2024 Ykkösliiga
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Champions | KTP |
| Promoted | Jaro KTP |
| Relegated | MP |
| Top goalscorer | Aleksi Tarvonen (15 goals) |
2025 → | |
The 2024 Ykkösliiga was the inaugural season of Ykkösliiga, the new second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2024 and ended on 19 October 2024.
Teams
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Team changes
[edit]The league was contested with 10 clubs, unlike former second-tier Ykkönen which included 12 clubs.[1]
| Promoted from 2023 Kakkonen |
Relegated from 2023 Veikkausliiga |
Promoted to 2024 Veikkausliiga |
Relegated to 2024 Ykkönen |
Promoted to 2025 Veikkausliiga |
Relegated to 2025 Ykkönen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIPPO PK-35 |
KTP | Ekenäs IF Gnistan |
JJK Jyväskylä KPV |
KTP Jaro |
MP |
- 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 | Teemu Kankkunen
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| KTP | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Jonas Nyholm
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| KäPa | Helsinki | Brahenkenttä | 1,200 | Lari Lummepuro
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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 |  Ash Civil
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| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 9,372 | Miika Nuutinen
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Season
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KTP (C, P) | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 58 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | Jaro (O, P) | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off |
| 3 | JIPPO | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 52 | |
| 4 | TPS | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 43 | |
| 5 | JäPS | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 35 | |
| 6 | PK-35 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 33 | |
| 7 | SJK Akatemia | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 29 | |
| 8 | SalPa | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 29 | |
| 9 | KäPa (O) | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 22 | Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off |
| 10 | MP (R) | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 61 | −39 | 16 | Relegation to Ykkönen |
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).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
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).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
[edit]Third round results
[edit]Ykkösliiga play-off
[edit]The ninth-placed team (KäPa) faced the second-placed team from the 2024 Ykkönen (KPV) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Ykkösliiga.
First leg
[edit]| 23 October 2024 | KPV | 1–1 | KäPa | Kokkola |
| 13:00 BST | Cardoso  26' (pen.) |
Kuningas 38' (pen.) |
Stadium: Kokkolan Keskuskenttä |
Second leg
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
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Hat-tricks[edit]
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Awards
[edit]Annual awards
[edit]| Award[3] | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Anttoni Huttunen
|
KTP |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Pyry Piirainen
|
JIPPO |
| Defender of the Year |  Tabi Manga
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KTP |
| Midfielder of the Year | Sergei Eremenko
|
Jaro |
| Striker of the Year | Aleksi Tarvonen
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KTP |
Monthly awards
[edit]| Month | Player of the Month |
|---|---|
| April[4] | Enoch Banza (KTP)
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| May[5] |  Yoshiaki Kikuchi (JIPPO)
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| June[6] | Aleksi Tarvonen (KTP)
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| July[7] | Anttoni Huttunen (KTP)
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| August[8] | Matias Paavola (KTP)
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| September[9] | Jean-Claude Mabinda (JäPS)
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References
[edit]- ^ Ykkösliiga, Finnish FA
- ^ Tekemisen meininkiä Pihlajamäessä: PK-35:llä uusittu stadion, lahitieto.fi, 5 July 2021
- ^ Captain’s Ball 2024 Timo Nummelinille – Katso kaikki palkitut, Football Association of Finland, 5 December 2024
- ^ Huhtikuun joukkue valittu - KTP:n Enoch Banza Ykkösliigan huhtikuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
- ^ JIPPO:n Yoshiaki Kikuchi Ykkösliigan toukokuun pelaaja (in Finnish)
- ^ Aleksi Tarvonen Ykkösliigan Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 5 July 2024
- ^ Anttoni Huttunen Ykkösliigan Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 5 August 2024
- ^ Matias Paavola Ykkösliigan Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 5 September 2024
- ^ Jean-Claude Mabinda valittu Ykkösliigan syyskuun pelaajaksi, Finnish FA, 5 October 2024