2013 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season	2013
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The season started on 20 April 2013 and is scheduled to end on 5 October 2013.

Teams

A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returning from the 2012 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and eight promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.

FC Hämeenlinna and HIFK were relegated from the 2012 Ykkönen, while AC Kajaani and Ilves were promoted to the 2013 Ykkönen.

FC Espoo, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, HauPa, JIlves, LoPa and PK-35/VJS were relegated from 2012 Kakkonen.

FC POHU, Kerho 07, KäPa, Masku, MuSa, ORPa, PK Keski-Uusimaa, Sudet and Tervarit were promoted from the 2012 Kolmonen.

SiPS didn't take its place in 2013 Kakkonen. Its place was given for Sporting Kristina, the worst eight-placed of the last season.

ORPa took the place of FC Santa Claus for the 2013 season when the club went bankrupt after the 2012 season.^[1]

Warkaus JK was excluded from the Kakkonen due to breaking the rules of the association.^[2]

Stadia and Locations

ÅIFK

Helsinki

Helsinki teams:
Eteläinen
Gnistan
Klubi 04
KäPa
LPS
Itäinen
Atlantis FC
FC POHU
HIFK

BK-46
EIF

EsPa
GrIFK
Pallohonka

ORPa
Tervarit

Location of the 2013 Kakkonen teams. Eteläinen (Southern) are red dots, Pohjoinen (Northern) are green dots, Läntinen (Western) are blue dots while Itäinen (Eastern) are pink dots.

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
ÅIFK	Turku	Urheilupuiston yläkenttä	1,500
Atlantis FC	Helsinki	Töölön Pallokenttä	4,000
BK-46	Raseborg	Karjaan urheilukenttä	1,000
EIF	Raseborg	Ekenäs Centrumplan	2,500
EsPa	Espoo	Matinkylän tekonurmi	N/A
FC Futura	Porvoo	Porvoon keskuskenttä	500
FC Hämeenlinna	Hämeenlinna	Kaurialan kenttä	4,000
FC Jazz	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,000
FC Lahti Akatemia	Lahti	Kisapuisto	4,400
FC POHU	Helsinki	Tali N1	N/A
FC YPA	Ylivieska	Safari	600
GBK	Kokkola	Kokkolan keskuskenttä	3,000
Gnistan	Helsinki	Fair Pay Arena	2,000
GrIFK	Kauniainen	Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä	700
Härmä	Hämeenlinna	Kauriala	4,000
HIFK	Helsinki	Brahen kenttä	2,000
JäPS	Järvenpää	Järvenpään keskuskenttä	500
Kerho 07^[3]	Seinäjoki	Seinäjoen keskuskenttä	3,500
Klubi 04	Helsinki	Sonera Stadium	10,770
KPV	Kokkola	Kokkolan keskuskenttä	2,000
KTP	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780
KäPa	Helsinki	Max Westerberg Areena	1,000
LPS	Helsinki	Laajasalon urheilupuisto	N/A
Masku	Masku	Taponketo	N/A
MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto	7,000
MuSa	Pori	Musan kenttä	700
Närpes Kraft	Närpes	Mosedal	2,000
ORPa	Oulu	Castrén	4,000
P-Iirot	Rauma	Äijänsuon stadion	2,000
Pallohonka	Espoo	Otaniemen urheilukeskus	500
PK-37	Iisalmi	Sankariniemi	5,000
PK Keski-Uusimaa	Kerava	Kalevan UP nurmi	N/A
PS Kemi	Kemi	Sauvosaari	1,500
SalPa	Salo	Salon Urheilupuisto	2,500
Sporting	Kristinestad	Kristinaplan	2,000
Sudet	Kouvola	Kouvolan keskuskenttä	12,000
Tervarit	Oulu	Castrén	4,000
TP-47	Tornio	Pohjan Stadion	4,000
TPV	Tampere	Tammela Stadion	5,040
VIFK	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	EIF !EIF (A)	27	16	9	2	52	25	+27	57	Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2	Gnistan !Gnistan	27	15	7	5	51	26	+25	52
3	GrIFK !GrIFK	27	14	6	7	50	39	+11	48
4	BK-46 !BK-46	27	15	0	12	50	35	+15	45
5	Klubi 04 !Klubi 04	27	11	4	12	27	29	−2	37
6	SalPa !SalPa	27	10	5	12	38	36	+2	35
7	KäPa !KäPa	27	9	7	11	33	36	−3	34
8	Pallohonka !Pallohonka	27	8	9	10	32	36	−4	33
9	EsPa !EsPa (R)	27	4	6	17	21	58	−37	18	Relegation to Kolmonen
10	LPS !LPS (R)	27	4	5	18	23	57	−34	17	Relegation to Kolmonen

Updated to games played on 5 October 2013.
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
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.

