2019 Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Season	2019
Champions	FC Haka
Promoted	FC Haka TPS
Relegated	TPV
← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Ykkönen was the 48th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 27 April 2019. The winning team was qualified promoted to the 2020 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team played a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who would play in that division. The bottom team was relegated to Kakkonen.

Overview

EIF

FC Haka

FF Jaro

AC Kajaani

FC KTP

AC Oulu

MuSa

MYPA

TPS

TPV

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Location of teams in Ykkönen 2019

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the 2018 season, TPS was relegated from Veikkausliiga and MYPA, MuSa and TPV who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AC Kajaani	Kajaani	Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto	1,200	Mika Lumijärvi
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Rauno Ojanen
EIF	Raseborg	Ekenäs Centrumplan	2,500	Guillem Santesmases
FC Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Teemu Tainio
FC KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Argo Arbeiter
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	4,600	Niklas Käcko
TPS	Turku	Paavo Nurmi Stadium	13,000	Tommi Pikkarainen
MuSa	Pori	Porin Stadion[1]	12,300	Ville Ulanen
MYPA	Kouvola	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion	4,167	Jukka Karjalainen
TPV	Tampere	Tammelan Stadion	5,050	Anssi Ylinen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Haka (P)	27	24	2	1	76	22	+54	74	Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2	TPS (O, P)	27	16	7	4	45	23	+22	55	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	FF Jaro	27	12	7	8	53	40	+13	43
4	KTP	27	13	3	11	46	44	+2	42
5	MuSa	27	11	5	11	40	54	−14	38
6	EIF	27	9	3	15	42	55	−13	30
7	AC Oulu	27	7	8	12	34	30	+4	29
8	AC Kajaani	27	6	6	15	40	52	−12	24
9	MYPA	27	5	7	15	30	62	−32	22
10	TPV (R)	27	5	6	16	30	54	−24	21	Relegation to Kakkonen

Source: Suomen Palloliitto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24)

18:30 EET (UTC+2)

TPS	0–0	KPV
	Report

Veritas Stadion, Turku

Attendance: 3,376

Referee: Kalle Mäkinen

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27)

17:00 EET (UTC+2)

KPV	0–3	TPS
	Report	Ääritalo 44' Jakonen 67' Duah 90+2'

Kokkolan keskuskenttä, Kokkola

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Ville Nevalainen

TPS won 3-0 on aggregate and are promoted

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 31 October 2019^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Salomo Ojala	FC Haka	23
2	Eliécer Espinosa	TPS	18
3	Jahir Barraza	FF Jaro	15
4	Aleksi Pahkasalo	KTP	13
5	Kalle Multanen	KTP	11
	Akseli Ollila	EIF
7	Juho Mäkelä	IFK Mariehamn	10

References

1. MuSa joutuu pelaamaan Porin Stadionilla – Musan kenttä ei Palloliitolle käy
2. "Perustilastot". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.