The 2024 Ykkösliiga was the inaugural season of

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-s ...

, 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 ''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 ...

which included 12 clubs.Ykkösliiga
Finnish FA * PK-35 qualified for the 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs as a

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Group A runner-up, and were promoted to Ykkösliiga as a play-offs winner. *

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

were declared for bankruptcy after the

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season. Via supplemental process,

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runner-up Gnistan were promoted to

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, and 2024 Ykkösliiga promotion play-offs runner-up

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 200 ...

were promoted to 2024 Ykkösliiga. *

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 ...

were declared for bankruptcy after the

season, and

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 ...

(KäPa) earned a spot in 2024 Ykkösliiga via supplemental process, by which KäPa avoided the relegation after finishing 10th of 12 teams in 2023 Ykkönen.

Participants

Season

League table

Results

Third round results

Ykkösliiga play-off

The ninth-placed team ( KäPa) faced the second-placed team from the

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 F ...

(

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) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the

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First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Awards

Annual awards

Monthly awards

References

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2024 in Finnish football leagues