2018 Ykkönen


The 2018 Ykkönen was the 47th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season started on 28 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018. The winning team will qualify directly for promotion to the 2019 Veikkausliiga, the second has to play a play-off against the eleventh team from Veikkausliiga to decide who will play in that division. The bottom 2 teams will qualify directly for relegation 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.
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.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManager
AC 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