2002 Kakkonen – Finnish League Division 2

Finnish League Division 2
Season	2002
Champions	FC Espoo ; Warkaus JK ; TPV ; OLS;
Promoted	OLS
Relegated	8 teams
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Last updated March 02, 2021

League tables for teams participating in Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2002.

League Tables 2002

Southern Group, Etelälohko

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Espoo, Espoo (O)	22	17	2	3	55	14	+41	53
2	AC Vantaa, Vantaa	22	11	3	8	46	37	+9	36
3	HyPS, Hyvinkää	22	10	6	6	27	25	+2	36
4	KäPa, Helsinki	22	10	3	9	42	32	+10	33
5	IFK Mariehamn, Mariehamn	22	10	2	10	34	37	−3	32
6	Kiffen, Helsinki	22	10	2	10	30	35	−5	32
7	EIF, Ekenäs	22	8	6	8	36	41	−5	30
8	FJK, Forssa	22	9	2	11	44	54	−10	29
9	PK-35, Helsinki	22	7	4	11	30	34	−4	25
10	Atlantis Akatemia, Helsinki	22	7	4	11	40	49	−9	25
11	Ponnistus, Helsinki (R)	22	7	2	13	35	42	−7	23
12	Ponnistajat, Helsinki (R)	22	4	8	10	25	44	−19	20

Source: ^[1]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Eastern Group, Itälohko

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Warkaus JK, Varkaus (O)	22	18	3	1	64	14	+50	57
2	MP, Mikkeli	22	13	4	5	53	26	+27	43
3	JJK, Jyväskylä	22	12	5	5	44	24	+20	41
4	Kings, Kuopio	22	10	4	8	34	31	+3	34
5	Jippo, Joensuu	22	8	9	5	55	27	+28	33
6	PK-37, Iisalmi	22	9	4	9	34	31	+3	31
7	TP Lahti, Lahti	22	7	6	9	37	46	−9	27
8	FC Futura, Porvoo	22	7	5	10	41	47	−6	26
9	Pallohait, Laukaa	22	6	2	14	44	66	−22	20
10	SäyRi, Jyväskylä	22	5	4	13	24	55	−31	19
11	MiKi, Mikkeli (R)	22	5	4	13	32	66	−34	19
12	SavU, Mikkeli (R)	22	4	6	12	28	57	−29	18

Source: ^[2]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Western Group, Länsilohko

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TPV, Tampere (O)	22	14	5	3	50	22	+28	47
2	SalPa, Salo	22	14	3	5	48	18	+30	45
3	FC Rauma, Rauma	22	11	7	4	42	28	+14	40
4	PS-44, Valkeakoski	22	11	6	5	51	39	+12	39
5	PoPa, Pori	22	9	5	8	30	42	−12	32
6	KaaPo, Kaarina	22	9	4	9	45	42	+3	31
7	MuSa, Pori	22	7	6	9	33	37	−4	27
8	P-Iirot, Rauma	22	9	0	13	39	44	−5	27
9	PIF, Pargas	22	7	5	10	33	38	−5	26
10	KaIK, Kaskinen	22	8	2	12	42	52	−10	26
11	FC Boda, Dragsfjärd (R)	22	4	6	12	25	43	−18	18
12	TPK, Turku (R)	22	4	1	17	28	61	−33	13

Source: ^[3]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Northern Group, Pohjoislohko

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	OLS, Oulu(O) (P)	22	15	4	3	77	25	+52	49
2	KPV-j, Kokkola	22	16	1	5	60	27	+33	49
3	JBK, Jakobstad	22	12	5	5	57	43	+14	41
4	PS Kemi, Kemi	22	12	3	7	48	26	+22	39
5	FC Kiisto, Vaasa	22	11	4	7	60	38	+22	37
6	Öja-73, Kokkola	22	11	1	10	53	48	+5	34
7	TUS, Kronoby	22	9	6	7	36	33	+3	33
8	VIFK, Vaasa	22	7	3	12	28	39	−11	24
9	KaPa, Kajaani	22	7	2	13	39	52	−13	23
10	KajHa, Kajaani	22	6	5	11	20	42	−22	23
11	Karhu, Kauhajoki (R)	22	5	6	11	29	51	−22	21
12	Sepsi-78, Seinäjoki (R)	22	1	0	21	14	97	−83	3

Source: ^[4]
(R) Relegated.

Promotion Playoffs

First round

TPV, Tampere – OLS, Oulu 2–3
OLS, Oulu – TPV, Tampere 3–1
FC Espoo – WJK, Varkaus 0–2
WJK, Varkaus – FC Espoo 0–1

Second round

FC Espoo – HIFK, Helsinki 3–3
HIFK, Helsinki – FC Espoo, 2–2
WJK, Varkaus – FC Viikingit, Helsinki 0–3
Viikingit, Helsinki – WJK, Varkaus 3–2
TPV, Tampere – Kraft, Närpes 0–2
Kraft, Närpes – TPV, Tampere 4–0
OLS, Oulu – FC Korsholm, Korsholm 1–2
FC Korsholm, Korsholm – OLS, Oulu 0–6

HIFK, FC Viikingit and Närpes Kraft retain their places in the Ykkönen. OLS are promoted to Ykkönen.

Leading goal scorers

Etelälohko

21 - Joonas Sarelius, FC Espoo
17 - Geoffrey Brown, FJK
15 - Kari Vuorinen, FJK

Itälohko

20 - Babatunde Wusu, Pallohait
17 - Markus Hyttinen, Jippo
14 - Iiro kiukas, MiKi
14 - Sükrü Uzuner, JJK

Länsilohko

16 - Jouni Santanen, KaIK
15 - Harri Mikkola, PS-44
12 - Pasi Heinänen, KaIK
12 - Kari Ketola, FC Rauma

Pohjoislohko

33 - Pasi Nevanperä, FC Kiisto
17 - Kenneth Björgskog, Öja-73
13 - Jari Jäväjä, OLS
13 - Esa Savolainen, PS Kemi
13 - Fredrik Söderman, JBK

Footnotes

↑ "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - South". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - East". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - West". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - North". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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[1] "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - South". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

[2] "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - East". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

[3] "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - West". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

[4] "Soccerway - Finland 2002 - Kakkonen - North". Soccerway. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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