2015 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season 2015
2014
2016

A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the 2014 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group and the worst seventh-placed will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.[1]

FC Viikingit and JIPPO were relegated from the 2014 Ykkönen, while EIF, MP, PS Kemi and VIFK were promoted to the 2015 Ykkönen.

FC Espoo, FC Hämeenlinna, FC Viikkarit, JBK, OLS, PK-37, SC KuFu-98, SOVO and Sporting were relegated from 2014 Kakkonen.

ESC, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, FC Santa Claus AC, FCV, KaaPo, MuSa, NJS and Sudet were promoted from the 2014 Kolmonen.

Stadia and locations

Helsinki
Location of the 2014 Kakkonen teams. Eteläinen (Southern) are red dots, Pohjoinen (Northern) are green dots, Läntinen (Western) are blue dots while Itäinen (Eastern) are pink dots.

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Honka 27 22 4 1 56 11+45 70 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 Gnistan 27 13 7 7 44 31+13 46
3 KäPa 27 11 8 8 45 32+13 41
4 TPV 27 11 5 11 42 37+5 38
5 JäPS 27 11 5 11 36 415 38
6 FCV 27 10 6 11 31 365 36
7 Atlantis FC 27 9 8 10 34 417 35
8 PK Keski-Uusimaa (R) 27 9 7 11 39 36+3 34 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 I-Kissat (R) 27 6 7 14 33 385 25
10 NJS (R) 27 2 5 20 23 8057 11

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Pohjoinen (Northern)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 KPV 27 18 4 5 63 35+28 58 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 FC YPA 27 17 3 7 57 30+27 54
3 AC Kajaani 27 13 6 8 46 31+15 45
4 OPS 27 12 3 12 40 455 39
5 GBK 27 11 5 11 42 39+3 38
6 TP-47 27 11 5 11 31 310 38
7 FC Santa Claus AC 27 12 2 13 43 5613 38
8 JBK (R) 27 9 5 13 38 446 32 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 Kerho 07 (R) 27 9 4 14 40 5313 31
10 FC Kiisto (R) 27 2 5 20 22 5836 11

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Läntinen (Western)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 GrIFK 27 20 3 4 78 32+46 63 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 MuSa 27 15 4 8 51 30+21 49
3 SalPa 27 11 7 9 35 361 40
4 ESC 27 11 6 10 31 30+1 39
5 BK-46 28 11 7 10 41 465 40
6 Närpes Kraft 27 10 4 13 52 51+1 34
7 Masku (R) 27 10 4 13 28 4113 34
8 P-Iirot (R) 27 8 6 13 50 44+6 30 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 ÅIFK (R) 27 8 6 13 35 5621 30
10 KaaPo (R) 27 7 3 17 32 6735 24

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Itäinen (Eastern)

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Klubi 04 24 13 7 4 46 17+29 46 Promotion Playoffs to the Ykkönen
2 Kultsu FC 24 12 8 4 49 34+15 44
3 FC Viikingit 24 10 6 8 43 31+12 36
4 FC Futura 24 11 3 10 41 40+1 36
5 Sudet 24 11 2 11 35 31+4 35
6 FC Kiffen 24 9 6 9 24 306 33
7 FC Lahti Akatemia 24 9 5 10 48 36+12 32
8 JIPPO (R) 24 7 8 9 38 34+4 29 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 FC Myllypuro (R) 24 2 3 19 25 9469 9

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2016.[2]

Group winners
Eteläinen (Southern): FC Honka
Pohjoinen (Northern): KPV
Läntinen (Western): GrIFK
Itäinen (Eastern): Klubi-04

First leg

10 October 2015
KPV 1 – 0 FC Honka
Mendy  9'
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
Attendance: 2,125

10 October 2015
GrIFK 5 – 1 Klubi-04
Matrone  30', 41' (pen.)
Meyer  43', 45+1'
Britschgi  82'
Lappalainen  12'

Second leg

17 October 2015
FC Honka 1 – 1 KPV
Dos Santos  23' Byskata  9'
Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo
Attendance: 2,074

KPV won 2–1 on aggregate.


17 October 2015
Klubi-04 0 – 3 GrIFK
Meyer  29'
D. Langhoff  40'
Matrone  84'
Sonera Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 248

GrIFK won 8–1 on aggregate.

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the seventh-placed teams. The worst seventh-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen. The worst seventh-placed team will be determined by point average, because of uneven amount of teams in groups.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Santa Claus AC 27 12 2 13 43 5613 38
2 FC Lahti Akatemia 24 9 5 10 48 36+12 32
3 Atlantis FC 27 9 8 10 34 417 35
4 Masku 27 10 4 13 28 4113 34 Relegation to Kolmonen

Updated to games played on 3 October 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

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