2012 Ykkönen

The Ykkönen 2012 season began on 27 April 2012 and ended on 6 October 2012.[1]

Ykkönen
Season2012
ChampionsRoPS
PromotedRoPS
RelegatedFC Hämeenlinna
HIFK
Matches played135
Goals scored367 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandr Kokko (15 goals)
Biggest home winPK-35 Vantaa 9–0 FC Hämeenlinna
(28 April)
Biggest away winFC Viikingit 0–4 PK-35 Vantaa
(7 May)
PK-35 Vantaa 0–4 FC Viikingit
(25 June)
HIFK 0–4 SJK
(26 June)
FC KooTeePee 0–4 FC Viikingit
(7 July)
FC Viikingit 0–4 PK-35 Vantaa
(18 August)
Highest scoringPK-35 Vantaa 9–0 FC Hämeenlinna
(28 April)
← 2011
2013 →

The champions will be directly promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table will be directly relegated to Kakkonen.[2]

Overview
Location of teams in Ykkönen 2011

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including eight sides from the 2011 season, RoPS who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and SJK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Rauno Ojanen
FC Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna Kaurialan kenttä 8,000 Jussi Lempinen
FC KooTeePee Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780 Janne Hyppönen
FC Viikingit Helsinki Vuosaaren urheilukenttä 4,200 Ilkka Jäntti
HIFK Helsinki Brahen kenttä 2,000 Juha Moilanen
JIPPO Joensuu Joensuun keskuskenttä 2,000 Jarmo Korhonen
OPS Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Luiz Antonio
PK-35 Vantaa Vantaa ISS Stadion 4,500 Pasi Pihamaa
RoPS Rovaniemi Rovaniemen keskuskenttä 4,000 Kari Virtanen
SJK Seinäjoki Seinäjoen keskuskenttä 3,500 Simo Valakari

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
RoPS Matti Hiukka End of contract n/a Kari Virtanen 4 November 2011[3] Pre-season
HIFK Jani Honkavaara Resigned 19 October 2011[4] Juha Moilanen 10 January 2012[5] Pre-season
SJK Christoffer Kloo Sacked 13 August 2012[6] Jamie Shore (as caretaker) 13 August 2012 4th
SJK Jamie Shore Caretaker 1 September 2012[7] Simo Valakari 1 September 2012 2nd
AC Oulu Juha Malinen Loaned by Haka 10 September 2012[8] Rauno Ojanen 10 September 2012 5th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RoPS (C, P) 27 18 5 4 53 20 +33 59 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2 SJK 27 14 5 8 42 29 +13 47
3 FC Viikingit 27 14 3 10 36 36 0 45
4 PK-35 Vantaa 27 13 4 10 54 31 +23 43
5 OPS 27 10 8 9 34 35 −1 38
6 AC Oulu 27 9 10 8 38 35 +3 37
7 FC KooTeePee 27 10 5 12 30 33 −3 35
8 JIPPO 27 7 7 13 31 44 −13 28
9 FC Hämeenlinna (R) 27 5 7 15 18 48 −30 22 Relegation to Kakkonen
10 HIFK (R) 27 5 6 16 29 54 −25 21
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Statistics

Updated to games played on 6 October 2012.

Top scorers

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aleksandr Kokko RoPS 15
2 Toni Lehtinen SJK 12
3 Mika Lahtinen RoPS 11
Ariel Ngueukam JIPPO 11

See also

References
  2. http://www.miestenykkonen.fi/info/
  3. "Kari Virtanen päävalmentajaksi". RoPS (in Finnish). RoPS. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. "Honkavaaran sopimus purettu". HIFK (in Finnish). HIFK. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  5. "Juha Moilanen HIFK:n päävalmentajaksi". HIFK (in Finnish). HIFK. 10 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  6. "Christoffer Kloo ei jatka Kerhossa". SJK (in Finnish). SJK. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  7. "Tervetuloa Simo Valakari ja Keith Armstrong". SJK (in Finnish). SJK. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  8. "Juha Malinen loppukaudeksi FC Hakan peräsimeen - Rauno Ojaselle vetovastuu". AC Oulu (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  9. http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/vastalausevaliokunnan-paatos-miesten-ykkosen-ottelusta-ac-oulu-fc-viikingit-0
  10. http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/muutoksia-ykkosen-ja-kakkosen-sarjataulukoihin
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