Ykkönen

Ykkönen (Finnish) Ettan (Swedish)
Country	Finland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1973
Divisions	1
Number of teams	12
Promotion to	Veikkausliiga
Relegation to	Kakkonen
Levels on pyramid	2
Domestic cup(s)	Suomen Cup
Current champions	KTP (1st title) (2022)
TV	Ruutu+
Website	Official website
2023 season

Ykkönen (Finnish for 'Number One'; 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. 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.

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

Before the inauguration of the Suomensarja, there had been, in 1930–1935, special qualification matches for the right to play in the Mestaruussarja, ‘Championship series’. A proper league format competition on this level began in 1936 with the 1936 Suomensarja.

Competition

Like the Veikkausliiga, the first division is played mainly during the summer. It comprises 10 clubs, all of whom play three matches against all other clubs in the division. The winner of the Ykkönen qualifies directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga. The bottom 2 clubs are directly relegated to Kakkonen.

Clubs

Finnish Football League Structure
Veikkausliiga (Tier 1) Ykkönen (Tier 2) Kakkonen (Tier 3) Kolmonen (Tier 4) Nelonen (Tier 5) Vitonen (Tier 6) Kutonen (Tier 7) Seiska (Tier 8)

The clubs in the Ykkönen for the 2020 season are:

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AC Kajaani	Kajaani	Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto	1,200	Lumijärvi, MikaMika Lumijärvi
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Ahola, JyrkiJyrki Ahola
EIF	Raseborg	Ekenäs Centrumplan	2,500	Santesmase, GuillemGuillem Santesmase
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	4,600	Käcko, NiklasNiklas Käcko
Gnistan	Helsinki	Mustapekka Areena	1,100	Duarte, RicardoRicardo Duarte
KPV	Kokkola	Kokkolan Keskuskenttä	2,000	Uotinen, JaniJani Uotinen
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Arbeiter, ArgoArgo Arbeiter
MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto	7,000	Pasoja, JuhaJuha Pasoja
MuSa	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,300	Ulanen, VilleVille Ulanen
MYPA	Kouvola	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion	4,167	Mäkelä, IlkkaIlkka Mäkelä
SJK Akatemia	Seinäjoki	OmaSP Stadion	6,000	Dunne, TommyTommy Dunne
VPS	Vaasa	Elisa Stadion	6,000	Sund, ChristianChristian Sund

Champions and top scorers 1973–2014

Season	Champion	League promotions	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1973	MiPK	MiPK, FC Haka	Matti Paatelainen	FC Haka	21
1974	MyPa	MyPa, VPS	Kari Lehtolainen	HPS	19
1975	GBK	GBK, OPS	Christian Nyman	GBK	16
1976	Kiffen	Kiffen, OTP	Jarmo Lindahl	Kiffen	15
1977	KPT	KPT, Pyrkivä	Raimo Kuuluvainen	FC Ilves	17
1978	FC Ilves	FC Ilves, KTP	Ari Tissari	KPT	21
1979	MP	OTP, Sepsi-78	Tuomo Hakala	RoPS	19
1980	MP	MP, RoPS, MiPK	Keijo Kousa	FC Kuusysi	21
1981	FC Kuusysi	FC Kuusysi, KPV, Elo	Władysław Dąbrowski	OTP	26
1982	Reipas	Reipas, RoPS	Craig Ramsay	FF Jaro	18
1983	MP	MP, KePS, PPT	Arto Keisalo Jukka Mykkänen	HPS MP	14
1984	OTP	OTP	Hannu Tiilikainen	Elo	18
1985	MP	MP	Jukka Rautakallio	FinnPa	17
1986	Reipas	Reipas	Jari Aaltonen	TPV	18
1987	OTP	OTP	Kalle Lehtinen	FC Kontu	18
1988	FF Jaro	FF Jaro	Juha Lahtinen	VaKP	19
1989	KPV	KPV, Kumu	Mauri Keskitalo	MyPa	18
1990	PPT	PPT, FF Jaro	Janne Murtomäki 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	Mika Riutto	Reipas	15
1995	FC Inter	FC Inter	Mika Marjamaa	KePS	18
1996	TP-Seinäjoki	TP-Seinäjoki	Luciano Martins	FC Kuusysi	18
1997	FC Haka	FC Haka, PK-35	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka	25
1998	FC Lahti	FC Lahti, KTP, Inter, TPV	Ismo Lius	FC Lahti	18
1999	Tampere United	Tampere United	Dionísio	Tampere United	24
2000	KuPS	KuPS, Atlantis FC	Niclas Grönholm	Hangö IK	25
2001	FC Hämeenlinna	FC Hämeenlinna FF Jaro	Jani Myllyniemi	HIFK	18
2002	KuPS	KuPS, FC Jokerit, FC KooTeePee	Janne Kauria	FC Honka	17
2003	TP-47	TP-47, RoPS	Mikko Mäkelä	PP-70	15
2004	KuPS	KuPS, IFK Mariehamn	Miikka Oinonen	MP	15
2005	FC Honka	FC Honka, VPS	Dawda Bah Rami Louke	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

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. (English)
• Football scores for Finnish Football Leagues

Football in Finland

League competitions FAF Cup competitions Veikkausliiga (tier 1) Finland Finnish Cup Ykkönen (tier 2) {U-21) (U-19) (U-17) Finnish League Cup Kakkonen (tier 3) · Kolmonen (tier 4) List of clubs Nelonen (tier 5) · Vitonen (tier 6) List of competitions Kutonen (tier 7) · Seiska (tier 8) List of venues