Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the
league system of
Finnish football
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Finnish football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen (
Finnish for 'Number Two'; sv, Tvåan).
Sakari Tukiainen finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the Kakkonen.
Petter Meyer
Petter Meyer (born 21 February 1985) is a Finnish footballer currently representing GrIFK of the Kakkonen.
Meyer was an integral part of the Grankulla IFK team that was promoted to the Finnish First Division in 2007. In 2008, he scored twelve g ...
finished the 2015 as the top goal scorer for
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 cl ...
with 23 goals.
League structure
For the 2012 season the format of the Kakkonen has been changed with the league divided in 4 groups of 10 teams, each representing a geographical area. Every club plays each of the others in the same group three times. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. The group winners may win promotion to
Ykkönen while two bottom clubs of each group and weakest 8th ranked club will be relegated to
Kolmonen.
For the 2016 season the format of the Kakkonen has been changed with the league divided into 3 groups of 12 teams. Each club plays the others in its group twice. The group winners and the best second place team have a chance of winning one of two promotion places to
Ykkönen after a four team playoff. The bottom three teams in each group 10, 11 and 12 will be relegated to
Kolmonen.
Administration
The
Football Association of Finland
The Football Association of Finland ( fi, Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; sv, Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907.
The SPL organises the men's and women's national footb ...
( fi, Suomen Palloliitto, SPL; sv, Finlands Bollförbund, FBF) administers the Kakkonen.
Sections and teams 2022
Kakkonen Group A
Kakkonen Group B
Kakkonen Group C
All details taken from Finnish FA website.
Seasons - League Tables
Group Winners
1970–1972 II divisioona, Tier 2
1973–1993 II divisioona, Tier 3
1994- Kakkonen, Tier 3
Footnotes
External links
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto - Kakkonen 2013)*
Kakkonen - Finnish Wikipedia
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