The 2018 Ykkönen was the 47th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 28 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018. The winning team was directly promoted to the 2019 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team played a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who would play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.
Overview
A total of ten teams contested in the league, including five sides from the 2017 season, HIFK and JJK who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and Klubi 04 and AC Kajaani who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
OPS, who was refused a license for Ykkönen, was replaced by FC KTP.Miesten Ykkösen lisenssipäätökset kaudelle 2018
GrIFK and Gnistan were relegated from 2017 Ykkönen.
TPS, the champion of 2017 Ykkönen and FC Honka, the runner-up of 2017 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2018 Veikkausliiga.
ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerAC KajaaniKajaaniKajaanin Liikuntapuisto1,000 AC OuluOuluRaatin Stadion6,996 EIFRaseborgEkenäs Centrumplan2,500 FC HakaValkeakoskiTehtaan kenttä3,516 FC KTPKotkaArto Tolsa Areena4,780 FF JaroJakobstadJakobstads Centralplan5,000 HIFKHelsinkiTelia 5G -areena10,770 JJKJyväskyläHarjun stadion3,000 Klubi 04HelsinkiTelia 5G -areena10,770 KPVKokkolaKokkolan Keskuskenttä2,000
League table
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