2018 Ykkönen

The 2018 Ykkönen was the 47th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 28 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.[1] The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2019 Veikkausliiga, the second has to play a play-off against the eleventh team from Veikkausliiga to decide who will play in that division. The bottom 2 teams will qualify directly for relegation to Kakkonen.

Ykkönen
Season2018
ChampionsHIFK
PromotedHIFK
KPV
RelegatedJJK
Klubi 04
Matches played135
Goals scored371 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerAlberto Alvarado Morín (AC Oulu) (17 goals)
← 2017
2019 →

Overview
Location of teams in Ykkönen 2018

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including five sides from the 2017 season, HIFK and JJK who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and Klubi 04 and AC Kajaani who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

OPS, who was refused a license for Ykkönen, was replaced by FC KTP.[2]

GrIFK and Gnistan were relegated from 2017 Ykkönen.

TPS, the champion of 2017 Ykkönen and FC Honka, the runner-up of 2017 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2018 Veikkausliiga.

Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
AC Kajaani Kajaani Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto 1,000 Mika Lumijärvi
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Mika Lähderinne
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 2,500 Gabri Garcia Xatart
FC Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 Keith Armstrong
FC KTP Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780 Jari-Pekka Gummerus
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 Tomi Kärkkäinen
HIFK Helsinki Telia 5G -areena 10,770 Teemu Kankkunen
JJK Jyväskylä Harjun stadion 3,000 Juha Pasoja
Klubi 04 Helsinki Telia 5G -areena 10,770 Mikko Mannila
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä 2,000 Jarmo Korhonen

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HIFK (P) 27 16 6 5 47 22 +25 54 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2 KPV (P) 27 16 4 7 44 26 +18 52 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 EIF 27 12 11 4 36 26 +10 47
4 AC Oulu 27 13 5 9 41 30 +11 44
5 FC Haka 27 12 7 8 41 28 +13 43
6 FF Jaro 27 11 5 11 34 30 +4 38
7 FC KTP 27 7 8 12 29 40 −11 29
8 AC Kajaani 27 6 7 14 40 53 −13 25
9 JJK (R) 27 4 8 15 32 52 −20 20 Relegation to Kakkonen
10 Klubi 04 (R) 27 4 7 16 27 64 −37 19
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2018. Source: Suomen Palloliitto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. Suomen Palloliitto
  2. Miesten Ykkösen lisenssipäätökset kaudelle 2018
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