2016 Ykkönen
| Season | 2016 |
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| Matches played | 33 |
| Goals scored | 99 (3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jussi Aalto, Elias Ahde, Washilly Tshibasu (6 goals) |
| Biggest home win | TPS 5–1 FC Jazz (29 May) |
| Biggest away win | Haka 0–3 KPV (4 May) TPS 2–5 KTP (20 May) |
| Highest scoring | AC Oulu 5–3 EIF (29 May) |
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The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2017 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.[1]
Contents
Overview
A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the 2015 season, FF Jaro and KTP who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and GrIFK and KPV who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
MP and VIFK were relegated from 2015 Ykkönen.
PS Kemi, the champion of 2015 Ykkönen and PK-35 Vantaa, the runner-up of 2015 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2016 Veikkausliiga.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
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| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 |  Rauno Ojanen |
| EIF | Raseborg | Ekenäs Centrumplan | 2,500 | Stefan Strömborg |
| FC Jazz | Pori | Porin Stadion | 12,000 |  John Allen |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 |  Alexei Eremenko Sr. |
| GrIFK | Kauniainen | Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä | 700 | Rami Luomanpää |
| Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | Kari Martonen |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Juha Pasoja |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan Keskuskenttä | 2,000 | Antti Ylimäki |
| KTP | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Sami Ristilä |
| TPS | Turku | Paavo Nurmi Stadium[2] | 13,000 | Mika Laurikainen |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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| EIF | Jens Mattfolk |
End of contract | n/a | Stefan Strömborg |
27 November 2015[3] | Pre-season |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | KPV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | JJK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 12 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | EIF | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 10 | |
| 4 | GrIFK | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 10 | |
| 5 | AC Oulu | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | |
| 6 | KTP | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 9 | |
| 7 | FF Jaro | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | |
| 8 | Haka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | |
| 9 | TPS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 10 | FC Jazz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Results
Matches 1–18
| Home ╲ Away | ACO | EIF | JAZ | JAR | GRI | HAK | JJK | KPV | KTP | TPS |
| AC Oulu | 5–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
| EIF | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| FC Jazz | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | |||||||
| FF Jaro | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||||||
| GrIFK | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Haka | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | |||||||
| JJK | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||||||
| KPV | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||||||
| KTP | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
| TPS | 5–1 | 2–5 |
Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Suomen Palloliitto
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Top scorersSource: palloliitto.fi (Finnish)
See alsoReferences
External links
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