2015 Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Season	2015
Champions	PS Kemi
Promoted	PS Kemi PK-35 Vantaa
Relegated	MP VIFK
Matches played	135
Goals scored	396 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kalle Multanen (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Haka 6–0 VIFK (17 June)
Biggest away win	VIFK 0–4 JJK (23 May) FC Jazz 1–5 MP (22 June) VIFK 1–5 TPS (2 August) FC Jazz 0–4 PS Kemi (16 August) MP 0–4 PK-35 Vantaa (24 September)
Highest scoring	Haka 4–4 EIF (21 May) FC Haka 7–4 VIFK (17 October)
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The 2015 Ykkönen started on 2 May 2015 and ended on 17 October 2015. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2016 Veikkausliiga 2016, 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 will qualify directly for relegation to Kakkonen.^[1]

Overview

AC Oulu

EIF

FC Jazz

Haka

JJK

MP

PK- 35 Vantaa

PS Kemi

TPS

VIFK

Location of teams in Ykkönen 2015

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including five sides from the 2014 season, TPS who was relegated from Veikkausliiga, EIF and PS Kemi who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs, VIFK, the winner of Kakkonen 2014 Western Group as a replacement for promoted Ilves^[2] and MP, the runner-up Kakkonen 2014 Eastern Group as a replacement for MYPA.^[3][4]

FC Viikingit and JIPPO were relegated from 2014 Ykkönen.

HIFK, the champion of 2014 Ykkönen, KTP, the runner-up of 2014 Ykkönen, and Ilves, which finished third in Ykkönen were promoted to the 2015 Veikkausliiga.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Ojanen, RaunoRauno Ojanen
EIF	Raseborg	Ekenäs Centrumplan	2,500	Mattfolk, JensJens Mattfolk
FC Jazz	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,000	Allen, JohnJohn Allen
Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Martonen, KariKari Martonen
JJK	Jyväskylä	Harjun stadion	3,000	Pasoja, JuhaJuha Pasoja
MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto	7,000	Mäkelä, IlkkaIlkka Mäkelä
PK-35 Vantaa	Vantaa	ISS Stadion	4,500	Kuqi, ShefkiShefki Kuqi
PS Kemi	Kemi	Sauvosaari	2,500	Åhman, JariJari Åhman
TPS	Turku	Urheilupuiston Yläkenttä	2,675	Laurikainen, MikaMika Laurikainen
VIFK	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Kärkkäinen, TomiTomi Kärkkäinen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
FC Jazz	Jani Uotinen	End of contract	n/a	John Allen	30 October 2014[5]	Pre-season
Haka	Juho Rantala	End of contract	n/a	Kari Martonen	17 November 2014[6]	Pre-season
EIF	Jari Rantanen	End of contract	n/a	Jens Mattfolk	19 November 2014[7]	Pre-season
PS Kemi	Tommy Taylor	Personal reasons	5 January 2015	Jari Åhman	9 January 2015[8]	Pre-season
PK-35 Vantaa	Jari Europaeus			Shefki Kuqi	4 February 2015[9]	Pre-season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PS Kemi (P)	27	16	5	6	50	30	+20	53	Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2	PK-35 Vantaa (O, P)	27	15	4	8	53	25	+28	49	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3	TPS	27	14	7	6	40	18	+22	49
4	JJK	27	13	7	7	43	27	+16	46
5	AC Oulu	27	12	8	7	31	28	+3	44
6	Haka	27	11	8	8	48	41	+7	41
7	FC Jazz	27	9	5	13	37	48	−11	32
8	EIF	27	8	7	12	36	49	−13	31
9	MP (R)	27	5	2	20	31	56	−25	17	Relegation to Kakkonen
10	VIFK (R)	27	3	5	19	27	74	−47	14

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2015. Source: Suomen Palloliitto
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Matches 1–18

Home ╲ Away	ACO	EIF	JAZ	HAK	JJK	MP	PKV	PSK	TPS	VIFK
AC Oulu		2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	3–2
EIF	0–2		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1
FC Jazz	3–1	2–3		0–0	2–2	1–5	2–0	0–4	0–1	5–1
Haka	1–0	4–4	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–0
JJK	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2		3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	5–0
MP	3–3	0–1	3–2	3–4	1–0		0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1
PK-35 Vantaa	4–1	5–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–0
PS Kemi	0–0	4–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–1
TPS	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	5–0	2–0	0–3		5–0
VIFK	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–5

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source: Suomen Palloliitto
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27

Home ╲ Away	ACO	EIF	JAZ	HAK	JJK	MP	PKV	PSK	TPS	VIFK
AC Oulu					1–1		3–2	3–1	1–1	1–0
EIF	0–1		0–0						4–1	3–4
FC Jazz	0–0			3–2	0–1	4–2
Haka	1–1	0–1				2–0	1–0			7–4
JJK		5–1		2–2		3–2	0–2		0–3
MP	2–0	2–4					0–4	2–3
PK-35 Vantaa		2–2	3–1					5–2	0–0	4–0
PS Kemi		3–0	4–1	2–1	2–0
TPS			0–1	2–0		2–1		1–1		3–1
VIFK			1–2		1–2	1–0		2–4

Updated to games played on 17 October 2015.
Source: Suomen Palloliitto
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers Source: palloliitto.fi (Finnish) As of 17 October 2015. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Kalle Multanen Haka 19 2 Pablo Couñago PK-35 Vantaa 17 Billy Ions PS Kemi 17 4 Jussi Aalto TPS 11 5 Elias Ahde FC Jazz 9 Antto Hilska JJK 9 Saša Jovović PS Kemi 9 8 Samu-Petteri Mäkelä FC Jazz 8 9 Christian Eissele PS Kemi 7 Aleksis Lehtonen JJK 7 Lasse Linjala VIFK 7 Mateo PK-35 Vantaa 7 Masar Ömer PK-35 Vantaa 7 Ilkka Santahuhta FC Jazz 7 Robert Taylor JJK 7 Jasse Tuominen MP 7 17 6 players 6 23 7 players 5 30 10 players 4 40 19 players 3 59 15 players 2 74 39 players 1 Monthly awards Month Player of the Month May[10] Pablo Couñago (PK-35 Vantaa) June[11] Oskari Forsman (TPS) July[12] Mikko Manninen (JJK) August[13] Samu-Petteri Mäkelä (FC Jazz) September[14] Ymer Xhaferi (PK-35 Vantaa) See also 2015 Veikkausliiga 2015 Kakkonen References Suomen Palloliitto Ykkösen ja Naisten Liigan lisenssipäätökset MYPA luopuu sarjapaikastaan Ykkösessä MP Ykköseen "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi". FC Jazz (in Finnish). FC Jazz. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014. "Kari Martosesta FC Hakan päävalmentaja - Asko Jussilasta seurapäällikkö". Haka (in Finnish). Haka. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014. "Nio spelarkontrakt och en tränare". EIF (in Swedish). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015. "PS Kemi Kings". PS Kemi (in Finnish). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015. "PK-35 Vantaa tiedote Pallohonka Oy:n kanssa käydyistä neuvotteluista". PK-35 Vantaa (in Finnish). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015. Counago Ykkösen Veikkauksen toukokuun pelaaja (Finnish) Forsman Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish) Manninen Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish) Mäkelä Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish) Xhaferi Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish) External links Official site (Finnish)