The 2013 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2013 Finnish football season, was the 7th season of the Finnish women's premier division Naisten Liiga since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 23 March 2013 and ended on 19 October 2013.[1] Åland United were the defending champions, having won their first Finnish championship in 2012.

Naisten Liiga
Season2013
ChampionsÅland United
RelegatedGBK Kokkola
Top goalscorerCynthia Uwak (18 goals)
2012
2014

The season featured 10 teams. After 18 matches played, the league was divided to Championship Group of six and Relegation Group of four. The Champion, Åland United, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League and GBK Kokkola was relegated to the Naisten Ykkönen for the 2014 season.[1] Merilappi United was promoted.

Teams edit

Team Location Stadium Manager
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto   Timo Lounio
GBK Kokkola Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä   Håkan Nyman
HJK Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä   Maria Virolainen
Kokkola Futis 10 Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä   Michael Käld
NiceFutis Pori Pori Stadium   Sami Rintanen
  Boguslaw Plich (since 3 June)
ONS Oulu Castrén Stadium   Mauri Holappa
Pallokissat Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena   Pasi Tuutti
PK-35 Vantaa ISS Stadion   Pauliina Miettinen
TPS Turku Turun yläkenttä   Jouni Alen
Åland United Lemland Bengtsböle IP   Gary Williams

Preliminary stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Åland United 18 15 2 1 66 13 +53 47 Championship group
2 PK-35 18 12 3 3 42 20 +22 39
3 FC Honka 18 12 2 4 39 16 +23 38
4 HJK 18 8 5 5 33 31 +2 29
5 Pallokissat 18 6 4 8 28 32 −4 22
6 Kokkola Futis 10 18 7 1 10 27 32 −5 22
7 TPS 18 5 4 9 22 24 −2 19 Relegation group
8 ONS 18 5 4 9 25 49 −24 19
9 GBK 18 2 4 12 17 47 −30 10
10 NiceFutis 18 2 3 13 13 48 −35 9
Source: [citation needed]

Championship group edit

  • Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Åland United 23 19 3 1 85 16 +69 60 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 PK-35 23 16 4 3 58 24 +34 52
3 FC Honka 23 15 2 6 51 23 +28 47
4 HJK 23 8 6 9 38 46 −8 30
5 Pallokissat 23 8 4 11 37 44 −7 28
6 Kokkola Futis 10 23 7 2 14 30 55 −25 23
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation group edit

  • Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 ONS 24 7 5 12 36 57 −21 26
2 TPS 24 6 5 13 29 45 −16 23
3 NiceFutis 24 6 4 14 23 52 −29 22
4 GBK (R) 24 5 5 14 29 54 −25 20 Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Top scorers edit

Pos. Player Club Goals
1.   Cynthia Uwak Åland United 18
2.   Vera Saastamoinen HJK 17
3.   Monica Dolinsky Åland United 15
4.   Tiina Saario Åland United 14
  Sanna Ylianttila ONS
6.   Henni-Marika Malinen FC Honka 13
  Hanne Ojanperä PK-35
8.   Heidi Kivelä PK-35 12
  Juliette Kemppi Åland United
10.   Theresa Gomina GBK 11
  Jaana Lyytikäinen Åland United
  Marianna Tolvanen FC Honka

Sources edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Naisten Liiga 2013" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

External links edit