2017 Ykkönen

The 2017 Ykkönen was the 46th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 29 April 2016 and ended on 21 October 2016.[1] The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2018 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 qualified directly for relegation to Kakkonen.

Ykkönen
Season2017
ChampionsTPS
PromotedTPS
FC Honka
RelegatedGrIFK
Gnistan
Matches played135
Goals scored388 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerFelix De Bona,
Kalle Multanen (14 goals)
Biggest home winTPS 6–0 EIF (14 June)
Biggest away winFC Haka 0–4 FC Honka (29 April)
FC Haka 1–5 AC Oulu (1 July)
AC Oulu 0–4 FF Jaro (5 August)
Highest scoringFF Jaro 5–2 GrIFK (3 September)
← 2016
2018 →

Overview
Location of teams in Ykkönen 2017

A total of ten teams contested in the league,[2] including seven sides from the 2016 season, and FC Honka and Gnistan who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

PK-35 Vantaa, who were relegated from Veikkausliiga, declared bankruptcy and withdrew their spot from the league.[3] OPS took their spot in the league.[4]

KTP and FC Jazz were relegated from 2016 Ykkönen.

JJK, the champion of 2016 Ykkönen, was promoted to the 2017 Veikkausliiga.

Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Rauno Ojanen
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 2,500 Jens Mattfolk
FC Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 Keith Armstrong
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 Vesa Vasara
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 Calle Löf
Gnistan Helsinki Mustapekka Areena 1,100 Roberto Nuccio
GrIFK Kauniainen Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä 700 Ari Asukka
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä 2,000 Jarmo Korhonen
OPS Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Miika Juntunen
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion[5] 10,000 Mika Laurikainen

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
FC Haka Kari Martonen End of contract n/a Keith Armstrong 22 November 2016[6] Pre-season
GrIFK Rami Luomanpää End of contract n/a Ari Asukka 24 November 2016[7] Pre-season
FC Honka Juho Rantala Signed by HJK 1 December 2016[8] Vesa Vasara 5 December 2016[9] Pre-season
EIF Ilkka Marttila End of contract n/a Jens Mattfolk 5 December 2016[10] Pre-season
FF Jaro Kristian Heames Sacked 10 July 2017[11] Calle Löf 10 July 2017 7th
Gnistan Tommi Lingman Mutual termination 17 July 2017[12] Roberto Nuccio 20 July 2017[13] 10th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TPS (P) 27 17 7 3 49 14 +35 58 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2 FC Honka (P) 27 16 7 4 64 24 +40 55 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 KPV 27 12 9 6 42 26 +16 45
4 AC Oulu 27 12 6 9 40 40 0 42
5 FF Jaro 27 9 8 10 36 36 0 35
6 FC Haka 27 8 11 8 35 42 −7 35
7 EIF 27 8 6 13 33 43 −10 30
8 OPS 27 7 5 15 35 60 −25 26
9 GrIFK (R) 27 5 7 15 28 59 −31 22 Relegation to Kakkonen
10 Gnistan (R) 27 5 6 16 26 44 −18 21
Source: Suomen Palloliitto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. 2017 jalkapallo | Suomen Palloliitto
  2. "PK-35 Vantaan luopuminen käynnistää täydennysmenettelyn". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  3. Hämäläinen, Tuomas (November 9, 2016). "PK-35 Vantaa satsaa jatkossa kaiken naisiin – miesten toiminta loppuu". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. "Kaikille Miesten Ykkösen seuroille lisenssi". Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. TPS palaa ensi kaudeksi takaisin Veritas Stadionille
  6. "Keith Armstrong FC Hakan päävalmentajaksi". FC Haka (in Finnish). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. "Ari Asukka Granin vastuuvalmentajaksi". GrIFK (in Finnish). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. "Juho Rantala HJK:hon". HJK (in Finnish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. "FC Honka pestasi Vesa Vasaran nostamaan seuran Veikkausliigaan – "Olisi ollut tosi vaikea kieltäytyä tarjouksesta"". Ari Virtanen HS (in Finnish). 5 December 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  10. "JENS MATTFOLK HERRRLAGETS TRÄNARE OCH TRÄNINGSCHEF". EIF (in Swedish). 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  11. "JARON JA HEAMES'N TIET EROAVAT - CALLE LÖF VASTUUVALMENTAJAKSI". FF Jaro (in Finnish). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  12. "Gnistanin valmennukseen muutoksia". Gnistan (in Finnish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. "Gnistanin uudeksi päävalmentajaksi Roberto Nuccio". Gnistan (in Finnish). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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