2015 Kakkonen

A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the 2014 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group and the worst seventh-placed will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.[1]

Kakkonen
Season2015
← 2014
2016 →

FC Viikingit and JIPPO were relegated from the 2014 Ykkönen, while EIF, MP, PS Kemi and VIFK were promoted to the 2015 Ykkönen.

FC Espoo, FC Hämeenlinna, FC Viikkarit, JBK, OLS, PK-37, SC KuFu-98, SOVO and Sporting were relegated from 2014 Kakkonen.

ESC, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, FC Santa Claus AC, FCV, KaaPo, MuSa, NJS and Sudet were promoted from the 2014 Kolmonen.

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2014 Kakkonen teams. Eteläinen (Southern) are red dots, Pohjoinen (Northern) are green dots, Läntinen (Western) are blue dots while Itäinen (Eastern) are pink dots.

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Honka 27 22 4 1 56 11 +45 70 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 Gnistan 27 13 7 7 44 31 +13 46
3 KäPa 27 11 8 8 45 32 +13 41
4 TPV 27 11 5 11 42 37 +5 38
5 JäPS 27 11 5 11 36 41 −5 38
6 FCV 27 10 6 11 31 36 −5 36
7 Atlantis FC 27 9 8 10 34 41 −7 35
8 PK Keski-Uusimaa (R) 27 9 7 11 39 36 +3 34 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 I-Kissat (R) 27 6 7 14 33 38 −5 25
10 NJS (R) 27 2 5 20 23 80 −57 11
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Pohjoinen (Northern)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KPV 27 18 4 5 63 35 +28 58 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 FC YPA 27 17 3 7 57 30 +27 54
3 AC Kajaani 27 13 6 8 46 31 +15 45
4 OPS 27 12 3 12 40 45 −5 39
5 GBK 27 11 5 11 42 39 +3 38
6 TP-47 27 11 5 11 31 31 0 38
7 FC Santa Claus AC 27 12 2 13 43 56 −13 38
8 JBK (R) 27 9 5 13 38 44 −6 32 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 Kerho 07 (R) 27 9 4 14 40 53 −13 31
10 FC Kiisto (R) 27 2 5 20 22 58 −36 11
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Läntinen (Western)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 GrIFK 27 20 3 4 78 32 +46 63 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 MuSa 27 15 4 8 51 30 +21 49
3 SalPa 27 11 7 9 35 36 −1 40
4 ESC 27 11 6 10 31 30 +1 39
5 BK-46 28 11 7 10 41 46 −5 40
6 Närpes Kraft 27 10 4 13 52 51 +1 34
7 Masku (R) 27 10 4 13 28 41 −13 34
8 P-Iirot (R) 27 8 6 13 50 44 +6 30 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 ÅIFK (R) 27 8 6 13 35 56 −21 30
10 KaaPo (R) 27 7 3 17 32 67 −35 24
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Itäinen (Eastern)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Klubi 04 24 13 7 4 46 17 +29 46 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 Kultsu FC 24 12 8 4 49 34 +15 44
3 FC Viikingit 24 10 6 8 43 31 +12 36
4 FC Futura 24 11 3 10 41 40 +1 36
5 Sudet 24 11 2 11 35 31 +4 35
6 FC Kiffen 24 9 6 9 24 30 −6 33
7 FC Lahti Akatemia 24 9 5 10 48 36 +12 32
8 JIPPO (R) 24 7 8 9 38 34 +4 29 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 FC Myllypuro (R) 24 2 3 19 25 94 −69 9
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2016.[2]

Group winners
Eteläinen (Southern): FC Honka
Pohjoinen (Northern): KPV
Läntinen (Western): GrIFK
Itäinen (Eastern): Klubi-04

First leg
KPV1 – 0FC Honka
Mendy  9'
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
Attendance: 2,125
GrIFK5 – 1Klubi-04
Matrone  30', 41' (pen.)
Meyer  43', 45+1'
Britschgi  82'		 Lappalainen  12'
Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä, Kauniainen
Attendance: 317

Second leg
FC Honka1 – 1KPV
Dos Santos  23' Byskata  9'
Attendance: 2,074

KPV won 2–1 on aggregate.

Klubi-040 – 3GrIFK
Meyer  29'
D. Langhoff  40'
Matrone  84'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 248

GrIFK won 8–1 on aggregate.

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the seventh-placed teams. The worst seventh-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen. The worst seventh-placed team will be determined by point average, because of an uneven number of teams in groups.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Northern FC Santa Claus AC 27 12 2 13 43 56 −13 38
2 Eastern FC Lahti Akatemia 24 9 5 10 48 36 +12 32
3 Southern Atlantis FC 27 9 8 10 34 41 −7 35
4 Western Masku 27 10 4 13 28 41 −13 34 Relegation to Kolmonen
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. Kakkonen 2015
  2. "Ykkösen nousukarsintaparit arvottu". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
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