2021 Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Season	2021
Champions	VPS
Promoted	VPS
Relegated	Klubi 04 MuSa Jippo
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Ykkönen was the 50th season of Ykkönen in its current format as the second tier of Finnish football since its inception in 1973. The season began on 5 May 2021 and ended on 23 October 2021.

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league. Following the 2020 season, AC Oulu (champions) and KPT were promoted to the Veikkausliiga. They were replaced by TPS and RoPS, who were relegated from the first tier. Kajaani, SJK Akatemia and MYPA were relegated to Kakkonen and replaced by the 2020 Kakkonen champions, Klubi 04, JIPPO and PK35.

Stadiums and locations

Ekenäs IF

FF Jaro

Gnistan

JIPPO

Klubi 04

KPV

MP

Musan Salama

PK35

RoPS

TPS

VPS

Location of teams in 2021 Ykkönen

The following teams are participating in the 2021 Ykkönen season.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Ekenäs IF	Ekenäs	Ekenäs Sparbank Arena	2,500	Guillem Santesmases
FF Jaro	Jakobstad	Jakobstads Centralplan	5,000	Niklas Vidjeskog
Gnistan	Helsinki	Mustapekka Areena	1,000	Jussi Leppälahti
JIPPO	Joensuu	Keskuskenttä (Joensuu)	1,000	Mika Nuutinen
Klubi 04	Helsinki	Bolt Arena	10,770	Mika Lehkosuo
KPV	Kokkola	Kokkolan keskuskenttä	3,000	Janne Hyppönen
MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto	7,000	Juha Pasoja
MuSa	Pori	Porin Stadion	12,300	Mika Lähderinne
PK-35	Vantaa	Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion	4,700	Jari Pyykölä
RoPS	Rovaniemi	Rovaniemen keskuskenttä	2,803	Jari Ilola
TPS	Turku	Veritas Stadion	9,372	Jonatan Johansson
VPS	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	4,600	Jussi Nuorela

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	RoPS	22	12	6	4	39	25	+14	42	Qualification for the Promotion Round
2	TPS	22	11	7	4	32	18	+14	40
3	VPS	22	11	6	5	39	27	+12	39
4	FF Jaro	22	9	7	6	31	24	+7	34
5	EIF	22	8	6	8	40	33	+7	30
6	Gnistan	22	9	3	10	30	31	−1	30
7	PK-35	22	8	6	8	26	30	−4	30	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	KPV	22	7	8	7	26	25	+1	29
9	MP	22	6	7	9	29	35	−6	25
10	JIPPO	22	6	3	13	15	28	−13	21
11	MuSa	22	4	9	9	22	41	−19	21
12	Klubi 04	22	6	2	14	26	38	−12	20

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results

Home \ Away	EIF	JAR	GNS	JIP	KLU	KPV	MIP	MUA	PKK	RPS	TPS	VPS
EIF	—	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–3
FF Jaro	1–1	—	2–2	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1
Gnistan	0–3	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–0	2–0
JIPPO	2–0	0–2	1–4	—	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1
Klubi 04	5–3	0–1	0–3	0–1	—	0–2	3–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–0
KPV	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
MP	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–3
MuSa	2–6	1–5	2–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	0–2	3–0
PK-35	2–3	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–3	0–0	2–2
RoPS	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	0–1	3–2
TPS	1–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–3	—	1–1
VPS	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Round

The top six from the regular season enter the Promotion Round and play each other for the third time. The winner qualifies directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga, whilst the runners-up enter a two-legged playoff against the second to last team in the 2021 Veikkausliiga for promotion.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	VPS (C, P)	27	15	6	6	50	30	+20	51	Promotion to the Veikkausliiga
2	RoPS	27	14	6	7	50	36	+14	48	Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off
3	TPS	27	13	8	6	40	25	+15	47
4	FF Jaro	27	12	7	8	39	34	+5	43
5	EIF	27	10	7	10	45	38	+7	37
6	Gnistan	27	10	3	14	36	44	−8	33

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	EIF	JAR	GNS	RPS	TPS	VPS
EIF	—	0–1	2–0	—	—	—
FF Jaro	—	—	2–0	3–6	—	—
Gnistan	—	—	—	—	1–2	1–4
RoPS	1–2	—	3–4	—	1–0	—
TPS	1–1	4–1	—	—	—	1–3
VPS	2–0	0–1	—	2–0	—	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

The bottom six from the regular season enter the Relegation Round and play each other for the third time. The bottom three sides are relegated to the Kakkonen.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	KPV	27	11	8	8	35	30	+5	41
2	PK-35	27	11	6	10	34	37	−3	39
3	MP	27	8	7	12	39	44	−5	31
4	Klubi 04 (R)	27	9	2	16	39	42	−3	29	Relegation to the Kakkonen
5	MuSa (R)	27	6	9	12	30	55	−25	27
6	JIPPO (R)	27	7	3	17	18	40	−22	24

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	JIP	KLU	KPV	MIP	MUA	PKK
JIPPO	—	0–6	—	—	—	2–0
Klubi 04	—	—	1–2	2–0	—	—
KPV	1–0	—	—	2–1	4–1	—
MP	2–0	—	—	—	5–2	2–3
MuSa	3–1	0–3	—	—	—	—
PK-35	—	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.