2017 Ykkönen

Ykkönen
Season 2017
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The 2017 Ykkönen is the 46th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2018 Veikkausliiga, 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.

Overview

Location of teams in Ykkönen 2015

A total of ten teams will contest in the league,[1] including seven sides from the 2016 season, and FC Honka and Gnistan who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

PK-35 Vantaa, who were relegated from Veikkausliiga, declared bankruptcy and withdrew their spot from the league.[2]

KTP and FC Jazz were relegated from 2016 Ykkönen.

JJK, the champion of 2016 Ykkönen, was promoted to the 2017 Veikkausliiga.

Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
AC Oulu Oulu Raatin Stadion 6,996 Finland Ojanen, RaunoRauno Ojanen
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 2,500 TBA
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto 6,000 TBA
FF Jaro Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan 5,000 England Heames, KristianKristian Heames
Gnistan Helsinki Mustapekka Areena 1,100 Finland Lingman, TommiTommi Lingman
GrIFK Kauniainen Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä 700 Finland Asukka, AriAri Asukka
Haka Valkeakoski Tehtaan kenttä 3,516 EnglandFinland Armstrong, KeithKeith Armstrong
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä 2,000 TBA
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion[3] 10,000 Finland Laurikainen, MikaMika Laurikainen
TBA

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Haka Finland Kari Martonen End of contract n/a EnglandFinland Keith Armstrong 22 November 2016[4] Pre-season
GrIFK Finland Rami Luomanpää End of contract n/a Finland Ari Asukka 24 November 2016[5] Pre-season
FC Honka Finland Juho Rantala Signed by HJK 1 December 2016[6] TBA Pre-season

References

  1. ↑ PK-35 Vantaan luopuminen käynnistää täydennysmenettelyn
  2. ↑ Hämäläinen, Tuomas (November 9, 2016). "PK-35 Vantaa satsaa jatkossa kaiken naisiin – miesten toiminta loppuu". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ TPS palaa ensi kaudeksi takaisin Veritas Stadionille
  4. ↑ "Keith Armstrong FC Hakan päävalmentajaksi". Haka (in Finnish). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ari Asukka Granin vastuuvalmentajaksi". GrIFK (in Finnish). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Juho Rantala HJK:hon". HJK (in Finnish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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