2011 Ykkönen

The Ykkönen 2011 season began on 28 April 2011 and ended on 22 October 2011.

Ykkönen

Season	2011
Champions	FC Lahti
Promoted	FC Lahti
Relegated	PS Kemi FC PoPa KPV FC Espoo
← 2010 2012 →

The winner team will qualify directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga 2012. The bottom 4 teams will qualify directly for relegation to Kakkonen.

Overview

Espoo

Hämeenlinna

Viikingit
HIFK

JIPPO

KooTeePee

KPV

Lahti

OPS
AC Oulu

PK-35

PS Kemi

PoPa

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Location of teams in Ykkönen 2011

A total of thirteen teams will contest in the league, including ten sides from the 2010 season, FC Lahti who was relegated from Veikkausliiga, AC Oulu who was refused a license for Veikkausliiga and HIFK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
FC Espoo	Espoo	Leppävaaran stadion	5,000	Jussi Nuorela
FC Hämeenlinna	Hämeenlinna	Kaurialan kenttä	8,000	Jussi Lempinen
HIFK	Helsinki	Brahen kenttä	2,000	Jani Honkavaara
JIPPO	Joensuu	Joensuun keskuskenttä	2,000	Jarmo Korhonen
FC KooTeePee	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Janne Hyppönen
KPV	Kokkola	Kokkolan keskuskenttä	3,000	Henri Myntti
FC Lahti	Lahti	Lahden kisapuisto	4,000	Tommi Kautonen
OPS	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Luiz Antonio
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Juha Malinen
PK-35 Vantaa	Vantaa	ISS Stadion	4,500	Pasi Pihamaa
FC PoPa	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,000	Tero Suonperä
PS Kemi	Kemi	Sauvosaari	1,500	Juhani Himanka
FC Viikingit	Helsinki	Vuosaaren urheilukenttä	4,200	Ilkka Jäntti

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
KPV	Keijo Hautamäki	Resigned	18 June 2011	10th	Henri Myntti	4 July 2011	12th
FC PoPa	Mika Halmetniemi	Sacked	4 July 2011	13th	Tero Suonperä	8 July 2011	13th
PS Kemi	Kalle Huusko	Sacked	9 August 2011	12th	Juhani Himanka	9 August 2011	12th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Lahti (C, P)	24	16	4	4	50	18	+32	52	Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2	OPS	24	15	4	5	46	26	+20	49
3	AC Oulu	24	14	6	4	51	22	+29	48
4	PK-35 Vantaa	24	13	5	6	38	19	+19	44
5	FC Viikingit	24	13	4	7	50	28	+22	43
6	FC KooTeePee	24	13	2	9	37	26	+11	41
7	FC Hämeenlinna	24	9	6	9	30	34	−4	33
8	JIPPO	24	6	12	6	24	20	+4	30
9	HIFK	24	8	5	11	26	30	−4	29
10	PS Kemi (R)	24	5	4	15	25	43	−18	19	Relegation to Kakkonen
11	FC PoPa (R)	24	6	1	17	23	58	−35	19
12	KPV (R)	24	4	4	16	19	58	−39	16
13	FC Espoo (R)	24	3	5	16	19	56	−37	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

Home \ Away	FCE	HÄM	HIFK	JIP	KTP	KPV	LAH	OPS	ACO	PKV	POP	PSK	VII
FC Espoo		0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–7	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–2
FC Hämeenlinna	2–3		0–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0
HIFK	3–0	0–1		1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–2
JIPPO	3–0	2–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1
FC KooTeePee	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–0		3–0	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2
KPV	4–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–4		0–2	2–3	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–1	0–1
FC Lahti	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		1–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–1
OPS	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1		0–1	1–2	7–0	2–1	1–1
AC Oulu	7–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	6–2		1–2	4–0	3–0	2–1
PK-35 Vantaa	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–3	0–2		3–0	5–0	0–0
FC PoPa	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–3		4–2	1–5
PS Kemi	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–0		1–3
FC Viikingit	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	8–1	1–0	4–3	5–2	0–0	3–1	2–0

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.

Top scorers

Source: soccerway.com

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ville Salmikivi	FC Viikingit	20
2	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	AC Oulu	16
3	Jukka Santala	FC KooTeePee	13
4	Dritan Stafsula	AC Oulu	12
5	Luizao	OPS	10
	Aleksi Ristola	PK-35 Vantaa	10
	Joni Korhonen	FC Viikingit	10
6	Luis Vanderlei	OPS	9
	Drilon Shala	FC Lahti	9

External links

• Official site (in Finnish)