Ykkönen

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Ykkönen
Full name Miesten Ykkönen
Association Suomen Palloliitto
First edition 1936
hierarchy 2nd league
Teams 10
master Helsingfors IFK (2018)
Website www.miestenykkonen.fi
↓ Kakkonen (III)

The Ykkönen is the second highest division in the league pyramid of Finnish football . Since the Veikkausliiga , the top division in the country, is organized independently, the Ykkönen represents the top division of the Finnish football association Suomen Palloliitto .

History of the second division

In 1936, an official second division under the name Suomensarja was established in Finland for the first time , in which the promoted to the first division were determined in two regional seasons. Two years later, the number of teams was doubled from 13 to 26 and the number of relays doubled from two to four. In 1939 there was another fragmentation before the competition was discontinued due to the war. Also in the following years there was only limited play and the league was often ended before all games were played.

From 1945 onwards, regular game operations took place again in Finnish football, from 1946 initially with 16 clubs in two seasons in autumn / spring rhythm. In 1948 the calendar year was changed again and the number of teams doubled. By 1950 the number of clubs was gradually reduced to 20 teams. From 1958 a new reform took place, the number of relays was increased to three and in the following years the number of teams increased to 36. The principle of three seasons was continued until 1972, but the number of teams and the mode of promotion varied: From 1969 there were playoffs for promotion, as the third from bottom of the first division was now relegated against the three season winners and in 1970 they played for one season 40 teams in second class.

After a league reform following the 1972 season, the second division was combined into a relay with twelve teams. As a result, the two best-placed teams rose. In 1979, the promotion mode was changed: The best four teams in the second and the four bottom-placed teams in the first division played against each other once in the league mode for relegation or promotion, the eight remaining teams in the second division determined the relegated team. In 1984 this regulation was withdrawn and, in addition to the champions, who were promoted directly, a relegation game was introduced for the second-to-last in the first division, before returning to this regulation for one season in 1993, as both Veikkausliiga and second division were increased by two teams were.

In 1996 the second division was split into two seasons with ten teams each, before a single-track second division was reintroduced in 2003. The mode with direct promotion of the master and relegation game of the second-placed team against the table penultimate of the Veikkausliiga was introduced, which was valid until 2010. In the two following years the number of teams was gradually reduced, so that since 2012 ten teams have met in three rounds.

mode

In the Ykkönen, which is played within the calendar year, 10 teams compete. Each team competes three times against the competing teams in the first and second leg. After 27 match days, the first in the table moves up to the first-class Veikkausliiga. The two last-placed teams of the Ykkönen are relegated to the four-part third-class Kakkonen and are replaced by two promoted players determined in play-off games.

Participants in the 2018 season

Venues of the Ykkönen 2018

In the 2018 season , the following ten teams took part in the Ykkönen :

society city Stadion capacity
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadium 4,392
Club 04 Helsinki Telia 5G -areena 10,770
AC Kajaani Kajaani Kajaanin liikuntapuisto 1,200
Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780
Kokkolan Palloveikot Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä 2,000
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstad's Central Plan 4,600
JJK Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Harjun stadium 3,000
Haka Valkeakoski Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 6,400
Helsingfors IFK Helsinki Telia 5G -areena 10,770
Ekenäs IF Raseborg Ekenäs center map 5,040

All masters since 1980

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