2025 Kakkonen

Kakkonen

Season	2025
Relegated	HaPK Edustus JPS Atlantis 2 Kuopio Elo
← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Kakkonen is the 53rd season of Kakkonen, the fourth-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 12 April and ended in October 2025. It's the second season of the Kakkonen serving as the fourth-tier football league in Finland.

Teams

The league consisted of thirty teams, split into three equal groups (A, B, and C).

Group A Team Town GrIFK Kauniainen HaPK Edustus Hamina Honka Espoo JPS Jyväskylä MyPa Kouvola PEPO Lappeenranta PuiU Helsinki Reipas Lahti Vaajakoski Vaajakoski VJS Vantaa

Group B Team Name Town Atlantis 2 Helsinki HJS Hämeenlinna HPS Helsinki Ilves 2 Tampere Kiffen Helsinki MuSa Pori NJS Nurmijärvi Pallo-Iirot Rauma PPJ Helsinki TPV Tampere

Group C Team Name Town GBK Kokkola JBK Jakobstad JS Hercules Oulu Kraft Närpes Kuopio Elo Kuopio OsPa Oulu SJK 2 Seinäjoki TP-47 Tornio VIFK Vaasa VPS 2 Vaasa

League tables

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HON	VJS	PUI	PEP	MYP	GRI	REI	VAA	HAP	JPS
1	Honka	18	16	1	1	79	13	+66	49	Qualification for Promotion Group
2	VJS	18	13	3	2	54	18	+36	42
3	PuiU	18	10	1	7	32	26	+6	31				1–0
4	PEPO	18	9	2	7	31	29	+2	29
5	MyPa	18	8	3	7	47	39	+8	27								2–1
6	GrIFK	18	7	4	7	37	36	+1	25						4–1
7	Reipas	18	7	2	9	41	43	−2	23	Qualification for Relegation Group		1–3							3–1
8	Vaajakoski	18	7	1	10	37	41	−4	22							3–3
9	HaPK Edustus	18	1	3	14	13	67	−54	6					0–3		0–5
10	JPS	18	1	2	15	18	77	−59	5				0–6		1–3				1–5

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TPV	ILV	HJS	KIF	PII	HPS	MUS	PPJ	NJS	ATL
1	TPV	18	13	2	3	53	22	+31	41	Qualification for Promotion Group					0–2			7–1
2	Ilves 2	18	12	4	2	45	22	+23	40						2–0		2–2	2–1
3	HJS	18	9	5	4	39	26	+13	32			3–3					4–2
4	Kiffen	18	9	1	8	35	27	+8	28			2–3		1–4
5	Pallo-Iirot	18	8	3	7	34	24	+10	27										1–1	2–2
6	HPS	18	7	2	9	23	29	−6	23					0–1							3–1
7	MuSa	18	6	3	9	34	39	−5	21	Qualification for Relegation Group			0–2				1–1
8	PPJ	18	6	2	10	38	37	+1	20			2–3				3–2
9	NJS	18	4	6	8	28	40	−12	18				1–1						4–1		3–3
10	Atlantis 2	18	1	2	15	17	80	−63	5						1–6	0–4				2–3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VPS	GBK	JBK	TP4	OSP	SJK	HER	KRA	VIF	KUO
1	VPS 2	16	10	3	3	47	17	+30	33	Qualification for Promotion Group			3–0
2	GBK Kokkola	16	10	2	4	33	31	+2	32			0–3			3–3
3	JBK	16	10	1	5	28	21	+7	31						1–0
4	TP-47	16	9	2	5	38	44	−6	29								4–3			3–2
5	OsPa	16	9	1	6	50	32	+18	28					4–1	1–1			5–1
6	SJK 2	16	8	0	8	45	35	+10	24										2–1
7	Hercules	16	4	0	12	26	53	−27	12	Qualification for Relegation Group
8	Kraft	16	3	2	11	25	37	−12	11			2–2	2–3	0–2			2–3
9	VIFK	16	2	3	11	27	49	−22	9			0–0		1–1				5–1
10	Kuopio Elo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0									1–3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Promotion Group

The top six teams in each group qualify for the Promotion Group and play each team in their group for the third time. The top two teams in each group and the top two third-placed teams advance to the Kakkonen play-offs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honka (Q)	22	19	1	2	92	19	+73	58	Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2	VJS (Q)	22	17	3	2	77	19	+58	54
3	PEPO	22	12	2	8	43	40	+3	38
4	PuiU	22	11	2	9	41	35	+6	35
5	MyPa	22	8	3	11	50	66	−16	27
6	GrIFK	22	7	5	10	42	47	−5	26

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ilves 2 (Q)	22	16	4	2	63	26	+37	52	Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2	TPV (Q)	22	16	2	4	61	27	+34	50
3	HJS (Q)	22	12	5	5	46	28	+18	41
4	HPS	22	9	2	11	29	40	−11	29
5	Kiffen	22	9	1	12	40	41	−1	28
6	Pallo-Iirot	22	8	3	11	38	36	+2	27

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	VPS 2 (Q)	20	14	3	3	72	21	+51	45	Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2	GBK Kokkola (Q)	20	12	4	4	44	35	+9	40
3	JBK (Q)	20	12	2	6	34	26	+8	38
4	TP-47	20	9	4	7	43	64	−21	31
5	OsPa	20	9	2	9	52	44	+8	29
6	SJK 2	20	9	0	11	54	48	+6	27

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Relegation Group

The bottom four teams in each group qualify for the Relegation Group and play each team in their group for the third time. The bottom two teams in each group are relegated to the 2026 Kolmonen.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Reipas	21	10	2	9	62	47	+15	32
2	Vaajakoski	21	9	1	11	48	47	+1	28
3	JPS (R)	21	2	2	17	24	93	−69	8	Relegation to Kolmonen
4	HaPK Edustus (R)	21	1	3	17	14	80	−66	6

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	PPJ	21	9	2	10	47	40	+7	29
2	MuSa	21	8	3	10	41	40	+1	27
3	NJS	21	5	6	10	35	47	−12	21	Relegation to Kolmonen
4	Atlantis 2 (R)	21	1	2	18	17	92	−75	5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Hercules	18	5	0	13	29	55	−26	15
2	Kraft	18	4	2	12	27	39	−12	14
3	VIFK	18	3	3	12	29	52	−23	12	Relegation to Kolmonen

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.