The Ykkönen 2012 season began on 27 April 2012 and ended on 6 October 2012.
The champions will be directly promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table will be directly relegated to Kakkonen.
Overview
A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including eight sides from the 2011 season, RoPS who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and SJK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerAC OuluOuluRaatin Stadion6,996 FC HämeenlinnaHämeenlinnaKaurialan kenttä8,000 FC KooTeePeeKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780 FC ViikingitHelsinkiVuosaaren urheilukenttä4,200 HIFKHelsinkiBrahen kenttä2,000 JIPPOJoensuuJoensuun keskuskenttä2,000 OPSOuluRaatin Stadion6,996 Luiz AntonioPK-35 VantaaVantaaISS Stadion4,500 RoPSRovaniemiRovaniemen keskuskenttä4,000 SJKSeinäjokiSeinäjoen keskuskenttä3,500
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableRoPS Matti HiukkaEnd of contractn/a Kari Virtanen4 November 2011Pre-seasonHIFK Jani HonkavaaraResigned19 October 2011 Juha Moilanen10 January 2012Pre-seasonSJK Christoffer KlooSacked13 August 2012 Jamie Shore (as caretaker)13 August 20124thSJK Jamie ShoreCaretaker1 September 2012 Simo Valakari1 September 20122ndAC Oulu Juha MalinenLoaned by Haka10 September 2012 Rauno Ojanen10 September 20125th
League table
Results
Matches 1–18
Matches 19–27
Statistics Updated to games played on 6 October 2012.
Top scorers Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aleksandr KokkoRoPS152 Toni LehtinenSJK123 Mika LahtinenRoPS11 Ariel NgueukamJIPPO11
See also 2012 Veikkausliiga 2012 Finnish League Cup 2012 Suomen Cup 2012 Kakkonen
References
External links Official site