The 2024 Ykkönen is the 53rd season of Ykkönen, the third highest football league in Finland. The season began on 12 April 2024 and scheduled to end on 31 August 2024. It is the first season of the Ykkönen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, after it was demoted due to formation of the new second-tier Ykkösliiga.[1]

Ykkönen
Season2024
2024
2025

Teams

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Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
Atlantis FC Helsinki Pukinmäen liikuntapuisto 500   Tiago Santos
EPS Espoo Espoonlahden urheilupuisto   Sven Pierre Aumaitre
FC Jazz Pori Pori Stadium 12,300   Ville Ulanen
FC Vaajakoski Vaajakoski, Jyväskylä Panda Areena 1,000   Antti Neuvonen
JJK Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 7,000   Brian Page
Klubi 04 Helsinki Bolt Arena 10,770   Aleksi Lalli
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä 3,000   Jyrki Ahola
KuPS II Kuopio Väre Areena 5,000   Juho Neuvonen
AC Oulu/OLS Oulu Castrén 1,000   Mikko Isokangas
PK Keski-Uusimaa Tuusula, Kerava, Järvenpää Kalevan Urheilupuisto, Kerava 2,500   Rami Hakanpää
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä 2,800   Jari Alamäki
Vasa IFK Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 6,009   Max Peltonen

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Klubi 04 10 7 3 0 26 5 +21 24 Qualification for the Promotion Round
2 Atlantis 11 7 3 1 17 6 +11 24
3 KPV 11 6 4 1 20 14 +6 22
4 OLS 10 6 2 2 20 7 +13 20
5 Jazz 11 5 1 5 24 26 −2 16
6 JJK 12 4 4 4 21 23 −2 16
7 RoPS 11 4 2 5 17 18 −1 14 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 KuPS Akatemia 11 4 2 5 18 20 −2 14
9 EPS 11 3 3 5 11 12 −1 12
10 PKKU 12 2 3 7 16 26 −10 9
11 VIFK 10 1 3 6 8 25 −17 6
12 Vaajakoski 10 1 0 9 12 28 −16 3
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).


Results

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Home \ Away ATL EPS JAZ JJK KLU KPV KPS OLS PKK RPS VAA VIF
Atlantis 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
EPS 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0
Jazz 1–3 6–1 1–4 3–2 2–1
JJK 0–1 3–1 2–4 0–3 3–3 2–2
Klubi 04 0–0 4–1 3–0 5–2 0–0 4–0
KPV 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–1
KuPS Akatemia 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 5–1
OLS 1–2 4–0 1–0
PKKU 1–0 0–3 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–2
RoPS 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 4–2
Vaajakoski 0–1 1–2 0–3 4–3
VIFK 2–2 0–5 1–1 0–4 0–3 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Round

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The top six from the regular season will compete in the Promotion Round and will play each other once, The winner qualifies directly for promotion to Ykkösliiga. The teams that finish second, third, and fourth play a one legged playoff, with the second placed team playing against the winner of the match between the third and fourth placed team. The winner of the matches enters a two-legged playoff against the second to last team in the 2024 Veikkausliiga for promotion.

Relegation Round

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The bottom six from the regular season will compete in the Relegation Round and will play each other once, The bottom two sides are relegated to the Kakkonen.

References

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