The 2023 Ykkönen was the 52nd season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 14 April 2023 and ended on 7 October 2023. It was the final season of the Ykkönen serving as the second-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to third-tier.
Twelve teams contested the league. The champions (
EIF) and runners-up (
Gnistan) were promoted to the 2024 Veikkausliiga. The second, third, and fourth-placed teams (Gnistan,
MP, and
SJK Akatemia
SJK Akatemia (formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from Seinäjoki in Finland. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the OmaSP Stadion. SJK Akatemia is SJK's 'B team' and currently plays in the ''Ykkönen'', ...
) qualified for the
Veikkausliiga play-off. The bottom two teams (
JJK and
KPV
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) were relegated to the
2024 Ykkönen. The sixth-placed team (
HIFK
HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...
) dissolved after the season finished due to bankruptcy, giving the tenth-placed team (
KäPa) a reprieve from relegation. The remaining teams were transferred to the
2024 Ykkösliiga
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. .
The
2024 Ykkönen will represent the new third-tier level season of Finnish football.
Teams
Team changes
Participants
Regular season
League table
Results
Promotion Round
League table
Results
Relegation Round
League table
Results
References
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Ykkönen seasons
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2023 in Finnish football leagues