2025 Ykkösliiga

Ykkösliiga
Season2025
Dates21 April 2025 – TBD 2025
Matches played55
Goals scored184 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorerStanislav Baranov (7)
Biggest home winPK-35 4–0 KäPa
(18 May 2025)
Biggest away winJäPS 0–6 TPS
(2 May 2025)
Highest scoringKlubi 04 4–6 JäPS
(23 April 2025)
SJK Akatemia 5–3 KäPa (18 June 2025)
2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2025.

The 2025 Ykkösliiga is the second season of the Ykkösliiga, the second highest league in the Finnish football league system. The season began on 21 April 2025.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, one team promoted from the Ykkönen, and two teams relegated from the Veikkausliiga.

Team changes

The promoted team was the 2024 Ykkönen champions Klubi 04. They replaced the 2024 Ykkösliiga bottom-placed team MP.

The relegated teams were the 2024 Veikkausliiga bottom-placed team Ekenäs IF and Veikkausliiga play-off losers Lahti. They replaced the 2024 Ykkösliiga champions KTP and Veikkausliiga play-off winners Jaro.

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2025 Ykkösliiga
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 1,400 Christian Sund
JIPPO Joensuu Mehtimäki 1,000 Mikko Hallikainen
JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään keskuskenttä 2,000 Teemu Kankkunen
Klubi 04 Helsinki Bolt Arena 10,770 Aleksi Lalli
KäPa Helsinki Brahenkenttä 1,200 Lari Lummepuro
Lahti Lahti Lahti Stadium 7,465 Gonçalo Pereira
PK-35 Helsinki Mustapekka Areena 2,200 Tiago Santos
SalPa Salo Salon Urheilupuisto 2,500 Ilkka Virtanen
SJK Akatemia Seinäjoki OmaSP Stadion 5,817 Ash Civil
TPS Turku Veritas Stadion 9,372 Ivan Piñol

Season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lahti 13 10 2 1 24 13 +11 32 Promotion to the Veikkausliiga
2 TPS 13 10 1 2 37 23 +14 31 Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off
3 EIF 13 7 3 3 24 17 +7 24
4 Klubi 04 12 6 2 4 28 22 +6 20
5 PK-35 13 5 4 4 19 15 +4 17[a]
6 JIPPO 13 3 5 5 17 19 −2 14
7 JäPS 13 3 5 5 23 31 −8 14
8 SJK Akatemia 13 3 3 7 23 23 0 12
9 KäPa 13 2 2 9 22 42 −20 8 Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off
10 SalPa 12 0 3 9 9 21 −12 3 Relegation to the Ykkönen
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2025. 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 teams for promotion or relegation).
Notes:
  1. ^ PK-35 were deducted two points for failing to fulfill the league license criteria.[1]


Results

Home \ Away EIF JIP JÄP KLU KÄP LAH PK SAL SJK TPS
EIF 1–1 4–2 3–4 4–2 0–1 2–0
JIPPO 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
JäPS 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–3 2–2 0–6
Klubi 04 2–2 4–6 0–2 1–1 3–2 3–1
KäPa 1–3 1–1 0–5 3–1 0–3 4–2
Lahti 3–2 2–0 2–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 1–0
PK-35 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–3
SalPa 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2
SJK Akatemia 0–1 3–1 1–2 5–3 1–1 3–4
TPS 2–0 2–1 4–2 4–2 2–2 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Ref
May Stanislav Baranov (Klubi 04) [4]
June Tuomas Pippola (TPS) [5]

See also

References