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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2016 →

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

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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
FC Jazz Finland Jani Uotinen End of contract n/a Wales John Allen 30 October 2014[5] Pre-season
Haka Finland Juho Rantala End of contract n/a Finland Kari Martonen 17 November 2014[6] Pre-season
EIF Finland Jari Rantanen End of contract n/a Finland Jens Mattfolk 19 November 2014[7] Pre-season
PS Kemi England Tommy Taylor Personal reasons 5 January 2015 Finland Jari Åhman 9 January 2015[8] Pre-season
PK-35 Vantaa Finland Jari Europaeus Finland 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 JAZHAKJJKMPPKVPSKTPSVIFK
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 JAZHAKJJKMPPKVPSKTPSVIFK
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 Finland Kalle Multanen Haka 19
2 Spain Pablo Couñago PK-35 Vantaa 17
England Billy Ions PS Kemi 17
4 Finland Jussi Aalto TPS 11
5 Finland Elias Ahde FC Jazz 9
Finland Antto Hilska JJK 9
Montenegro Saša Jovović PS Kemi 9
8 Finland Samu-Petteri Mäkelä FC Jazz 8
9 United States Christian Eissele PS Kemi 7
Finland Aleksis Lehtonen JJK 7
Finland Lasse Linjala VIFK 7
Spain Mateo PK-35 Vantaa 7
Finland Masar Ömer PK-35 Vantaa 7
Finland Ilkka Santahuhta FC Jazz 7
Finland Robert Taylor JJK 7
Finland 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] Spain Pablo Couñago (PK-35 Vantaa)
June[11] Finland Oskari Forsman (TPS)
July[12] Finland Mikko Manninen (JJK)
August[13] Finland Samu-Petteri Mäkelä (FC Jazz)
September[14] Kosovo Ymer Xhaferi (PK-35 Vantaa)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Suomen Palloliitto
  2. ↑ Ykkösen ja Naisten Liigan lisenssipäätökset
  3. ↑ MYPA luopuu sarjapaikastaan Ykkösessä
  4. ↑ MP Ykköseen
  5. ↑ "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi". FC Jazz (in Finnish). FC Jazz. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kari Martosesta FC Hakan päävalmentaja - Asko Jussilasta seurapäällikkö". Haka (in Finnish). Haka. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Nio spelarkontrakt och en tränare". EIF (in Swedish). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "PS Kemi Kings". PS Kemi (in Finnish). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "PK-35 Vantaa tiedote Pallohonka Oy:n kanssa käydyistä neuvotteluista". PK-35 Vantaa (in Finnish). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Counago Ykkösen Veikkauksen toukokuun pelaaja (Finnish)
  11. ↑ Forsman Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  12. ↑ Manninen Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  13. ↑ Mäkelä Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)
  14. ↑ Xhaferi Ykkösen Veikkauksen kuukauden pelaaja (Finnish)

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