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Ykkönen (in Finnish)
Ettan (in Swedish)
Founded	1973
Country	Finland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	2 (1973–2023); 3 (2024–)
Promotion to	Ykkösliiga (1–2 depending on promotion playoff)
Relegation to	Kakkonen (2)
Domestic cup(s)	Finnish Cup
Current champions	Ekenäs IF (1st title) ; (2023)
Most championships	KUPS, MP (4 titles each)
TV partners	Ruutu+
Website	www.miestenykkonen.fi
	Current: 2024 Ykkönen

Ykkönen (Finnish for 'Number One'; Swedish: Ettan) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until the end of 2023, Ykkönen was the second-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-tier Ykkösliiga, it was dropped down one level in the league pyramid.

History

The first league format competition in the second level of Finnish football was called Suomensarja, which was founded in 1936.^[1] Before the inauguration of the Suomensarja, from 1930 to 1935, there had been special qualification matches for the right to play in the Mestaruussarja.

In the autumn of 1969, the Finnish football underwent a league system reform, and the Suomensarja was renamed II divisioona, or 2nd Division, with regional sections.^[2]

In 1973, this level of football in Finland became nationwide, and the new name was 1. divisioona (First Division). The name Ykkönen has been used since 1995.^[1]

The new nation-wide third-tier Ykkönen will start running in 2024, as the first ever nation-wide third-tier league in Finland.

Competition

Like the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga, Ykkönen is played mainly during the summer. It comprises 12 clubs, all of whom play 27 matches. After 22 games the division is divided to teams who finished 1-6 and 7-12. These teams play against each other once. The winner of the Ykkönen 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 Veikkausliiga for promotion. The bottom 2 clubs are directly relegated to Kakkonen.

Clubs

The clubs in the Ykkönen for the 2024 season are:

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Atlantis FC	Helsinki	Algeco Areena		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

Champions and top scorers of second-tier Ykkönen, 1973–2023

Season	Champion	League promotions	Top scorer	Club	Goals
1973	MiPK	MiPK, FC Haka	Matti Paatelainen	FC Haka	21
1974	MyPa	MyPa, VPS	Kari Lehtolainen	HPS	19
1975	GBK	GBK, OPS	Christian Nyman	GBK	16
1976	Kiffen	Kiffen, OTP	Jarmo Lindahl	Kiffen	15
1977	KPT	KPT, Pyrkivä	Raimo Kuuluvainen	FC Ilves	17
1978	FC Ilves	FC Ilves, KTP	Ari Tissari	KPT	21
1979	MP	OTP, Sepsi-78	Tuomo Hakala	RoPS	19
1980	MP	MP, RoPS, MiPK	Keijo Kousa	FC Kuusysi	21
1981	FC Kuusysi	FC Kuusysi, KPV, Elo	Władysław Dąbrowski	OTP	26
1982	Reipas	Reipas, RoPS	Craig Ramsay	FF Jaro	18
1983	MP	MP, KePS, PPT	Arto Keisalo Jukka Mykkänen	HPS MP	14
1984	OTP	OTP	Hannu Tiilikainen	Elo	18
1985	MP	MP	Jukka Rautakallio	FinnPa	17
1986	Reipas	Reipas	Jari Aaltonen	TPV	18
1987	OTP	OTP	Kalle Lehtinen	FC Kontu	18
1988	FF Jaro	FF Jaro	Juha Lahtinen	VaKP	19
1989	KPV	KPV, Kumu	Mauri Keskitalo	MyPa	18
1990	PPT	PPT, FF Jaro	Janne Murtomäki Jari Vanhala	FC Kontu Grankulla IFK	14
1991	MyPa	MyPa	Igor Danilov	Kumu	17
1992	TPV	TPV, FinnPa	Tomasz Arceusz Oleg Ivanov Valeri Popovitch	VPS TPV TPV	16
1993	KuPS	KuPS, FC Oulu	Kimmo Savolainen	KePS	17
1994	Ponnistus	Ponnistus, VPS	Mika Riutto	Reipas	15
1995	FC Inter	FC Inter	Mika Marjamaa	KePS	18
1996	TP-Seinäjoki	TP-Seinäjoki	Luciano Martins	FC Kuusysi	18
1997	FC Haka	FC Haka, PK-35	Valeri Popovitch	FC Haka	25
1998	FC Lahti	FC Lahti, KTP, Inter, TPV	Ismo Lius	FC Lahti	18
1999	Tampere United	Tampere United	Dionísio	Tampere United	24
2000	KuPS	KuPS, Atlantis FC	Niclas Grönholm	Hangö IK	25
2001	FC Hämeenlinna	FC Hämeenlinna FF Jaro	Jani Myllyniemi	HIFK	18
2002	KuPS	KuPS, FC Jokerit, FC KooTeePee	Janne Kauria	FC Honka	17
2003	TP-47	TP-47, RoPS	Mikko Mäkelä	PP-70	15
2004	KuPS	KuPS, IFK Mariehamn	Miikka Oinonen	MP	15
2005	FC Honka	FC Honka, VPS	Dawda Bah Rami Louke	KPV VPS	16
2006	FC Viikingit	FC Viikingit, AC Oulu	Petteri Kaijasilta	PK-35	19
2007	KuPS	KuPS, RoPS	Petteri Kaijasilta	PK-35	18
2008	JJK Jyväskylä	JJK	Babatunde Wusu	JJK	22
2009	AC Oulu	AC Oulu	Pekka Sihvola	FC Hämeenlinna	20
2010	RoPS	RoPS	Irakli Sirbiladze	KPV	16
2011	FC Lahti	FC Lahti	Ville Salmikivi	FC Viikingit	20
2012	RoPS	RoPS	Aleksandr Kokko	RoPS	15
2013	SJK	SJK	Jussi Aalto	Haka	15
2014	HIFK	HIFK, FC KTP, FC Ilves	Kalle Multanen	Haka	30
2015	PS Kemi	PS Kemi, PK-35 Vantaa	Kalle Multanen	Haka	19
2016	JJK	JJK	Aristote M'Boma	AC Oulu	18
2017	TPS	TPS, FC Honka	Kalle Multanen Felix de Bona	Haka EIF	14
2018	HIFK	HIFK, KPV	Alberto Alvarado Morín	AC Oulu	17
2019	Haka	Haka, TPS	Salomo Ojala	Haka	23
2020	AC Oulu	AC Oulu, KTP	Darren Smith	EIF	18
2021	Vaasan Palloseura	VPS	Douglas Caé	Gnistan	14
2022	KTP	KTP	Mika	KTP	15
2023	EIF	EIF, Gnistan	Joakim Latonen	Gnistan	19

Champions and top scorers of third-tier Ykkönen, 2024–

Season	Champion	League promotions	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2024	Klubi 04	Klubi 04	Aaron Lindholm	PKKU	18

References

^ ^a ^b Pietarinen, Heikki. "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
^ Lautela, Yrjö & Wallén, Göran (2007). Rakas jalkapallo. Hämeenlinna: Teos. p. 61. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3.