F-liiga

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This article is about the top men's floorball league in Finland. For the women's ditto, see F-liiga (women).
Miesten F-liiga
F-Liiga Logo.png
FormerlyMiesten Mestaruussarja
Miesten Salibandyliiga
SportFloorball
Founded1986
FounderFinnish Floorball Federation
Inaugural seasonSalibandyn SM-sarja
1986–1994
Salibandyliiga
1994–2020
CEOJP Lehtonen
No. of teams14
CountryFinland
Most recent
champion(s)
(5th title)
Most titlesSSV Helsinki
(11 titles)
TV partner(s)YLE TV2
Domestic cup(s)
International cup(s)Champions Cup
Related
competitions		Naisten Salibandyliiga
Official websitefliiga.com

The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21.[1]

The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup.[2]

Format[]

Regular season[]

The regular season is played in a round robin format with each team playing 26 games. The total number of regular season games is 182. The eight teams that finish the regular season at the top of the standings qualify for the playoffs in the spring.

Regular season game between and in the 2009-10 season.

Playoffs[]

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship. The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format.

Playout[]

The playout round was first introduced for 2014–15 season. The teams placed that placed eleventh through fourteenth continue to a playout phase after the regular season. The eleventh placed team picks their opponent, either the thirteenth or fourteenth placed team. The winners of the first round of playout get to keep their spots in Salibandyliiga, but the losing teams face each other in the second round. The winner of the second round of playout faces the second placed team of Divari (English: First Division). The winner of this match-up wins a place in the Salibandyliiga and losing team is relegated. The loser of the second round of playout is also relegated to Divari. The winner of Divari is directly promoted to Salibandyliiga.[3]

Current teams[]

TPS come close to scoring against in the 2005-06 season.

Teams in 2020-21 season:[4]

Recent champions[]

Season Champions Runner-up Third Place
2020–21 [5] Oilers
2019–20 The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2018–19 TPS
2017–18
2016–17
2015–16 Oilers
2014–15 SSV
2013–14 SSV
2012–13 SSV
2011–12 SSV Koovee
2010–11 SSV Oilers
2009–10 SSV Erä
2008–09 SSV Erä
2007–08 SSV Erä
2006–07 SSV Erä
2005–06 Oilers SSV
2004–05 SSV

All records updated as of season 2018–19.[7]

List of champions[]

Team Titles Season
SSV Helsinki 11 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Oilers Espoo 4 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06
5 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–2021
3 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
2 1991–1992, 1993–94
2 1989–90, 1990–91
2 1986–87, 1987–88
1 2013–14
1 1997–98
1 1996–97
1 1988–89
HIFK 1 1999–00

All records updated as of season 2018–19.[7]

Records[]

Regular season[]

Game records[]

  • Highest attendance : 3214
    • Oilers vs. TPS (4–1), 12-09-2014
  • Biggest home win: 21–6
    • vs. OLS (21–6), 10-22-2006
  • Biggest away win: 1–17
    • vs. SSV (1–17), 03-03-2007
    • HIFK vs. SSV (1–17), 12-12-2007
  • Highest scoring game: 34
    • vs. OLS (18–12), 09-29-2009

Individual records[]

Career[]
  • Most games played: 450
    • Finland
  • Most goals: 415
    • Finland
  • Most assists: 327
    • Finland
  • Most points: 667
    • Finland
Season[]
  • Most goals: 63
  • Most assists: 68
  • Most points: 108
    • Finland , (Oilers), 2005–06

Playoffs[]

Game records[]

  • Highest attendance : 5580
    • vs. Oilers (4–7), 07-04-2002
  • Biggest win: 14–2
    • SSV vs. (14–2), 04-03-2008
  • Highest scoring game: 24
    • SSV vs. OLS (17–7), 10-03-2006

Individual records[]

Career[]
  • Most games played: 169
    • Finland
  • Most goals: 138
    • Finland
  • Most assists: 116
    • Finland
  • Most points: 254
    • Finland
Season[]


All records updated as of season 2013–14. [8]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Making floorball history: Finland's highest floorball league is now F-Liiga". IFF. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "IFF Champions Cup". IFF. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Sarjan esittely". salibandy.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Teams – 2020-2021". F-liiga. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Classic Men's champion in Finland & PSS and SB-Pro in the Women's final". IFF. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus status update - as of March 16th". IFF. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Mitallijoukkueet kautta aikain" [Medal winners over time]. salibandy.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  8. ^ "Salibandyliigan ennätykset". salibandy.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
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