The 2023 Kakkonen was the 51st season of Kakkonen, the third-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 21 April 2023 and ended on 8 October 2023. It was the final season of the Kakkonen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to fourth-tier.
The three groups winners and the highest-ranked runner up qualified for the
Kakkonen Championship play-offs, with the winners (
PK-35 Vantaa) and runners-up (
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.
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) being promoted to the
2024 Ykkösliiga.
The second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams in each group (minus the highest-ranked runner-up) qualified for the
Kakkonen play-offs; the five winners (
Atlantis,
Klubi 04
Klubi 04 is a Finland, Finnish football (soccer), 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 ...
,
PK Keski-Uusimaa
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,
RoPS, and
VIFK
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) joined the highest-ranked runner-up (
Jazz Pori
FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen. It was invented in 1934. FC Jazz has won two Finnish championships ( 1993 & 1996 ).
History
PPT 1934–1991
FC Jazz was established in 1934 as ...
), the two losing semi-final teams from the Kakkonen Championship play-offs (EPS and
OLS
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), and the two teams relegated from the
2023 Ykkönen (
JJK and
KPV
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) in the
2024 Ykkönen.
The bottom two teams in each group (
Futura,
Hercules
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,
JBK,
PIF,
SexyPöxyt
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, and
TiPS) were relegated to the
2024 Kolmonen.
Teams
The league consisted of thirty-six teams (twenty-seven returning from the
previous season, six promoted from
Kolmonen
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, and three relegated from
Ykkönen), split into three equal groups (A, B, and C).
Team changes
Group A
Group B
Group C
League tables
Group A
Group B
Group C
Play-offs
Kakkonen play-offs
The second to fifth teams in each group (minus the highest ranked runner-up) competed in play-off matches, with the five winners earning promotion to the
2024 Ykkönen.
First leg
Second leg
Kakkonen Championship play-offs
The three group winners and highest ranked runner-up competed in a play-off, with the winner earning promotion to the
2024 Ykkösliiga and the rest qualifying for the
2024 Ykkönen.
Semi-finals
Final
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References
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Finland
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