2014 Ykkönen

Ykkönen 2014
Season information
Winners	HJK Helsinki
Promoted	HIFK
Relegated	JIPPO FC Viikingit
Season statistics
Matches played	135
Goals scored	415
Average	(3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kalle Multanen (30 goals)
Biggest home win	Ilves 10–0 FC Viikingit (4 October)
Biggest away win	FC Jazz 0–5 HIFK (3 August)
Highest scoring	Ilves 10–0 FC Viikingit (4 October)
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The 2014 Ykkönen started on 27 April 2014 and ended on 4 October 2014. The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga 2015. The bottom 2 teams will be relegated to Kakkonen.

Overview

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including seven sides from the 2013 season, JJK who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and FC Jazz and HIFK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

AC Kajaani and OPS were relegated from 2013 Ykkönen. SJK was promoted to the 2014 Veikkausliiga.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Ojanen, RaunoRauno Ojanen
FC Jazz	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,000	Uotinen, JaniJani Uotinen
FC Viikingit	Helsinki	Vuosaaren urheilukenttä	4,200	Sandberg, MikaMika Sandberg
Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Rantala, JuhoJuho Rantala
HIFK	Helsinki	Töölön pallokenttä	4,000	Honkavaara, JaniJani Honkavaara
Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadion	5,040	Malinen, MikaMika Malinen
JIPPO	Joensuu	Joensuun keskuskenttä	3,000	Lähderinne, MikaMika Lähderinne
JJK	Jyväskylä	Harjun stadion	3,000	Pasoja, JuhaJuha Pasoja
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Ristilä, SamiSami Ristilä
PK-35 Vantaa	Vantaa	ISS Stadion	4,500	Europaeus, JariJari Europaeus

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
PK-35 Vantaa	Ilir Zeneli	End of contract	n/a	Jari Europaeus	5 November 2013	Pre-season
JIPPO	Jarmo Korhonen	End of contract	n/a	Mika Lähderinne	20 November 2013	Pre-season
FC Jazz	Matti Santahuhta	End of contract	n/a	Jouni Joensuu	23 December 2013	Pre-season
FC Viikingit	Ilkka Jäntti	Mutual termination	26 May 2014	Mika Sandberg	26 May 2014	10th
FC Jazz	Jouni Joensuu	Mutual termination	4 August 2014	Jani Uotinen	4 August 2014	9th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	HIFK  (C) (P)	27	15	5	7	63	30	+33	50	Promotion to the Veikkausliiga
2	KTP  (P)	27	15	5	7	57	33	+24	0501
3	Ilves  (P)	27	14	5	8	45	29	+16	0472
4	AC Oulu	27	13	8	6	46	32	+14	47
5	Haka	27	13	7	7	55	32	+23	46
6	PK-35 Vantaa	27	12	10	5	40	28	+12	46
7	JJK	27	11	5	11	40	46	−6	38
8	FC Jazz	27	6	7	14	31	48	−17	25
9	JIPPO  (R)	27	5	5	17	19	56	−37	20	Relegation to the Kakkonen
10	FC Viikingit  (R)	27	1	3	23	19	81	−62	6

Updated to games played on 4 October 2014
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	ACO	JAZ	VII	HAK	IFK	ILV	JIP	JJK	KTP	PKV
AC Oulu		2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–1	4–4	1–1
FC Jazz	0–1		3–3	2–2	0–5	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2
FC Viikingit	0–2	1–4		1–3	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–4	0–2
Haka	0–0	3–3	5–0		1–4	4–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	0–1
HIFK	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–1		2–0	4–0	1–2	4–1	1–1
Ilves	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2
JIPPO	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	0–3	0–2		2–3	1–4	1–1
JJK	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–4	2–2	3–0		2–1	0–2
KTP	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1		2–1
PK-35 Vantaa	3–0	1–1	5–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2

Updated to games played on 20 September 2014
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Matches 19–27

Home \ Away	ACO	JAZ	VII	HAK	IFK	ILV	JIP	JJK	KTP	PKV
AC Oulu		1–1	7–0		2–1	4–1			1–1
FC Jazz				0–2		0–1			2–0	1–3
FC Viikingit		1–2			0–3				0–3	0–0
Haka	2–4		2–0		1–0			2–2		6–0
HIFK		4–2				2–3	4–2			1–1
Ilves			10–0	0–0			1–0	1–2	2–0
JIPPO	0–0	1–3	4–2	1–1
JJK	1–2	1–3	4–0		0–4		4–1
KTP				3–0	3–0		0–0	1–2		1–3
PK-35 Vantaa	0–2					0–1	2–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 4 October 2014
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kalle Multanen	Haka	30
2	Jussi Aalto	KTP	25
3	Alekos Alekou	FC Jazz	14
	Jonne Hjelm	Ilves	14
5	Samuli Kaivonurmi	KTP	12
	Eero Peltonen	HIFK	12
7	Dritan Stafsula	AC Oulu	11
8	Antto Hilska	JJK	10
	Fidan Seferi	FC Viikingit / PK-35 Vantaa	10
10	Antonio Inutile	HIFK	8
	Joni Korhonen	PK-35 Vantaa	8
	Joni Mäkelä	KTP	8
	Tuomas Mustonen	HIFK	8
	Esa Terävä	HIFK	8

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
May	Jussi Aalto (KTP)
June	Jussi Aalto (KTP)
July	Mikko Manninen (JJK)
August	Mika Nurmela (AC Oulu)
September	Kalle Multanen (Haka)

See also

• 2014 Veikkausliiga
• 2014 Kakkonen

External links

• Official site (Finnish)

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