2013 Ykkönen

The 2013 Ykkönen season began on 29 April 2013 and ended on 5 October 2013. The winning team was directly promoted to the 2014 Veikkausliiga. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.^[1]

Ykkönen

Season	2013
Champions	SJK
Promoted	SJK
Relegated	OPS Kajaani
Matches played	130
Goals scored	349 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jussi Aalto (13 goals)
Biggest home win	PK-35 Vantaa 7–1 OPS (31 August)
Biggest away win	AC Kajaani 1–7 SJK (30 June)
Highest scoring	AC Kajaani 1–7 SJK (30 June) FC Viikingit 5–3 AC Kajaani (20 July) PK-35 Vantaa 7–1 OPS (31 August)
← 2012 2014 →

Overview

AC Kajaani

Viikingit

Haka

Ilves

JIPPO

KooTeePee

OPS
AC Oulu

PK-35

SJK

Location of teams in Ykkönen 2013

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including seven sides from the 2012 season, Haka who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and AC Kajaani and Ilves who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

FC Hämeenlinna and HIFK were relegated from 2012 Ykkönen. RoPS was promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AC Kajaani	Kajaani	Kajaanin liikuntapuisto	1,000	Mika Lumijärvi
AC Oulu	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Rauno Ojanen
FC KooTeePee	Kotka	Arto Tolsa Areena	4,780	Sami Ristilä
FC Viikingit	Helsinki	Vuosaaren urheilukenttä	4,200	Ilkka Jäntti
Haka	Valkeakoski	Tehtaan kenttä	3,516	Juho Rantala
Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadion	5,040	Mika Malinen
JIPPO	Joensuu	Joensuun keskuskenttä	3,000	Jarmo Korhonen
OPS	Oulu	Raatin Stadion	6,996	Luiz Antônio
PK-35 Vantaa	Vantaa	ISS Stadion	4,500	Ilir Zeneli
SJK	Seinäjoki	Seinäjoen keskuskenttä	3,500	Simo Valakari

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
AC Oulu	Juha Malinen	End of contract	n/a[2]	Rauno Ojanen	3 October 2012[3]	Pre-season
FC KooTeePee	Janne Hyppönen	End of contract	n/a[4]	Sami Ristilä	6 November 2012[5]	Pre-season
Haka	Juha Malinen	End of loan	n/a	Harri Kampman	12 November 2012[6]	Pre-season
Haka	Harri Kampman	Sacked	23 June 2013	Asko Jussila (as caretaker)	23 June 2013[7]	2nd
Haka	Asko Jussila	End of tenure as caretaker	7 July 2013	Juho Rantala	8 July 2013[8]	2nd
PK-35 Vantaa	Pasi Pihamaa	Sacked	15 July 2013	Ilir Zeneli (as caretaker)	15 July 2013[9]	7th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	SJK (C, P)	27	18	5	4	51	17	+34	59	Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2	Haka	27	15	9	3	44	17	+27	54
3	FC KooTeePee	27	12	9	6	35	29	+6	45
4	Ilves	27	11	8	8	46	38	+8	41
5	AC Oulu	27	11	7	9	36	38	−2	40
6	PK-35 Vantaa	27	8	6	13	35	43	−8	30
7	FC Viikingit	27	7	8	12	35	39	−4	29
8	JIPPO	27	7	8	12	18	30	−12	29
9	OPS (R)	27	7	7	13	40	50	−10	28	Relegation to Kakkonen
10	Kajaani (R)	27	3	5	19	27	66	−39	14

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away KAJ ACO KTP VII HAK ILV JIP OPS PKV SJK Kajaani 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–7 AC Oulu 3–2 3–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 FC KooTeePee 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 FC Viikingit 5–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 Haka 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 Ilves 3–0 6–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 5–0 2–4 JIPPO 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 OPS 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 PK-35 Vantaa 3–3 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 0–3 SJK 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away KAJ ACO KTP VII HAK ILV JIP OPS PKV SJK Kajaani 0–3 1–2 0–3[a] 2–3 AC Oulu 4–0 0–1 2–3 5–2 FC KooTeePee 2–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 FC Viikingit 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 Haka 4–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 Ilves 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 JIPPO 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 OPS 8–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 PK-35 Vantaa 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 7–1 SJK 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: The match originally finished 4–0, but AC Kajaani fielded an ineligible player.[10]

Statistics

Updated to games played on 29 September 2013.

Top scorers

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jussi Aalto	Haka	13
2	Kalle Multanen	Ilves	12
	Fidan Seferi	PK-35 Vantaa	12
4	Jonne Hjelm	Ilves	11
5	Toni Lehtinen	SJK	10

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
May[11]	Gert Kams (SJK)
June[12]	Kalle Multanen (Ilves)
July[13]	Venance Zézé (Haka)
August[14]	Daniel Caumo (SJK)
September[15]	Akseli Pelvas (SJK)

See also

• 2013 Veikkausliiga
• 2013 Kakkonen