Ykkönen

Ykkönen (in Finnish)
Ettan (in Swedish)
Founded	1973
Country	Finland
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	1
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Veikkausliiga (1-2 depending on promotion playoff)
Relegation to	Kakkonen 3
Domestic cup(s)	Suomen Cup
Current champions	VPS (1st title) ; ()
Most championships	KUPS , MP (4)
TV partners	VeikkausTV, Huuhkaja.tv
Website	Miesten Ykkönen
	Current:

Ykkönen (Finnish for 'Number One'; Swedish: Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.

History[]

The first league format competition in the second level of Finnish football was called Suomensarja, which was founded in 1936.^[1] Before the inauguration of the Suomensarja, from 1930 to 1935, there had been special qualification matches for the right to play in the Mestaruussarja.

In the autumn of 1969, the Finnish football underwent a league system reform, and the Suomensarja was renamed II divisioona, or 2nd Division, with regional sections.^[2]

In 1973, this level of football in Finland became nationwide, and the new name was 1. divisioona (First Division). The name Ykkönen has been used since 1995.^[1]

Competition[]

Like the Veikkausliiga, the first division is played mainly during the summer. It comprises 12 clubs, all of whom play 27 matches. After 22 games the division is divided to teams who finished 1-6 and 7-12. These teams play against each other once. The winner of the Ykkönen qualifies directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga, and the team finishing second in the league will play a two-legged promotion playoff against the team finishing 11th in the Veikkausliiga. The bottom 3 clubs are directly relegated to Kakkonen.

Clubs[]

The clubs in the Ykkönen for the 2022 season are:

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Ekenäs IF	Raseborg	Ekenäs Centrumplan	800
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000
IF Gnistan	Helsinki		1,100
JäPS	Järvenpää	Järvenpään keskuskenttä	2,000
KPV	Kokkola		3,000
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,200
MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto	7,000	Juha Pasoja
PIF	Pargas	Pajbacka	2,000
PK-35	Helsinki	MagneCit Areena	1,000
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Keskuskenttä	4,000
SJK Akatemia	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	5,817
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	8,076	Jonatan Johansson

Champions and top scorers 1973–2021[]

Season	Champion	League promotions	Top scorer	Club	Goals
	MiPK	, FC Haka	Matti Paatelainen	FC Haka	21
	MyPa	MyPa, VPS		HPS	19
	GBK	GBK, OPS		GBK	16
	Kiffen	Kiffen, OTP		Kiffen	15
	KPT	KPT, Pyrkivä	Raimo Kuuluvainen	FC Ilves	17
	FC Ilves	FC Ilves, KTP	Ari Tissari	KPT	21
	MP	OTP, Sepsi-78	Tuomo Hakala	RoPS	19
	MP	MP, RoPS,		FC Kuusysi	21
	FC Kuusysi	FC Kuusysi, KPV, Elo		OTP	26
	Reipas	Reipas, RoPS		FF Jaro	18
1983	MP	MP, KePS, PPT		HPS MP	14
1984	OTP	OTP		Elo	18
1985	MP	MP		FinnPa	17
1986	Reipas	Reipas		TPV	18
1987	OTP	OTP	Kalle Lehtinen	FC Kontu	18
1988	FF Jaro	FF Jaro			19
1989	KPV	KPV, Kumu		MyPa	18
1990	PPT	PPT, FF Jaro	Jari Vanhala	FC Kontu Grankulla IFK	14
1991	MyPa	MyPa	Igor Danilov	Kumu	17
1992	TPV	TPV, FinnPa	Tomasz Arceusz Oleg Ivanov Valeri Popovitch	VPS TPV TPV	16
1993	KuPS	KuPS, FC Oulu	Kimmo Savolainen	KePS	17
1994	Ponnistus	Ponnistus, VPS		Reipas	15
1995	FC Inter	FC Inter		KePS	18
1996	TP-Seinäjoki	TP-Seinäjoki		FC Kuusysi	18
	FC Haka	FC Haka, PK-35	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka	25
	FC Lahti	FC Lahti, KTP, Inter, TPV	Ismo Lius	FC Lahti	18
	Tampere United	Tampere United	Dionísio	Tampere United	24
	KuPS	KuPS, Atlantis FC	Niclas Grönholm	Hangö IK	25
	FC Hämeenlinna	FC Hämeenlinna FF Jaro		HIFK	18
2002	KuPS	KuPS, FC Jokerit, FC KooTeePee		FC Honka	17
2003	TP-47	TP-47, RoPS		PP-70	15
2004	KuPS	KuPS, IFK Mariehamn	Miikka Oinonen	MP	15
2005	FC Honka	FC Honka, VPS	Dawda Bah	KPV VPS	16
2006	FC Viikingit	FC Viikingit, AC Oulu	Petteri Kaijasilta	PK-35	19
2007	KuPS	KuPS, RoPS	Petteri Kaijasilta	PK-35	18
2008	JJK Jyväskylä	JJK	Babatunde Wusu	JJK	22
2009	AC Oulu	AC Oulu	Pekka Sihvola	FC Hämeenlinna	20
2010	RoPS	RoPS	Irakli Sirbiladze	KPV	16
2011	FC Lahti	FC Lahti	Ville Salmikivi	FC Viikingit	20
2012	RoPS	RoPS	Aleksandr Kokko	RoPS	15
2013	SJK	SJK	Jussi Aalto	Haka	15
2014	HIFK	HIFK, FC KTP, FC Ilves	Kalle Multanen	Haka	30
2015	PS Kemi	PS Kemi, PK-35 Vantaa	Kalle Multanen	Haka	19
2016	JJK	JJK	Aristote M'Boma	AC Oulu	18
2017	TPS	TPS, FC Honka	Kalle Multanen	Haka EIF	14
2018	HIFK	HIFK, KPV	Alberto Alvarado Morín	AC Oulu	17
2019	Haka	Haka, TPS		Haka	23
2020	AC Oulu	AC Oulu, KTP	Darren Smith	EIF	18
	Vaasan Palloseura	VPS	Douglas Caé	Gnistan	14

References[]

^ ^a ^b Pietarinen, Heikki. "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
^ Lautela, Yrjö & Wallén, Göran (2007). Rakas jalkapallo. Hämeenlinna: Teos. p. 61. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.

External links[]

League information; at the Football Association of Finland
List of League Second Level tables since 1930
League321.com - Finnish football league tables, records & statistics database. (in English)
Football scores for Finnish Football Leagues

[rsssf-1] Pietarinen, Heikki. "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

[rakasjp-2] Lautela, Yrjö & Wallén, Göran (2007). Rakas jalkapallo. Hämeenlinna: Teos. p. 61. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.

[1]

[2]

v t Second level football seasons in Finland
Mestaruussarja karsinta (B-sarja)
Suomensarja (II divisioona)	1936 1937 1938 1941 1942 1943
II divisioona
Ykkönen (I divisioona)	1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Football in Finland