Kansallinen Liiga

Kansallinen Liiga
Organising body	Finnish Football Association
Founded	1974
First season	as Naisten SM-sarja,; 1974; as Naisten Liiga,; 2006; as Kansallinen Liiga,; 2020
Country	Finland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Naisten Ykkönen
Domestic cup(s)	Finnish Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	; (2021)
Most championships	HJK (23)
TV partners	Ruutu
Website	kansallinenliiga.fi
	Current:

Kansallinen Liiga ('National League'; 1974–2006 Naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Finnish Championship Series'); 2006–2019 Naisten Liiga (Swedish: Damligan, 'Women's League')) is the premier division of women's football in Finland. The first season as Kansallinen Liiga will be played in 2020.^[1]

Teams 2020[]

Club	Location	Home ground	Head coach
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK)	Helsinki	Telia 5G Arena
Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadion	Mika Lahtinen
(JyPK)	Jyväskylä	Harjun Stadion
(KuPS)	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena
Pallokerho-35 (PK-35)	Helsinki		Rami Rantanen
PK-35 Vantaa	Vantaa	Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion
Tikkurilan Palloseura (TiPS)	Vantaa		Pauliina Miettinen
Turun Palloseura (TPS)	Turku
Åland United	Lemland	Wiklöf Holding Arena	Samuel Fagerholm

Source: Suomen Palloliitto (Finnish Football Association)

List of champions[]

Vantaa were Naisten Liiga Finnish Champions four times, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi have won the most Finnish Champion women's titles.^[2]

Kansallinen Liiga champions 2020–[]

2020 – Åland United
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Naisten Liiga champions 2007–2019[]

Naisten SM-sarja champions 1971–2006[]

Previous champions of Finland.

Top scorers 2007–present[]

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2007		FC Honka	21
2008		FC Kuusysi	18
	Rita Chikwelu	FC United	22
	Anna Auvinen	NiceFutis	18
		Åland United	22
	Manya Makoski	Åland United	31
2013	Cynthia Uwak	Åland United	18
2014	Sanna Saarinen	PK-35 Vantaa	20
2015	Heidi Kollanen	Ilves	24
	Sanni Franssi	PK-35 Vantaa	20
	Kaisa Collin	PK-35 Vantaa	20
	Gentjana Rochi		20
	Jutta Rantala	HPK	22
2020	Gentjana Rochi		16

References[]

Content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Kansallinen Liiga; see its history for attribution.

^ "Kansallinen Liiga". kansallinenliiga.fi. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
^ "Finland - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^ "FC Hongan naiset Suomen mestareita". Länsiväylä. 7 October 2017.

External links[]

[1] "Kansallinen Liiga". kansallinenliiga.fi. Retrieved 2020-05-29.

[2] "Finland - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

[3] "FC Hongan naiset Suomen mestareita". Länsiväylä. 7 October 2017.

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