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Ykkösliiga
''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-season league cup, the Ykkösliigacup. The nation-wide second-tier league was first established in 1973 as I divisioona. It was later renamed Ykkönen, starting in 1994. The new and current Ykkösliiga will start running in 2024, and the former second-tier Ykkönen continues as the new third-tier level. History The first league format competition in the second level of Finnish football was called , which was founded in 1936. Before the inauguration of the , from 1930 to 1935, there had been special qualification matches for the right to play in the ''Mestaruussarja''. In the autumn of 1969, the Finnish football underwent a league system reform, and the was renamed ''II divisioona'', or Kakkonen, 2nd Division, with regional sections. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Ykkösliiga
The 2024 Ykkösliiga was the inaugural season of Ykkösliiga, the new second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2024 and ended on 19 October 2024. Teams Team changes The league was contested with 10 clubs, unlike former second-tier Ykkönen which included 12 clubs. Football Association of Finland, Finnish FA *PK-35 (men), PK-35 qualified for the 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs as a 2023 Kakkonen Group A runner-up, and were promoted to Ykkösliiga as a play-offs winner. *FC Honka were declared for bankruptcy after the 2023 Veikkausliiga season. Via supplemental process, 2023 Ykkönen runner-up IF Gnistan, Gnistan were promoted to 2024 Veikkausliiga, and 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs runner-up JIPPO were promoted to 2024 Ykkösliiga. *HIFK Fotboll, HIFK were declared for bankr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Ykkösliiga
The 2025 Ykkösliiga is the second season of the Ykkösliiga, the second highest league in the Finnish football league system. The season began on 21 April 2025. Teams Team changes The league was contested with 10 clubs. * KTP won the 2024 Ykkösliiga and were promoted to 2025 Veikkausliiga. FF Jaro was the season's runner-up and were promoted via play-offs. *Klubi 04 won the 2024 Ykkönen and were promoted automatically. * MP finished 10th in the 2024 Ykkösliiga and were relegated automatically. *Ekenäs IF finished 12th in the 2024 Veikkausliiga and were relegated back after one season in the top tier. *Lahti finished 11th in the 2024 Veikkausliiga. They were defeated by FF Jaro in the relegation play-offs and were relegated after 13 consecutive seasons in the top tier. Participants Season League table Results Season statistics Top goalscorers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksi Tarvonen
Aleksi Tarvonen (born 19 July 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Veikkausliiga club KTP. Club career Tarvonen started his senior career with his hometown club Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (KTP) in Kotka. He signed with Veikkausliiga club Ilves for the 2019 season. After a one-year stint with KPV in second-tier Ykkönen, Tarvonen returned to KTP on 21 November 2020, after the club had won a promotion to Veikkausliiga. On 11 August 2023, he was loaned out to JJK Jyväskylä for the rest of the season. Career statistics Honours KTP *Ykkönen: 2022 *Ykkösliiga: 2024 Ilves *Finnish Cup: 2019 Individual *Ykkösliiga Top Scorer: 2024 *Ykkösliiga Forward of the Year: 2024 *Ykkönen Player of the Month: July 2022 *Ykkösliiga Player of the Month: June 2024 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jippo
Jippo (stylised as JIPPO 2001–2024) is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Ykkösliiga, the second highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu. History JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat – both playing in the Kakkonen (third level), the division Jippo played its first four seasons from 2002 to 2005. The team was promoted to Ykkönen for the season 2006 after winning the eastern group of Kakkonen and beating Klubi-04 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion playoff. Arpad Mester scored the winner goal. After 9 years of playing in Ykkönen, JIPPO relegated back to Kakkonen for the season 2015, winning promotion back to Ykkönen after the 2020 season. During 2022–2023, JIPPO competed in Kakkonen. For the 2024 season, the club won promotion to the new second tier Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PK-35 (men)
PK-35 (originally Pallokerho-35) is a Finnish men's professional Association football, football club, based in Helsinki. It currently competes in the Ykkösliiga, the second-tier of men's football league in Finland. The club is based at the Algeco Areena in the Pihlajamäki district of Helsinki, and its colours are red, black and white. The club has played mostly in the lower divisions during its history, except for the lone season in top-tier Veikkausliiga in 1998 Veikkausliiga, 1998. History PK-35 was founded in Vyborg as ''Viipurin Pallokerho'' in 1935. After the Finnish Winter War and Second World War, the club was refounded as Pallokerho-35 by the Karelia, Karelian refugees in Helsinki in 1948. The name Viipuri (Vyborg) was dropped off from the name due to Soviet pressure per which it was not tolerated to use the names of places of the occupied Karelian territory. In the 1950's, the club operated mostly in the Kallio neighbourhood of Helsinki, from which it expanded to P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Ykkönen
