2013 Naisten Liiga

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
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
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:

Championship group
  • 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:

Relegation group
  • 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:
(R) Relegated.

Top scorers
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

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