The 2013 Ykkönen season began on 29 April 2013 and ended on 5 October 2013. The winning team was directly promoted to the 2014 Veikkausliiga. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.[1]

Ykkönen
Season2013
ChampionsSJK
PromotedSJK
RelegatedOPS
Kajaani
Matches played130
Goals scored349 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerJussi Aalto
(13 goals)
Biggest home winPK-35 Vantaa 7–1 OPS
(31 August)
Biggest away winAC Kajaani 1–7 SJK
(30 June)
Highest scoringAC Kajaani 1–7 SJK
(30 June)
FC Viikingit 5–3 AC Kajaani
(20 July)
PK-35 Vantaa 7–1 OPS
(31 August)
2012
2014

Overview edit

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including seven sides from the 2012 season, Haka who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and AC Kajaani and Ilves who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

FC Hämeenlinna and HIFK were relegated from 2012 Ykkönen. RoPS was promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga.

Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
AC Kajaani Kajaani Kajaanin liikuntapuisto 1,000   Mika Lumijärvi
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996   Rauno Ojanen
FC KooTeePee Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780   Sami Ristilä
FC Viikingit Helsinki Vuosaaren urheilukenttä 4,200   Ilkka Jäntti
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516   Juho Rantala
Ilves Tampere Tammela Stadion 5,040   Mika Malinen
JIPPO Joensuu Joensuun keskuskenttä 3,000   Jarmo Korhonen
OPS Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996   Luiz Antônio
PK-35 Vantaa Vantaa ISS Stadion 4,500   Ilir Zeneli
SJK Seinäjoki Seinäjoen keskuskenttä 3,500   Simo Valakari

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
AC Oulu   Juha Malinen End of contract n/a[2]   Rauno Ojanen 3 October 2012[3] Pre-season
FC KooTeePee   Janne Hyppönen End of contract n/a[4]   Sami Ristilä 6 November 2012[5] Pre-season
Haka   Juha Malinen End of loan n/a   Harri Kampman 12 November 2012[6] Pre-season
Haka   Harri Kampman Sacked 23 June 2013   Asko Jussila (as caretaker) 23 June 2013[7] 2nd
Haka   Asko Jussila End of tenure as caretaker 7 July 2013   Juho Rantala 8 July 2013[8] 2nd
PK-35 Vantaa   Pasi Pihamaa Sacked 15 July 2013   Ilir Zeneli (as caretaker) 15 July 2013[9] 7th

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SJK (C, P) 27 18 5 4 51 17 +34 59 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2 Haka 27 15 9 3 44 17 +27 54
3 FC KooTeePee 27 12 9 6 35 29 +6 45
4 Ilves 27 11 8 8 46 38 +8 41
5 AC Oulu 27 11 7 9 36 38 −2 40
6 PK-35 Vantaa 27 8 6 13 35 43 −8 30
7 FC Viikingit 27 7 8 12 35 39 −4 29
8 JIPPO 27 7 8 12 18 30 −12 29
9 OPS (R) 27 7 7 13 40 50 −10 28 Relegation to Kakkonen
10 Kajaani (R) 27 3 5 19 27 66 −39 14
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Statistics edit

Updated to games played on 29 September 2013.

Top scorers edit

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Jussi Aalto Haka 13
2   Kalle Multanen Ilves 12
  Fidan Seferi PK-35 Vantaa 12
4   Jonne Hjelm Ilves 11
5   Toni Lehtinen SJK 10

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month
May[11]   Gert Kams (SJK)
June[12]   Kalle Multanen (Ilves)
July[13]   Venance Zézé (Haka)
August[14]   Daniel Caumo (SJK)
September[15]   Akseli Pelvas (SJK)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Miesten Ykkönen".
  2. ^ "Juha Malinen loppukaudeksi FC Hakan peräsimeen - Rauno Ojaselle vetovastuu". AC Oulu (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ^ "AC Oulu ja Rauno Ojanen allekirjoittivat päävalmentajasopimuksen". AC Oulu (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Hyppönen ei jatka FC KooTeePee peräsimessä". FC KooTeePee (in Finnish). FC KooTeePee. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Sami Ristilästä uusi päävalmentaja". FC KooTeePee (in Finnish). FC KooTeePee. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Harri Kampman Hakan päävalmentajaksi". Haka (in Finnish). Haka. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Hakan valmennusjohtoon muutoksia". Haka (in Finnish). Haka. 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Juho Rantala Hakan päävalmentajaksi". Haka (in Finnish). Haka. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Valmennusvastuu vaihtuu". PK-35 Vantaa (in Finnish). PK-35 Vantaa. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ JIPPOn vastalause hyväksyttiin
  11. ^ Gert Kams toukokuun Kuukauden Pelaaja Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  12. ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/miesten-ykkonen/kalle-multanen-veikkauksen-kesakuun-pelaaja Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Kalle Multanen Veikkauksen kesäkuun pelaaja] (in Finnish)
  13. ^ http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/miesten-ykkonen/hakan-zeze-ykkosen-heinakuun-veikkauksen-pelaaja Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Hakan Zézé Ykkösen heinäkuun Veikkauksen pelaaja] (in Finnish)
  14. ^ Daniel Caumo Ykkösen elokuun Veikkauksen pelaaja Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  15. ^ Pelvas Ykkösen syyskuun Veikkauksen pelaaja Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)

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