Competition: | Ykkönen |
Season: | 2023 |
Winners: | EIF |
Promoted: | EIF Gnistan |
Relegated: | JJK KPV |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 Ykkönen was the 52nd season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 14 April 2023 and ended on 7 October 2023. It was the final season of the Ykkönen serving as the second-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to third-tier.
Twelve teams contested the league. The champions (EIF) and runners-up (Gnistan) were promoted to the 2024 Veikkausliiga. The second, third, and fourth-placed teams (Gnistan, MP, and SJK Akatemia) qualified for the Veikkausliiga play-off. The bottom two teams (JJK and KPV) were relegated to the 2024 Ykkönen. The sixth-placed team (HIFK) dissolved after the season finished due to bankruptcy, giving the tenth-placed team (KäPa) a reprieve from relegation. The remaining teams were transferred to the 2024 Ykkösliiga.[1] [2]
The 2024 Ykkönen will represent the new third-tier level season of Finnish football.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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EIF | Raseborg | Ekenäs Centrumplan | 800 | |
Helsinki | Mustapekka Areena | 1,100 | ||
HIFK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | 10,770 | |
JäPS | Järvenpää | Järvenpään keskuskenttä | 2,000 | |
Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 | |
JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun Stadion | 5,000 | |
KäPa | Helsinki | Brahenkenttä | 1,200 | |
KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan keskuskenttä | 3,000 | |
MP | Mikkeli | Mikkelin Urheilupuisto | 7,000 | |
SalPa | Salo | Salon Urheilupuisto | 750 | |
SJK Akatemia | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | 5,817 | |
TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 8,076 |