F-liiga

This article is about the top men's floorball league in Finland. For the women's ditto, see F-liiga (women).

Miesten F-liiga

Formerly	Miesten Mestaruussarja Miesten Salibandyliiga
Sport	Floorball
Founded	1986;39 years ago (1986)
First season	Salibandyn SM-sarja 1986–1994 Salibandyliiga 1994–2020
Administrator	Finnish Floorball Federation
No. of teams	12
Country	Finland
Most recent champion(s)	Oilers (6th title) (2024–25)
Most titles	SSV Helsinki (11 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	YLE TV2
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Suomen Cup
International cup(s)	Champions Cup
Official website	Fliiga.com

The F-liiga is the top men's floorball league in Finland. The league was founded in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL).

The league consists of 12 teams. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup. ^[1]

The most successful team in the league is SSV (now EräViikingit), with eleven titles, most recently winning in 2011. The current champion from the 2024–25 season is the Oilers, who claimed their sixth title.

TPS players celebrate the championship title in the 2022–23 season

Format

Regular season

In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, starting with the 2025–26 season, all teams play each other twice, and additionally, each team plays twice against every team from one of two six-team groups. In total, each team plays 32 games. ^[2]

Semifinal match between TPS and Happee in the 2015–16 season.

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship, in playoffs that starts around March and culminates in April. The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The semifinal pairings are determined by the regular season standings. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format. ^{[3] [2]}

Regular season game between Classic and SPV in the 2009–10 season.

Playout

Starting with the 2025–26 season, the last-place team is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the lower competition final (called Division, Divari in Finnish, or Inssi-Divari for sponsorship reasons). The second-to-last team plays a relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Divari final. ^[2]

History

The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986. It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21. ^[4]

Starting with the 2015–16 season, the league adopted the Superfinal system, a single championship game to decide the title. However, after three years, it returned to a final series format. ^[2]

Current teams

Classic

Happee

Nokian KrP

LASB

EräViikingit

Oilers

Indians

OLS

SPV

TPS

FBC Turku

Jymy

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Location of teams
Group A
Group B

Teams in 2025–26 season: ^[2]

Group A:

• EräViikingit  [ fi ], Helsinki
• FBC Turku  [ fi ], Turku
• Indians  [ fi ], Espoo
• LASB  [ fi ], Lahti
• Oilers, Espoo
• TPS, Turku

Group B:

• Classic  [ fi ], Tampere
• Happee  [ fi ], Jyväskylä
• Jymy  [ fi ], Seinäjoki
• Nokian KrP, Nokia
• OLS, Oulu
• SPV  [ fi ], Seinäjoki

TPS come close to scoring against FBT Pori in the 2005–06 season.

Recent champions

Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third Place
2024–25	Oilers [5]	Classic	Indians
2023–24	Oilers [6]	Classic	Nokian KrP
2022–23	TPS	Nokian KrP	Oilers
2021–22	Classic	Nokian KrP	Oilers
2020–21	Classic [7]	Oilers	Nokian KrP
2019–20	The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [8]
2018–19	Classic [9]	TPS	SPV
2017–18	Classic	Happee	Nokian KrP
2016–17	Classic	EräViikingit	SPV
2015–16	Classic	Oilers	Happee
2014–15	SPV	Happee	SSV
2013–14	Happee	Classic	SSV
2012–13	SPV	SSV	Classic
2011–12	SPV	SSV	Koovee
2010–11	SSV	SPV	Oilers
2009–10	SSV	Erä	SPV
2008–09	SSV	Erä	SPV
2007–08	SSV	Classic	Erä
2006–07	SSV	Classic	Erä
2005–06	Oilers	SSV	Josba
2004–05	SSV	Happee	Classic

List of champions

Team	Titles	Seasons
SSV Helsinki	11	1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Oilers	5	1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2023–24, 2024–25
Classic Tampere	6	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
SPV Seinäjoki	3	2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
Josba Joensuu	2	1991–1992, 1993–94
SC Dalmac Helsinki	2	1989–90, 1990–91
ManU Tampere	2	1986–87, 1987–88
TPS	1	2022–23
Happee Jyväskylä	1	2013–14
Viikingit Helsinki	1	1997–98
VFT Vantaa	1	1996–97
BET	1	1988–89
HIFK	1	1999–00

Updated as of season 2024–25.

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Finnish)
• Finnish Floorball Federation (in Finnish)

References

1. "IFF Champions Cup". IFF . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
2. "Superfinaali ratkoo liiganousun – merkittäviä uudistuksia F-liigan ja Inssi-Divarin sarjajärjestelmiin". Suomen Salibandyliitto (in Finnish). 28 March 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
3. "Info". F-liiga (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
4. "Making floorball history: Finland's highest floorball league is now F-Liiga". IFF. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
5. "Oilers Is the Finnish Champion Second Time In a Row". F-liiga. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
6. "Ratkaisu viimeisellä minuutilla – Oilers palasi mestariksi 18 vuoden jälkeen". F-liiga (in Finnish). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
7. "Classic Men's champion in Finland & PSS and SB-Pro in the Women's final". IFF. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
8. "Coronavirus status update - as of March 16th". IFF. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
9. "Classic the Finnish Champion 2019". IFF Main Site. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2025.