The 2024 Ykkönen was the 53rd season of Ykkönen, the third highest football league in Finland. The season began on 12 April 2024 and ended on 19 October 2024. It was the first season of the Ykkönen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, after it was demoted due to formation of the new second-tier Ykkösliiga. sttinfo, 6 November 2023 Teams Regular season League table Results Promotion Round The top six from the regular season enter the Promotion Round and play eac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon Palloilijat
Salon Palloilijat (abbreviated SalPa) is a sports club from Salo in Finland. The club is popularly known as The Swans (''Joutsenlauma'' in Finnish). SalPa was formed in 1956 and their home ground is at the Salon Urheilupuisto. The men's football first team currently plays in the new second-tier Ykkösliiga. The Chairman of SalPa is Toni Tammi. The club currently has sections covering football, floorball, figure skating and basketball. Background Salon Palloilijat was established in 1956 and the club's first taste of success was in 1960 when the gained promotion to the Suomisarjaa (Finland League) which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football. Their success at this level was short-lived but just over forty years later in 2001 they played one season in the Ykkönen (First Division) which is the current second tier. SalPa have had four periods covering 25 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 1978 to 1979, 1982– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käpylän Pallo
Käpylän Pallo, commonly referred to as KäPa for short, is a football (soccer) club from the Käpylä district of Helsinki. The club currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second tier of the Finnish league system. Their home arena is Max Westerberg Areena in Käpylän liikuntapuisto, Käpylä, Helsinki. KäPa first team currently play their home matches at the Brahenkenttä, Helsinki due to the requirements in the second-tier. Background The club played 21 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football, in 1979, 1983–1989, 1997–2007 and 2009–2012. KäPa played one season in the Ykkönen (First Division), the second tier of Finnish football, in 2008 and one season in the Kolmonen, the fourth tier of Finnish football, in 2012. KäPa was the first club in Finland to organise football leagues for youth players. The teams in these leagues were named after English League clubs and some teams even received their shirts as gifts from the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Järvenpään Palloseura
Järvenpään Palloseura (abbreviated JäPS) is a football club from Järvenpää, Finland. It was formed in 1947 and is based at the Järvenpää keskuskenttä. The club currently competes in Ykkösliiga, the new second-tier level of Finnish football. Background In six decades JäPS evolved from a small local team into one of Finland's largest football clubs, serving Järvenpää and the surrounding area. JäPS has around 1,000 members, 900 of whom are juniors who participate in the girls and boys teams. In 1978 and 2001 JäPS progressed through to the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of the Finnish football system, but at the end of each season they were relegated back to the Kolmonen (Third Division). In 2003 JäPS men's team reached the Pikkufinaali (Small Final) of the Suomen Cup (Finnish Cup), being the best Kolmonen team in the Suomen Cup. The team were rewarded by progressing through to the UEFA Regions' Cup in Bulgaria. JäPS was active in the summer transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Kakkonen
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) 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, PK Keski-Uusimaa, RoPS, and VIFK) joined the highest-ranked runner-up ( Jazz Pori), the two losing semi-final teams from the Kakkonen Championship play-offs (EPS and OLS), and the two teams relegated from the 2023 Ykkönen ( JJK and KPV) in the 2024 Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group ( Futura, Hercule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ykkönen
''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until the end of 2023, ''Ykkönen'' was the second-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-tier Ykkösliiga, it was dropped down one level in the league pyramid. History The first league format competition in the second level of Finnish football was called , which was founded in 1936. Before the inauguration of the , from 1930 to 1935, there had been special qualification matches for the right to play in the ''Mestaruussarja''. In the autumn of 1969, the Finnish football underwent a league system reform, and the was renamed ''II divisioona'', or Kakkonen, 2nd Division, with regional sections. In 1973, this level of football in Finland became nationwide, and the new name was (First Division). The name has been used s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish association football, football club based in Kotka, and currently competing in Finland's top-tier, the Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediately after its formation the club joined the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, to which it still belongs. KTP play its home matches at Arto Tolsa Areena. History KTP had a long football traditions centred on its golden age in the early 1950s when the club won two Finnish championships in 1951 and 1952. They also won the Finnish Cup four times, the most recent occasion being in 1980. The club, playing in the renamed Arto Tolsa Areena, were participating in the Veikkausliiga as recently as 2000, but were relegated to Ykkönen and finally went into bankruptcy. The club re-formed and played in the lower divisions before gaining promotion to the Kakkonen in 2007. They spent two seasons in the Kakkonen but were relegated in 2009. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
