2013 Kakkonen

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Season2013
2012
2014

The season started on 20 April 2013 and is scheduled to end on 5 October 2013.

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Teams

A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returning from the 2012 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and eight promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.

FC Hämeenlinna and HIFK were relegated from the 2012 Ykkönen, while AC Kajaani and Ilves were promoted to the 2013 Ykkönen.

FC Espoo, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, HauPa, JIlves, LoPa and PK-35/VJS were relegated from 2012 Kakkonen.

FC POHU, Kerho 07, KäPa, Masku, MuSa, ORPa, PK Keski-Uusimaa, Sudet and Tervarit were promoted from the 2012 Kolmonen.

SiPS didn't take its place in 2013 Kakkonen. Its place was given for Sporting Kristina, the worst eight-placed of the last season.

ORPa took the place of FC Santa Claus for the 2013 season when the club went bankrupt after the 2012 season. [1]

Warkaus JK was excluded from the Kakkonen due to breaking the rules of the association. [2]

Stadia and Locations

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Helsinki
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Helsinki teams:
Eteläinen
Gnistan
Klubi 04
KäPa
LPS
Itäinen
Atlantis FC
FC POHU
HIFK
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TPV
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KTP
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MP
Location of the 2013 Kakkonen teams. Eteläinen (Southern) are red dots, Pohjoinen (Northern) are green dots, Läntinen (Western) are blue dots while Itäinen (Eastern) are pink dots.
TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
ÅIFK Turku Urheilupuiston yläkenttä1,500
Atlantis FC Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä4,000
BK-46 Raseborg Karjaan urheilukenttä1,000
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan2,500
EsPa Espoo Matinkylän tekonurmiN/A
FC Futura Porvoo Porvoon keskuskenttä500
FC Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna Kaurialan kenttä 4,000
FC Jazz Pori Porin Stadion 12,000
FC Lahti Akatemia Lahti Kisapuisto 4,400
FC POHU Helsinki Tali N1N/A
FC YPA Ylivieska Safari600
GBK Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä3,000
Gnistan Helsinki Fair Pay Arena2,000
GrIFK Kauniainen Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä 700
Härmä Hämeenlinna Kauriala 4,000
HIFK Helsinki Brahen kenttä2,000
JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään keskuskenttä500
Kerho 07 [3] Seinäjoki Seinäjoen keskuskenttä3,500
Klubi 04 Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä2,000
KTP Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780
KäPa Helsinki Max Westerberg Areena1,000
LPS Helsinki Laajasalon urheilupuistoN/A
Masku Masku TaponketoN/A
MP Mikkeli Mikkelin Urheilupuisto 7,000
MuSa Pori Musan kenttä700
Närpes Kraft Närpes Mosedal2,000
ORPa Oulu Castrén 4,000
P-Iirot Rauma Äijänsuon stadion2,000
Pallohonka Espoo Otaniemen urheilukeskus500
PK-37 Iisalmi Sankariniemi5,000
PK Keski-Uusimaa Kerava Kalevan UP nurmiN/A
PS Kemi Kemi Sauvosaari1,500
SalPa Salo Salon Urheilupuisto2,500
Sporting Kristinestad Kristinaplan2,000
Sudet Kouvola Kouvolan keskuskenttä 12,000
Tervarit Oulu Castrén 4,000
TP-47 Tornio Pohjan Stadion4,000
TPV Tampere Tammela Stadion 5,040
VIFK Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 EIF (A)2716925225+2757Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 Gnistan 2715755126+2552
3 GrIFK 2714675039+1148
4 BK-46 27150125035+1545
5 Klubi 04 27114122729237
6 SalPa 27105123836+235
7 KäPa 2797113336334
8 Pallohonka 2789103236433
9 EsPa (R)27461721583718Relegation to Kolmonen
10 LPS (R)27451823573417
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Pohjoinen (Northern)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 PS Kemi (A)2719446324+3961Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 FC YPA 2717466332+3155
3 VIFK [lower-alpha 1] 2713685035+1545
4 TP-47 27125104539+641
5 GBK 27124114851340
6 KPV 27114124647137
7 Kerho 07 27106114040036
8 PK-37 2795134553832
9 ORPa [lower-alpha 1] (R)27761436501427Relegation to Kolmonen
10 Tervarit (R)2706211883656
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The match VIFK – ORPa on August 25 originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as VIFK fielded an ineligible player. [4]

Läntinen (Western)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 FC Jazz (A)2719446423+4161Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 TPV 2715486032+2849
3 P-Iirot 2715485636+2049
4 FC Hämeenlinna 2714675642+1448
5 Närpes Kraft 27152106652+1447
6 Masku 2712695847+1142
7 ÅIFK 27103145945+1433
8 Sporting 27841531552428
9 MuSa (R)27522038804217Relegation to Kolmonen
10 Härmä (R)27332116927612
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Itäinen (Eastern)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 HIFK (A)2719536422+4262Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 MP 2719357136+3560
3 Atlantis FC 2714674942+748
4 FC Lahti Akatemia 27134104635+1143
5 PK Keski-Uusimaa 27133115843+1542
6 KTP 27125105938+2141
7 FC Futura 27105124445135
8 JäPS (R)27612028552719Relegation to Kolmonen
9 Sudet (R)27541824543019
10 FC POHU (R)27602120937318
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2014. [5] [6]

Group winners

  • Eteläinen (Southern): EIF
  • Pohjoinen (Northern): PS Kemi
  • Läntinen (Western): FC Jazz
  • Itäinen (Eastern): HIFK

First leg

FC Jazz 2 – 2 EIF
Mäkelä Soccerball shade.svg7', 75' Konate Soccerball shade.svg16', 31'
Attendance: 3,024

PS Kemi 0 – 1 HIFK
J. Halme Soccerball shade.svg19' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,255

Second leg

EIF 0 – 2 FC Jazz
Konate Red card.svg 18' Paularinne Soccerball shade.svg26'
Mäkelä Soccerball shade.svg77'
Ekenäs Centrumplan, Raseborg
Attendance: 2,014

FC Jazz won 4–2 on aggregate.


HIFK 1 – 0 PS Kemi
Taulo Soccerball shade.svg89'

HIFK won 2–0 on aggregate.

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1 South Pallohonka 2789103236433
2 North PK-37 2795134553832
3 West Sporting 27841531552428
4 East JäPS (R)27612028552719Relegation to Kolmonen
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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