Veli-Matti Leppänen

🚩 Assistant RefereeFinland

Football match official with 13 appearances across 5 competitions.

Career Stats

Total Appearances13
🚩 As AR13
🌍 International13
🏟️ Domestic0
Competitions5

Season-by-Season Activity

'19/20
1
'20/21
1
'21/22
1
'22/23
4
'23/24
2
'25/26
2
SeasonTotalAR
2025/2622
2023/2422
2022/2344
2021/2211
2020/2111
2019/2011
22

Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
10/21/2019
FC Levadia Tallinn vs ÍA Akranes
UEFA Youth League
🌍
First international match
10/21/2019
FC Levadia Tallinn vs ÍA Akranes
UEFA Youth League

Match Activity

12 matches · 6 years
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
Jan
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M
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Role:ARNo match

Top 25% among Finland officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count75%
Seasons Active98%
Competitions75%

Median in Finland: 5 matches · 2 seasons

Recent Matches

All 13 →
UEFA Youth League10/21/2025
AZ AlkmaarvsLincoln Red Imps FC
assistant1
UEFA Europa Conference League Second Qualifying Round (First Legs)07/24/2025
Paide LinnameeskondvsAIK
assistant1
UEFA Under-21 Championship Qualifying 2023/2511/16/2023
San Marino U21vsItaly U21
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Europa Conference League08/08/2023
Valmiera FCvsFK Partizani
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Europa Conference League07/26/2023
Inter Club D’escaldesvsHibernian FC
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Europa Conference League10/27/2022
West HamvsSilkeborg
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Youth League10/08/2022
FC KøbenhavnvsManchester City FC
Assistant Referee 1
UEFA Youth League09/10/2022
Molde FKvsHibernian FC
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Europa Conference League07/11/2022
BreiðablikvsFC Santa Coloma
Assistant Referee 2
UEFA Europa Conference League07/22/2021
Linfield FCvsFK Borac Banja Luka
Assistant Referee 2

Least-Officiated Teams

Current championship only · teams with fewest meetings

  1. 1-] FK DYNAMA-MINSK1×
  2. 20-0] FC BANÍK OSTRAVA1×
  3. 30-1] HJK HELSINKI1×
  4. 40-1] JK NARVA TRANS1×
  5. 50-1] MK MAKKABI HAIFA1×
  6. 60-2] LARNE FC1×
  7. 70-3] FC MIDTJYLLAND1×
  8. 80-4] AZ ALKMAAR1×
  9. 90-4] HIBERNIAN FC1×
  10. 100-5] FC NANTES1×

Top Destinations

  1. 1Andorra la Vella
    1×
  2. 2Belfast
    1×
  3. 3Bodo
    1×
  4. 4Copenhagen
    1×
  5. 5Hradec Kralove
    1×
  6. 6Kopavogur
    1×
  7. 7London
    1×
  8. 8Molde
    1×
  9. 9Riga
    1×
  10. 10Tallinn
    1×

Career Events

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Season Reports

2025/26 (2)2023/24 (2)2022/23 (4)2021/22 (1)2020/21 (1)2019/20 (1) (2)