The 2024 Ykkösliiga is the inaugural season of Ykkösliiga, the new second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2024.
Season | 2024 |
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2025 → |
It is contested with 10 clubs, unlike former second-tier Ykkönen which included 12 clubs.[1]
Teams edit
Team changes edit
Promoted from 2023 Kakkonen |
Promoted to 2024 Veikkausliiga |
Relegated from 2023 Veikkausliiga |
Relegated to 2024 Ykkönen |
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JIPPO PK-35 |
Ekenäs IF Gnistan |
KTP | JJK Jyväskylä KPV |
- PK-35 qualified for the 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs as a 2023 Kakkonen Group A runner-up, and were promoted to Ykkösliiga as a play-offs winner.
- FC Honka were declared for bankruptcy after the 2023 Veikkausliiga season. Via supplemental process, 2023 Ykkönen runner-up Gnistan were promoted to 2024 Veikkausliiga, and 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs runner-up JIPPO were promoted to 2024 Ykkösliiga.
- HIFK were declared for bankruptcy after the 2023 Ykkönen season, and Käpylän Pallo (KäPa) earned a spot in 2024 Ykkösliiga via supplemental process, by which KäPa avoided the relegation after finishing 10th of 12 teams in 2023 Ykkönen.
Participants edit
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
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FF Jaro | Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Niklas Vidjeskog |
JIPPO | Joensuu | Mehtimäki | 1,000 | Mikko Hallikainen |
JäPS | Järvenpää | Järvenpään keskuskenttä | 2,000 | / Erol Ates |
KTP | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Jonas Nyholm |
KäPa | Helsinki | Brahenkenttä | 1,200 | Sami Okkonen |
MP | Mikkeli | Mikkelin Urheilupuisto | 7,000 | Juha Pasoja |
PK-35 | Helsinki | Algeco Areena | 1,200[2] | Kim Raimi |
SalPa | Salo | Salon Urheilupuisto | 2,500 | Jordi Aluja |
SJK Akatemia | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | 5,817 | Arttu Aromaa |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Miika Nuutinen |
Regular season edit
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | KTP | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 18 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
2 | JIPPO | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 17 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off |
3 | Jaro | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 | |
4 | TPS | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | |
5 | SJK Akatemia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 | |
6 | SalPa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | |
7 | JäPS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 7 | |
8 | PK-35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | |
9 | KäPa | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 5 | Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off |
10 | MP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 2 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide teams for promotion or relegation).
Results edit
Top scorers edit
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Enoch Banza | KTP | 5 |
Olli Jakonen | SalPa | ||
Yoshiaki Kikuchi | JIPPO | ||
4 | Aleksi Wahlman | KäPa | 4 |
5 | Justus Holopainen | JäPS | 3 |
Alen Harbas | KTP | ||
Aleksi Tarvonen | KTP | ||
Keir Foster | SalPa | ||
Albijon Muzaci | TPS |
References edit
- ^ Ykkösliiga, Finnish FA
- ^ Tekemisen meininkiä Pihlajamäessä: PK-35:llä uusittu stadion, lahitieto.fi, 5 July 2021