Liiga — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kari Jalonen (F)	1986-1987	SM-liiga	44	29	64	93	2.11	30
2.	Matti Hagman (F)	1979-1980	SM-liiga	35	37	50	87	2.49	28
3.	Raimo Summanen (F)	1988-1989	SM-liiga	44	35	46	81	1.84	22
4.	Jan Caloun (F)	1998-1999	SM-liiga	51	24	57	81	1.59	95
5.	Kai Nurminen (F)	1999-2000	SM-liiga	54	41	37	78	1.44	40

Liiga All-Time Goals Per Season

Liiga — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Arto Javanainen (F)	1987-1988	SM-liiga	44	47	20	67	1.52	42
2.	Raimo Summanen (F)	1982-1983	SM-liiga	36	45	15	60	1.67	36
3.	Arto Javanainen (F)	1985-1986	SM-liiga	36	44	27	71	1.97	26
4.	Jukka Vilander (F)	1988-1989	SM-liiga	42	43	23	66	1.57	6
5.	Kai Nurminen (F)	1999-2000	SM-liiga	54	41	37	78	1.44	40

Liiga All-Time Assists Per Season

Liiga — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Kari Jalonen (F)	1986-1987	SM-liiga	44	29	64	93	2.11	30
2.	Jan Caloun (F)	1998-1999	SM-liiga	51	24	57	81	1.59	95
3.	Kari Jalonen (F)	1988-1989	SM-liiga	44	18	56	74	1.68	40
4.	Esa Keskinen (F)	1987-1988	SM-liiga	44	14	55	69	1.57	14
5.	Pekka Järvelä (F)	1986-1987	SM-liiga	41	17	54	71	1.73	32

Liiga All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Liiga — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Matt Nickerson (D)	2005-2006	SM-liiga	36	5	8	13	0.36	236
2.	Kristian Kudroc (D)	2005-2006	SM-liiga	48	10	12	22	0.46	227
3.	Jarkko Ruutu (F)	2004-2005	SM-liiga	50	10	18	28	0.56	215
4.	Ben Blood (D)	2017-2018	Liiga	57	3	7	10	0.18	207
5.	Sami Helenius (D)	2007-2008	SM-liiga	49	1	6	7	0.14	198

List of Liiga Champions

Liiga — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Tappara
2025	KalPa
2024	Tappara
2023	Tappara
2022	Tappara
2021	Lukko
2019	HPK
2018	Kärpät
2017	Tappara
2016	Tappara
2015	Kärpät
2014	Kärpät
2013	Ässät
2012	JYP
2011	HIFK
2010	TPS
2009	JYP
2008	Kärpät
2007	Kärpät
2006	HPK
2005	Kärpät
2004	Kärpät
2003	Tappara
2002	Jokerit
2001	TPS
2000	TPS
1999	TPS
1998	HIFK
1997	Jokerit
1996	Jokerit
1995	TPS
1994	Jokerit
1993	TPS
1992	Jokerit
1991	TPS
1990	TPS
1989	TPS
1988	Tappara
1987	Tappara
1986	Tappara
1985	Ilves
1984	Tappara
1983	HIFK
1982	Tappara
1981	Kärpät
1980	HIFK
1979	Tappara
1978	Ässät
1977	Tappara
1976	TPS