League tables for teams participating in

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 second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2003.

League table

HIFK Helsinki withdrew from the Ykkönen and their place was inherited by Korsholm Mustasaari, the highest placed relegated team in 2002.

Promotion play-offs

KooTeePee Kotka as 13th placed team in the 2003 Veikkausliiga and

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

as runners-up of the 2003 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

. RoPS won the play-offs 6-4 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga. RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1
KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2

Relegation play-offs

GBK Kokkola - P-Iirot Rauma 1-1
P-Iirot Rauma - GBK Kokkola 3-0 PS Kemi - FC Kuusankoski 2-3
FC Kuusankoski - PS Kemi 2-0 P-Iirot Rauma were promoted to the Ykkönen and

GBK Kokkola Gamlakarleby Bollklubb is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club from Kokkola (''Gamlakarleby'' in Swedish). It currently plays in the Finnish Second Division (''Kakkonen''), which is the third-highest level in Finnish football. ...

relegated to the

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

. P-Iirot Rauma won 4-1 on aggregate.
FC Kuusankoski remained in the Ykkönen after beating PS Kemi 5-2 on aggregate.

References

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