A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the

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season, two relegated from

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' ( Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also pla ...

and nine promoted from

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 104 Finnish football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kolmonen (''Number Three'' in E ...

. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the

. The bottom three teams in each group and the worst seventh-placed will qualify directly for relegation to

. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.

FC Viikingit FC Viikingit is a Finnish football club based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki, and currently playing in the ''Kakkonen'', the third tier of Finnish football. They play their home matches at Vuosaaren urheilukenttä, also called Heteniitty. The club ...

and

JIPPO JIPPO is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu. JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat&nb ...

were relegated from the 2014 Ykkönen, while EIF, MP, PS Kemi and VIFK were promoted to the 2015 Ykkönen.

FC Espoo FC Espoo is a Finnish football club based in the city of Espoo, Finland. Founded in 1989, the first team plays in the Finnish Second Division (Kakkonen), the third tier of the Finnish football pyramid. The first team of FC Espoo plays its ho ...

, FC Hämeenlinna, FC Viikkarit, JBK, OLS,

PK-37 Pallo-Kerho 37, also known as PK-37, is a Finland, Finnish football club from the city of Iisalmi. The club was founded on 10 October 1937 as a bandy and association football, football club, but later on it also became known for its pesäpallo a ...

, SC KuFu-98, SOVO and Sporting were relegated from 2014 Kakkonen. ESC,

FC Kiffen Kronohagens Idrottsförening (abbreviated KIF or Kiffen) ( en, Kruununhaka Sports Association) is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was founded on 27 September 1908, and has been mainly known for the achievements of its association ...

FC Kiisto FC Kiisto is a Finnish football club, based in the city of Vaasa. It currently plays in Kolmonen (Third Division). History Vaasan Kiisto was founded in September 1904 in Vaasa Finnish Gymnasiums gym hall, after members of Vaasa Workers Associ ...

, FC Santa Claus AC, FCV, KaaPo,

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, NJS and Sudet were promoted from the 2014

Stadia and locations

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)

Pohjoinen (Northern)

Läntinen (Western)

Itäinen (Eastern)

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the

for season 2016. Group winners
Eteläinen (Southern):

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the f ...

Pohjoinen (Northern):

KPV The KPV-14.5 heavy machine gun (KPV is an initialism for Krupnokaliberniy Pulemyot Vladimirova (Large-caliber Machine gun Vladimirov), in Russian as Крупнокалиберный Пулемёт Владимирова, or КПВ) is a Soviet de ...

Läntinen (Western):

GrIFK Grankulla IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football, ice-hockey, handball, floorball and alpine. The clu ...

Itäinen (Eastern):

Klubi-04 Klubi 04 is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. It is the reserve team of Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi for whom a number of the players are also registered. History Klubi 04 was founded in 2004 when HJK bought FC Jokerit. Initially Klubi 04 ...

First leg

----

Second leg

''KPV won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''GrIFK won 8–1 on aggregate.''

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the seventh-placed teams. The worst seventh-placed team will be directly relegated to the

. The worst seventh-placed team will be determined by point average, because of an uneven number of teams in groups.

References

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