2024 Ykkösliiga
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
2025 → | |
The 2024 Ykkösliiga is the inaugural season of Ykkösliiga, the new second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad (Pietarsaari) | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 |  Niklas Vidjeskog
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| JIPPO | Joensuu | Mehtimäki | 1,000 | Mikko Hallikainen
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| JäPS | Järvenpää | Järvenpään keskuskenttä | 2,000 |  / Erol Ates
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| KTP | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Jonas Nyholm
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| KäPa | Helsinki | Brahenkenttä | 1,200 | Sami Okkonen
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| MP | Mikkeli | Mikkelin Urheilupuisto | 7,000 | Juha Pasoja
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| PK-35 | Helsinki | Algeco Areena | 1,200[2] |  Tiago Santos
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| SalPa | Salo | Salon Urheilupuisto | 2,500 |  Jordi Aluja
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| SJK Akatemia | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | 5,817 | Arttu Aromaa
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| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Miika Nuutinen
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Regular season[edit]
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KTP | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | +24 | 34 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | Jaro | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 26 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off |
| 3 | TPS | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 26 | |
| 4 | JIPPO | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 22 | |
| 5 | JäPS | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | SalPa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | PK-35 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | SJK Akatemia | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 12 | |
| 9 | KäPa | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 8 | Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off |
| 10 | MP | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 4 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 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]
Statistics[edit]
Top scorers[edit]
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Hat-tricks[edit]
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Awards[edit]
| Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|
| April[3] | Enoch Banza (KTP)
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| May[4] |  Yoshiaki Kikuchi (JIPPO)
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References[edit]
- ^ Ykkösliiga, Finnish FA
- ^ Tekemisen meininkiä Pihlajamäessä: PK-35:llä uusittu stadion, lahitieto.fi, 5 July 2021
- ^ Huhtikuun joukkue valittu - KTP:n Enoch Banza Ykkösliigan huhtikuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
- ^ JIPPO:n Yoshiaki Kikuchi Ykkösliigan toukokuun pelaaja (in Finnish)