2016 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season 2016
Promoted FC Honka
Gnistan
Relegated FC Futura
FCV
MPS
FC Åland
Atlantis FC
FC Kontu
PPT
FC Santa Claus
Virkiä
← 2015
2017 →

A total of 36 teams will contest the league divided into three groups, Lohko A (Group A), Lohko B (Group B) and Lohko C (Group C). 25 returning from the 2015 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group and the best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 22 matches, playing twice against each team of its group.[1]

VIFK and MP were relegated from the 2015 Ykkönen, while KPV and GrIFK were promoted to the 2016 Ykkönen.

ÅIFK, FC Kiisto, FC Myllypuro, I-Kissat, JBK, JIPPO, KaaPo, Kerho 07, Masku, NJS, P-Iirot and PK Keski-Uusimaa were relegated from 2015 Kakkonen.

EsPa, FC Åland, FC Espoo, Hercules, MPS, PEPO, PPT,[2] SC KuFu-98 and Virkiä were promoted from the 2015 Kolmonen.

ESC gave up its place in Kakkonen. The place was taken by FC Kontu.[3]

Groups

Finnish Football
League Structure

Veikkausliiga (Tier 1)
Ykkönen (Tier 2)
Kakkonen (Tier 3)
Kolmonen (Tier 4)
Nelonen (Tier 5)
Vitonen (Tier 6)
Kutonen (Tier 7)
Seiska (Tier 8)

Lohko A (Group A)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. FC Futura Porvoo FC Futura
2. FC Lahti Akatemia Lahti FC Kuusysi
3. FCV Jyväskylä FC Vaajakoski
4. Gnistan Helsinki IF Gnistan
5. JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään Palloseura
6. Kultsu FC Lappeenranta Kultsu FC
7. KäPa Helsinki Käpylän Pallo
8. MPS Helsinki Malmin PalloseuraPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
9. MP Mikkeli Mikkelin PalloilijatRelegated from 2015 Ykkonen
10. PEPO Lappeenranta PEPO LappeenrantaPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
11. SC KuFu-98 Kuopio Soccer Club Kuopio Futis -98Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
12. Sudet Kouvola Sudet

Lohko B (Group B)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. Atlantis FC Helsinki Atlantis FC
2. BK-46 Karis Bollklubben-46
3. EsPa Espoo Etelä-Espoon PalloPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
4. FC Espoo Espoo FC EspooPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
5. FC Honka Espoo FC Honka
6. FC Kiffen Helsinki FC Kiffen 08
7. FC Kontu Helsinki FC Kontu
8. FC Viikingit Helsinki FC Viikingit Edustus
9. FC Åland Sund, Åland Football Club ÅlandPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
10. Klubi-04 Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
11. SalPa Salo Salon Palloilijat
12. TPV Tampere Tampereen Pallo-Veikot

Lohko C (Group C)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. AC Kajaani Kajaani AC Kajaani
2. FC Jazz 2 Pori FC Jazz 2Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
3. FC Santa Claus AC Rovaniemi FC Santa Claus Arctic Circle
4. GBK Kokkola Gamlakarleby Bollklubb
5. Närpes Kraft Närpes Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening
6. FC YPA Ylivieska Jalkapalloseura FC YPA
7. Hercules Oulu Jalkapalloseura HerculesPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
8. Virkiä Lapua Lapuan VirkiäPromoted from 2015 Kolmonen
9. MuSa Pori Musan Salama
10. OPS Oulu Oulun Palloseura
11. TP-47 Tornio Tornion Pallo -47
12. VIFK Vaasa Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna VasaRelegated from 2015 Ykkonen

Stadia and locations

Helsinki
Location of the 2014 Kakkonen teams. Lohko A (Group A) are red dots, Lohko B (Group B) are blue dots while Lohko C (Group C) are green dots.

