The 2020 Kansallinen Liiga was the 14th season of the Naisten Liiga, the top flight women's division of the Finnish football league system and the 1st season of the Kansallinen Liiga after its change of name. Åland United were the champions after 18 rounds of matches.
Teams The season featured 10 teams.PK-35 Vantaa were promoted from the 2019 Naisten Ykkönen as league winners while PK-35 (women) were promoted after defeating IK Myran at the 2019 playoff. IK Myran and ONS were relegated from the previous season.
Club Location Home ground Head coach FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Rosa Lappi-Seppälä Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK) HelsinkiTelia 5G Arena Jonne Kunnas Ilves Tampere Tammela Stadion Mika Lahtinen Jyväskylän Pallokerho (JyPK) JyväskyläHarjun Stadion Tuomas Jaakkola Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Ollipekka OjalaPK-35 Helsinki (PK-35)HelsinkiMagneCit Arena Rami RantanenPK-35 VantaaVantaaMyyrmäen jalkapallostadion Jari VäisänenTikkurilan Palloseura (TiPS) Vantaa Tikkurilan urheilupuisto Pauliina Miettinen Turun Palloseura (TPS) TurkuTurun urheilupuisto Sami Haltia Åland United LemlandWiklöf Holding Arena Samuel Fagerholm Source: Suomen Palloliitto (Finnish Football Association)
Format The 10 teams played each other twice. At the end of the season, the ninth placed team played the Ykkönen second placed team in a Promotion/relegation play-off. The winner of the league also earns the right to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Regular season
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs The ninth placed team, JyPK engaged the Ykkönen runners-up, VIFK in a two-legged play-off to decide if they will remain in the league. First leg
Second leg
JyPK won 7–1 on aggregate and remained in the league.
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gentjana RochiKuPS162 Aino KrögerKuPS123 Amanda RantanenPK-35 Helsinki104 Henna HonkanenJyPK85 Wilma ForsblomPK-35 Vantaa7 Ode FulutudiluÅland United Nora LehtoTiPS Dana LeskinenFC Honka9 Roosa AriyoTiPS6 Lavdie BegolliKuPS
References
External links 2020 season at Kansallinenliiga Liiga Soccerway at Soccerway.com