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, while the second-placed team had to play a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who wod play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to

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Overview

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the

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season, FF Jaro and KTP who was relegated from

and GrIFK and KPV who promoted from

after winning the

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. MP and VIFK were relegated from 2015 Ykkönen. PS Kemi, the champion of 2015 Ykkönen and PK-35 Vantaa, the runner-up of 2015 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2016 Veikkausliiga.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–27

Statistics

Top scorers

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References

External links

Official site
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