2018 Ykkönen
The 2018 Ykkönen was the 47th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 28 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.[1] The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2019 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.
| Season | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Champions | HIFK |
| Promoted | HIFK KPV |
| Relegated | JJK Klubi 04 |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 371 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alberto Alvarado Morín (AC Oulu) (17 goals) |
← 2017 2019 → | |
Overview
A total of ten teams contested in the league, including five sides from the 2017 season, HIFK and JJK who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and Klubi 04 and AC Kajaani who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
OPS, who was refused a license for Ykkönen, was replaced by FC KTP.[2]
GrIFK and Gnistan were relegated from 2017 Ykkönen.
TPS, the champion of 2017 Ykkönen and FC Honka, the runner-up of 2017 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2018 Veikkausliiga.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Kajaani | Kajaani | Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto | 1,000 |  Mika Lumijärvi |
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Mika Lähderinne |
| EIF | Raseborg | Ekenäs Centrumplan | 2,500 |  Gabri Garcia Xatart |
| FC Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 |  Keith Armstrong |
| FC KTP | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Jari-Pekka Gummerus |
| FF Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | Tomi Kärkkäinen |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | 10,770 | Teemu Kankkunen |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 3,000 | Juha Pasoja |
| Klubi 04 | Helsinki | Telia 5G -areena | 10,770 | Mikko Mannila |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan Keskuskenttä | 2,000 | Jarmo Korhonen |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIFK (P) | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 54 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | KPV (P) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 52 | Qualification to Promotion playoffs |
| 3 | EIF | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 47 | |
| 4 | AC Oulu | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 44 | |
| 5 | FC Haka | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 43 | |
| 6 | FF Jaro | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 38 | |
| 7 | FC KTP | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 29 | |
| 8 | AC Kajaani | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 25 | |
| 9 | JJK (R) | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 20 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 10 | Klubi 04 (R) | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.