2019 Ykkönen


The 2019 Ykkönen was the 48th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 27 April 2019. The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2020 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

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the 2018 season, TPS was relegated from Veikkausliiga and MYPA, MuSa and TPV who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManager
AC KajaaniKajaaniKajaanin Liikuntapuisto1,200
AC OuluOuluRaatin Stadion6,996
EIFRaseborgEkenäs Centrumplan2,500
FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516
FC KTPKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780
FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan4,600
TPSTurkuPaavo Nurmi Stadium13,000
MuSaPoriPorin Stadion12,300
MYPAKouvolaKymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion4,167
TPVTampereTammelan Stadion5,050

League table

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

TPS won 3-0 on aggregate and are promoted

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Salomo OjalaFC Haka23
2 Eliécer EspinosaTPS18
3 Jahir BarrazaFF Jaro15
4 Aleksi PahkasaloKTP13
5 Kalle MultanenKTP11
5 Akseli OllilaEIF11
7 Juho MäkeläIFK Mariehamn10