Pohjoinen (Northern)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PS Kemi !PS Kemi (A)	27	19	4	4	63	24	+39	61	Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2	FC YPA !FC YPA	27	17	4	6	63	32	+31	55
3	VIFK !VIFK	27	13	6	8	50	35	+15	45
4	TP-47 !TP-47	27	12	5	10	45	39	+6	41
5	GBK !GBK	27	12	4	11	48	51	−3	40
6	KPV !KPV	27	11	4	12	46	47	−1	37
7	Kerho 07 !Kerho 07	27	10	6	11	40	40	0	36
8	PK-37 !PK-37	27	9	5	13	45	53	−8	32
9	ORPa !ORPa (R)	27	7	6	14	36	50	−14	27	Relegation to Kolmonen
10	Tervarit !Tervarit (R)	27	0	6	21	18	83	−65	6	Relegation to Kolmonen

Updated to games played on 6 October 2013.
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
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.

1. The match VIFK – ORPa on August 25 originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as VIFK fielded an ineligible player.^[4]

Läntinen (Western)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Jazz !FC Jazz (A)	27	19	4	4	64	23	+41	61	Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2	TPV !TPV	27	15	4	8	60	32	+28	49
3	P-Iirot !P-Iirot	27	15	4	8	56	36	+20	49
4	FC Hämeenlinna !FC Hämeenlinna	27	14	6	7	56	42	+14	48
5	Närpes Kraft !Närpes Kraft	27	15	2	10	66	52	+14	47
6	Masku !Masku	27	12	6	9	58	47	+11	42
7	ÅIFK !ÅIFK	27	10	3	14	59	45	+14	33
8	Sporting !Sporting	27	8	4	15	31	55	−24	28
9	MuSa !MuSa (R)	27	5	2	20	38	80	−42	17	Relegation to Kolmonen
10	Härmä !Härmä (R)	27	3	3	21	16	92	−76	12	Relegation to Kolmonen

Itäinen (Eastern)


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HIFK !HIFK (A)	27	19	5	3	64	22	+42	62	Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2	MP !MP	27	19	3	5	71	36	+35	60
3	Atlantis FC !Atlantis FC	27	14	6	7	49	42	+7	48
4	FC Lahti Akatemia !FC Lahti Akatemia	27	13	4	10	46	35	+11	43
5	PK Keski-Uusimaa !PK Keski-Uusimaa	27	13	3	11	58	43	+15	42
6	KTP !KTP	27	12	5	10	59	38	+21	41
7	FC Futura !FC Futura	27	10	5	12	44	45	−1	35
8	JäPS !JäPS (R)	27	6	1	20	28	55	−27	19
9	Sudet !Sudet (R)	27	5	4	18	24	54	−30	19	Relegation to Kolmonen
10	FC POHU !FC POHU (R)	27	6	0	21	20	93	−73	18	Relegation to Kolmonen

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2014.^[5]^[6]

Group winners
Eteläinen (Southern): EIF
Pohjoinen (Northern): PS Kemi
Läntinen (Western): FC Jazz
Itäinen (Eastern): HIFK

First leg

FC Jazz v EIF

13 October 2013

FC Jazz	2 – 2	EIF
Mäkelä 7', 75'		Konate 16', 31'

Porin Stadion, Pori
Attendance: 3,024

PS Kemi v HIFK

12 October 2013

PS Kemi	0 – 1	HIFK
		J. Halme 19' (pen.)

Sauvosaari, Kemi
Attendance: 1,255

Second leg

EIF v FC Jazz

19 October 2013

EIF	0 – 2	FC Jazz
Konate 18'		Paularinne 26' Mäkelä 77'

Ekenäs Centrumplan, Raseborg
Attendance: 2,014

FC Jazz won 4–2 on aggregate.

HIFK v PS Kemi

19 October 2012

HIFK	1 – 0	PS Kemi
Taulo 89'

Sonera Stadium, Helsinki

HIFK won 2–0 on aggregate.

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pallohonka !Pallohonka	27	8	9	10	32	36	−4	33
2	PK-37 !PK-37	27	9	5	13	45	53	−8	32
3	Sporting !Sporting	27	8	4	15	31	55	−24	28
4	JäPS !JäPS (R)	27	6	1	20	28	55	−27	19	Relegation to Kolmonen

Updated to games played on 5 October 2013.
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.

References

Kakkosen lohkot 2013

Third level football seasons in Finland

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III divisioona	1970 1971 1972

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Football in Finland

Football in Finland

Football Association of Finland

National teams

League system

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

Women:	Naisten Liiga (tier 1) Naisten Ykkönen (tier 2) Naisten Kakkonen (tier 3) Naisten Kolmonen (tier 4) Naisten Nelonen (tier 5)

District Associations

Domestic cups

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