2024 Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Season	2024
Champions	Klubi 04
Promoted	Klubi 04
Relegated	Vaajakoski VIFK
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The 2024 Ykkönen was the 53rd season of Ykkönen, the third highest football league in Finland. The season began on 12 April 2024 and ended on 19 October 2024. It was the first season of the Ykkönen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, after it was demoted due to formation of the new second-tier Ykkösliiga.^[1]

Teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Atlantis FC	Helsinki	Pukinmäen liikuntapuisto	500	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

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Klubi 04	22	15	5	2	56	16	+40	50	Qualification for the Promotion Round
2	KPV	22	14	5	3	41	28	+13	47
3	OLS	22	13	4	5	41	25	+16	43
4	Atlantis	22	10	7	5	36	24	+12	37
5	Jazz	22	9	4	9	45	45	0	31
6	RoPS	22	9	3	10	36	34	+2	30
7	PKKU	22	8	5	9	41	43	−2	29	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	JJK	22	7	7	8	33	40	−7	28
9	EPS	22	7	6	9	26	26	0	27
10	KuPS Akatemia	22	7	3	12	33	45	−12	24
11	VIFK	22	2	6	14	25	55	−30	12
12	Vaajakoski	22	2	3	17	26	58	−32	9

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	EPS	JAZ	JJK	KLU	KPV	KPS	OLS	PKK	RPS	VAA	VIF
Atlantis	—	1–1	1–4	4–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–0
EPS	0–1	—	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–5	5–1	2–0
Jazz	1–3	0–0	—	1–1	0–1	3–3	6–1	3–1	2–3	1–4	3–2	2–1
JJK	0–1	3–1	2–4	—	0–4	0–3	1–2	3–3	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0
Klubi 04	1–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	—	5–2	4–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	9–3
KPV	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–1
KuPS Akatemia	2–5	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	—	1–3	1–2	1–2	5–1	2–1
OLS	1–2	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	—	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–2
PKKU	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	4–5	1–2	3–0	—	3–0	2–1	2–2
RoPS	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	—	4–2	3–2
Vaajakoski	1–4	0–1	2–4	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–3	4–3	2–1	—	1–1
VIFK	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–5	1–1	0–4	2–3	1–4	0–3	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Round

The top six from the regular season enter the Promotion Round and play each other for the third time. The winner qualifies directly for promotion to Ykkösliiga, whilst the runners-up enter a two-legged playoff against the second to last team in the 2024 Ykkösliiga for promotion.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Klubi 04 (C, P)	27	18	5	4	68	25	+43	59	Promotion to the Ykkösliiga
2	KPV	27	18	5	4	52	32	+20	59	Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off
3	OLS	27	14	6	7	54	41	+13	48
4	Atlantis	27	13	8	6	50	34	+16	47
5	RoPS	27	10	4	13	41	43	−2	34
6	Jazz	27	10	4	13	52	59	−7	34

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ATL	JAZ	KLU	KPV	OLS	RPS
Atlantis	—	—	—	1–2	—	3–1
Jazz	2–4	—	—	—	—	1–0
Klubi 04	1–2	3–1	—	—	5–3	—
KPV	—	2–0	1–2	—	—	3–1
OLS	4–4	5–3	—	0–3	—	—
RoPS	—	—	2–1	—	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

The bottom six from the regular season enter the Relegation Round and play each other for the third time. The bottom two sides are relegated to the Kakkonen.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	JJK	27	11	7	9	42	48	−6	40
2	PKKU	27	11	5	11	58	56	+2	38
3	EPS	27	9	7	11	40	40	0	34
4	KuPS Akatemia	27	8	3	16	41	56	−15	27
5	VIFK (R)	27	5	7	15	38	63	−25	22	Relegation to the Kakkonen
6	Vaajakoski (R)	27	2	5	20	33	72	−39	11

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	EPS	JJK	KPS	PKK	VAA	VIF
EPS	—	—	3–2	4–5	—	3–2
JJK	3–2	—	1–0	—	—	0–4
KuPS Akatemia	—	—	—	2–3	3–2	—
PKKU	—	1–2	—	—	5–1	3–4
Vaajakoski	2–2	1–3	—	—	—	—
VIFK	—	—	2–1	—	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Annual awards

Award[2]	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Ricardo Cardoso	KPV
Goalkeeper of the Year	Maciej Raniowski	KPV
Defender of the Year	Nils Svensson	Klubi 04
Midfielder of the Year	Abraham Okyere	KPV
Striker of the Year	Ricardo Cardoso	KPV

References

1. Näin Ykkösliiga, Miesten Ykkönen ja Miesten Kakkonen pelataan kaudella 2024, sttinfo, 6 November 2023
2. Captain’s Ball 2024 Timo Nummelinille – Katso kaikki palkitut, Football Association of Finland, 5 December 2024