2014 Naisten Liiga

The 2014 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2014 Finnish football season, was the 8th season of Naisten Liiga since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 22 March 2014 and ended on 18 October 2014.[1] Åland United were the defending champions, having won their 2nd Finnish championship in 2013.

Naisten Liiga
Season2014
ChampionsPK-35 Vantaa
RelegatedONS
Top goalscorerSanna Saarinen (20 goals)
Highest attendance1,593
Åland U 1–2 PK-35
(18 October)
← 2013
2015 →

The season featured 10 teams. After 18 matches played, the league was divided to Championship Group of six and Relegation Group of four. The Champion, PK-35 Vantaa, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League and ONS was relegated to the Naisten Ykkönen for the 2015 season.[1] FC Ilves was promoted.

Teams

Merilappi United was promoted in 2013 for their first season in the Finnish women's premier division.

Team Location Stadium Manager
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Timo Lounio
HJK Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä Maria Virolainen
Kokkola Futis 10 Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä Risto Willman
Hannu Ketoja (since 15 June)
Merilappi United Kemi City Sport Areena Jukka-Pekka Poutiainen
NiceFutis Pori Pori Stadium Kari Latvanen
ONS Oulu Castrén Stadium Mauri Holappa
Pallokissat Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Ollipekka Ojala
PK-35 Vantaa ISS Stadion Jari Väisänen
TPS Turku Turun yläkenttä Sami Haltia
Åland United Lemland Bengtsböle IP Gary Williams

Preliminary stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Åland United 18 13 4 1 56 21 +35 43 Championship group
2 PK-35 18 13 3 2 58 18 +40 42
3 FC Honka 18 10 4 4 45 21 +24 34
4 Pallokissat 18 8 5 5 29 28 +1 29
5 Merilappi United 18 7 4 7 36 27 +9 25
6 TPS 18 6 2 10 32 50 −18 20
7 Kokkola F10 18 5 3 10 31 48 −17 18 Relegation group
8 NiceFutis 18 5 3 10 31 56 −25 18
9 HJK 18 4 3 11 21 37 −16 15
10 ONS 18 3 1 14 16 49 −33 10
Source:

Championship group
  • Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PK-35 23 17 3 3 75 27 +48 54 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Åland United 23 16 4 3 69 29 +40 52
3 Pallokissat 23 12 5 6 36 30 +6 41
4 FC Honka 23 11 4 8 59 34 +25 37
5 TPS 23 8 3 12 45 64 −19 27
6 Merilappi United 23 7 5 11 38 47 −9 26
Source:

Relegation group
  • Note: Matches and points of Preliminary stage are counted
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 NiceFutis 24 9 4 11 53 68 −15 31
2 HJK 24 8 4 12 41 44 −3 28
3 Kokkola F10 24 6 3 15 37 69 −32 21
4 ONS (R) 24 5 1 18 30 71 −41 16 Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen
Source:
(R) Relegated.

Top scorers
Pos. Player Club Goals
1. Sanna Saarinen PK-35 20
2. Sanni Franssi PK-35 19
3. Brooke Barbuto NiceFutis 17
Adelina Engman Åland United
5. Ria Öling TPS 16
6. Juliette Kemppi Åland United 14
7. Signy Aarna Pallokissat 13
8. Riikka Hannula FC Honka 12
Natalia Kuikka Merilappi United
Cynthia Uwak Åland United

Personal awards

Sources

References
  1. "Sarjainfo" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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