League tables

[4]

Lohko A (Group A)

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Gnistan (P) 22 15 3 4 45 25+20 48 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 SC KuFu-98 22 13 4 5 42 23+19 43
3 MP 22 11 3 8 44 36+8 36
4 JäPS 22 7 10 5 33 23+10 31
5 FC Lahti Akatemia 22 8 7 7 31 32−1 31
6 PEPO 22 9 3 10 39 32+7 30
7 Kultsu FC 22 9 3 10 30 27+3 30
8 KäPa 22 8 6 8 27 30−3 30
9 Sudet 22 7 5 10 32 39−7 26
10 FC Futura (R) 22 7 3 12 31 48−17 24 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 FCV (R) 22 5 7 10 31 46−15 22
12 MPS (R) 22 3 6 13 23 47−24 15

Updated to games played on 1 October 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Lohko B (Group B)

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Honka (P) 22 19 1 2 74 9+65 58 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 TPV 22 14 3 5 47 22+25 45
3 BK-46 22 13 2 7 51 35+16 41
4 FC Espoo 22 11 4 7 41 38+3 37
5 Klubi 04 22 10 5 7 40 32+8 35
6 FC Kiffen 22 9 4 9 31 310 31
7 SalPa 22 6 7 9 31 33−2 25
8 FC Viikingit 22 5 8 9 29 37−8 23
9 EsPa 22 6 4 12 21 55−34 22
10 FC Åland (R) 22 5 6 11 25 38−13 21 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 Atlantis FC (R) 22 5 5 12 25 36−11 20
12 FC Kontu (R) 22 2 5 15 20 69−49 11

Updated to games played on 1 October 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Lohko C (Group C)

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 OPS 22 15 3 4 70 31+39 48 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 MuSa 22 15 3 4 51 18+33 48
3 AC Kajaani 22 14 3 5 84 24+60 45
4 GBK 22 12 4 6 60 25+35 40
5 TP-47 22 11 4 7 37 34+3 37
6 FC YPA 22 10 3 9 40 36+4 33
7 Närpes Kraft 22 9 4 9 39 390 31
8 Hercules 22 8 4 10 39 41−2 28
9 VIFK 22 8 3 11 37 35+2 27
10 PPT (R) 22 7 4 11 40 43−3 25 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 FC Santa Claus AC (R) 22 2 2 18 24 102−78 8
12 Virkiä (R) 22 2 1 19 23 116−93 7

Updated to games played on 1 October 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Runner-up teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the runner-ups. The best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 MuSa 22 15 3 4 51 18+33 48 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 TPV 22 14 3 5 47 22+25 45
3 SC KuFu-98 22 13 4 5 42 23+19 43

Updated to games played on 1 October 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion play-offs

Group winners and the best runner-up will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2017.[5]

Group winners
Lohko A (Group A): Gnistan
Lohko B (Group B): FC Honka
Lohko C (Group C): OPS

The best runner-up
MuSa


First leg

8 October 2015
14:00
MuSa 1–0 Gnistan
Miftari  82' Report
Musan kenttä, Pori
Attendance: 1,630

9 October 2015
16:30
Honka 2–2 OPS
Douglas Silveira  14'
Liikonen  55'		 Report Venício Ferreira  6'
Nzekwe  20'
Tapiolan urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,087

Second leg

15 October 2015
14:00
Gnistan 1–0 MuSa
Jeng  59' Report
  Penalties  
Dudu
Kaukomaa
Nyholm
Gerxhaliu
Strandvall 		4–3 Vainionpää
Junnila
Salo
Salminen
Miftari
Oulunkylän urheilupuisto, Helsinki
Attendance: 881

1–1 on aggregate. Gnistan won 4–3 on penalties.

16 October 2015
15:00
OPS 1–2 FC Honka
Belov  45' Report Jean Silva  6' (pen.)
Ivanov  73' (pen.)
Castrén, Oulu
Attendance: 591

FC Honka won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ Kakkonen 2016 | Suomen Palloliitto
  2. ↑ FC Jazz/2 ensi kaudella PPT
  3. ↑ FC Kontulle Miesten Kakkosen sarjapaikka
  4. ↑ Kakkonen 2016 | Suomen Palloliitto
  5. ↑ Kakkonen päättyi – edessä nousukarsintafinaalit
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