The 2013 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2013
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football season, was the 7th season of the Finnish women's premier division
Naisten Liiga
The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten Lii ...
since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 23 March 2013 and ended on 19 October 2013.
Ã…land United
Ã…land United is a Finnish women's football club based in Lemland, Ã…land. They compete in the Kansallinen Liiga, the premier women's football league in Finland.
In 2004 Åland's clubs Lemlands IF and IF Finströms Kamraterna decided to stren ...
were the defending champions, having won their first Finnish championship in
2012
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.
The season featured 10 teams. After 18 matches played, the league was divided to Championship Group of six and Relegation Group of four. The Champion, Ã…land United, qualified for the first qualifying round of the
2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 14th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA. The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany. Unlike recent year ...
and
GBK Kokkola
Gamlakarleby Bollklubb is a Finnish football club from Kokkola (''Gamlakarleby'' in Swedish). It currently plays in the Finnish Second Division (''Kakkonen''), which is the third-highest level in Finnish football. GBK play their home games at th ...
was relegated to the
Naisten Ykkönen
Naisten Ykkönen ( sv, Damettan, Women's First/One) is the second highest division of women's association football, women's football in Finland. It is overseen by the Suomen Palloliitto (Football Association of Finland). Teams in Naisten Ykkönen ...
for the 2014 season.
[ ]Merilappi United
Merilappi United is women's association football club from Kemi, Finland. It was founded in October 2011 as a merger of two local clubs, Kemin Into and Visan Pallo. Merilappi United plays in the Finnish women's premier division Naisten Liiga
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was promoted.
Teams
Preliminary stage
Championship group
*''Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted''
Relegation group
*''Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted''
Top scorers
Sources
2013 Naisten Liiga
Finnish Football Association
References
External links
Naisten Liiga Official Homepage
(in Finnish)
{{2013 in Finnish football
Kansallinen Liiga seasons
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Finland
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