The 2016 Ykkönen was the 45th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2017 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team had to play a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who wod play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.Ykkönen 2016 | Suomen Palloliitto

Overview

A total of ten teams contested in the league, including six sides from the 2015 season, FF Jaro and KTP who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and GrIFK and KPV who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

MP and VIFK were relegated from 2015 Ykkönen.

PS Kemi, the champion of 2015 Ykkönen and PK-35 Vantaa, the runner-up of 2015 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2016 Veikkausliiga.

ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerAC OuluOuluRaatin Stadion6,996 EIFRaseborgEkenäs Centrumplan2,500 FC JazzPoriPorin Stadion12,000 FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000 GrIFKKauniainenKauniaisten Keskuskenttä700 HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 KPVKokkolaKokkolan Keskuskenttä2,000 KTPKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780 TPSTurkuPaavo Nurmi StadiumTPS:n kotiavaus siirtyy perjantaille 20.5.13,000

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentTableEIF Jens MattfolkEnd of contractn/a Stefan Strömborg27 November 2015Pre-seasonFF Jaro Sacked10 June 2016 Niklas Vidjeskog (as caretaker)10 June 20169thKTP Sami RistiläSacked30 June 2016 Ossi Virta30 June 20168thFC Jazz John AllenMutual termination20 July 2016 Jani Uotinen21 July 201612thFF Jaro Niklas VidjeskogCaretaker28 July 2016 Kristian Heames28 July 20169thKPV Antti YlimäkiSacked30 August 2016 Jarmo Korhonen30 August 20164thEIF Stefan StrömborgMutual termination21 September 2016 Ilkka Marttila22 September 20167th

League table

Results

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–27

Statistics Top scorers Source: palloliitto.fi

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Aristote MbomaAC Oulu172 Jussi AaltoKTP14 Mikko HyyrynenTPS14 Irakli SirbiladzeKPV145 Ilari MettäläTPS126 Elias AhdeFC Jazz / Haka117 Saša JovovićEIF10 Alberto Alvarado MorínFF Jaro109 Daniel SánchezFC Jazz9107 players8173 players7205 players6257 players5328 players44013 players35326 players27934 players1

See also 2016 Veikkausliiga

References

External links Official site