The domestic football season kicks off in Finland this weekend, the country known as the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes' with an estimated 188,000 of them! The Veikkausliiga, which was founded in 1990, is ranked 38 by UEFA and consists of 12 clubs and splits into two groups later in the season. Previous to the Veikkausliiga, the top division was called Mestaruussarja (championship series) from 1930, which was an amateur/semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the champions