2016 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season2016
PromotedFC Honka
Gnistan
RelegatedFC Futura
FCV
MPS
FC Åland
Atlantis FC
FC Kontu
PPT
FC Santa Claus
Virkiä
2015
2017

A total of 36 teams will contest the league divided into three groups, Lohko A (Group A), Lohko B (Group B) and Lohko C (Group C). 25 returning from the 2015 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group and the best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 22 matches, playing twice against each team of its group.[1]

VIFK and MP were relegated from the 2015 Ykkönen, while KPV and GrIFK were promoted to the 2016 Ykkönen.

ÅIFK, FC Kiisto, FC Myllypuro, I-Kissat, JBK, JIPPO, KaaPo, Kerho 07, Masku, NJS, P-Iirot and PK Keski-Uusimaa were relegated from 2015 Kakkonen.

EsPa, FC Åland, FC Espoo, Hercules, MPS, PEPO, PPT,[2] SC KuFu-98 and Virkiä were promoted from the 2015 Kolmonen.

ESC gave up its place in Kakkonen. The place was taken by FC Kontu.[3]

Groups

Lohko A (Group A)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. FC Futura Porvoo FC Futura
2. FC Lahti Akatemia Lahti FC Kuusysi
3. FCV Jyväskylä FC Vaajakoski
4. Gnistan Helsinki IF Gnistan
5. JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään Palloseura
6. Kultsu FC Lappeenranta Kultsu FC
7. KäPa Helsinki Käpylän Pallo
8. MPS Helsinki Malmin Palloseura Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
9. MP Mikkeli Mikkelin Palloilijat Relegated from 2015 Ykkonen
10. PEPO Lappeenranta PEPO Lappeenranta Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
11. SC KuFu-98 Kuopio Soccer Club Kuopio Futis -98 Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
12. Sudet Kouvola Sudet

Lohko B (Group B)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. Atlantis FC Helsinki Atlantis FC
2. BK-46 Karis Bollklubben-46
3. EsPa Espoo Etelä-Espoon Pallo Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
4. FC Espoo Espoo FC Espoo Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
5. FC Honka Espoo FC Honka
6. FC Kiffen Helsinki FC Kiffen 08
7. FC Kontu Helsinki FC Kontu
8. FC Viikingit Helsinki FC Viikingit Edustus
9. FC Åland Sund, Åland Football Club Åland Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
10. Klubi-04 Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
11. SalPa Salo Salon Palloilijat
12. TPV Tampere Tampereen Pallo-Veikot

Lohko C (Group C)

No. Abbreviated Name Town or Settlement Official Club and Team Name Movements from 2015
1. AC Kajaani Kajaani AC Kajaani
2. FC Jazz 2 Pori FC Jazz 2 Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
3. FC Santa Claus AC Rovaniemi FC Santa Claus Arctic Circle
4. GBK Kokkola Gamlakarleby Bollklubb
5. Närpes Kraft Närpes Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening
6. FC YPA Ylivieska Jalkapalloseura FC YPA
7. Hercules Oulu Jalkapalloseura Hercules Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
8. Virkiä Lapua Lapuan Virkiä Promoted from 2015 Kolmonen
9. MuSa Pori Musan Salama
10. OPS Oulu Oulun Palloseura
11. TP-47 Tornio Tornion Pallo -47
12. VIFK Vaasa Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Vasa Relegated from 2015 Ykkonen

League tables

[4]

Lohko A (Group A)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gnistan (P) 22 15 3 4 45 25 +20 48 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 SC KuFu-98 22 13 4 5 42 23 +19 43
3 MP 22 11 3 8 44 36 +8 36
4 JäPS 22 7 10 5 33 23 +10 31
5 FC Lahti Akatemia 22 8 7 7 31 32 −1 31
6 PEPO 22 9 3 10 39 32 +7 30
7 Kultsu FC 22 9 3 10 30 27 +3 30
8 KäPa 22 8 6 8 27 30 −3 30
9 Sudet 22 7 5 10 32 39 −7 26
10 FC Futura (R) 22 7 3 12 31 48 −17 24 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 FCV (R) 22 5 7 10 31 46 −15 22
12 MPS (R) 22 3 6 13 23 47 −24 15
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Lohko B (Group B)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Honka (P) 22 19 1 2 74 9 +65 58 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 TPV 22 14 3 5 47 22 +25 45
3 BK-46 22 13 2 7 51 35 +16 41
4 FC Espoo 22 11 4 7 41 38 +3 37
5 Klubi 04 22 10 5 7 40 32 +8 35
6 FC Kiffen 22 9 4 9 31 31 0 31
7 SalPa 22 6 7 9 31 33 −2 25
8 FC Viikingit 22 5 8 9 29 37 −8 23
9 EsPa 22 6 4 12 21 55 −34 22
10 FC Åland (R) 22 5 6 11 25 38 −13 21 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 Atlantis FC (R) 22 5 5 12 25 36 −11 20
12 FC Kontu (R) 22 2 5 15 20 69 −49 11
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Lohko C (Group C)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 OPS 22 15 3 4 70 31 +39 48 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 MuSa 22 15 3 4 51 18 +33 48
3 AC Kajaani 22 14 3 5 84 24 +60 45
4 GBK 22 12 4 6 60 25 +35 40
5 TP-47 22 11 4 7 37 34 +3 37
6 FC YPA 22 10 3 9 40 36 +4 33
7 Närpes Kraft 22 9 4 9 39 39 0 31
8 Hercules 22 8 4 10 39 41 −2 28
9 VIFK 22 8 3 11 37 35 +2 27
10 PPT (R) 22 7 4 11 40 43 −3 25 Relegation to Kolmonen
11 FC Santa Claus AC (R) 22 2 2 18 24 102 −78 8
12 Virkiä (R) 22 2 1 19 23 116 −93 7
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Runner-up teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the runners-up. The best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C MuSa 22 15 3 4 51 18 +33 48 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 B TPV 22 14 3 5 47 22 +25 45
3 A SC KuFu-98 22 13 4 5 42 23 +19 43
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion play-offs

Group winners and the best runner-up will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2017.[5]

Group winners

The best runner-up
MuSa

First leg

MuSa1–0Gnistan
Miftari 82' Report
Musan kenttä, Pori
Attendance: 1,630

Honka2–2OPS
Douglas Silveira 14'
Liikonen 55'
Report Venício Ferreira 6'
Nzekwe 20'
Attendance: 2,087

Second leg

Gnistan1–0MuSa
Jeng 59' Report
Penalties
Dudu soccer ball with check mark
Kaukomaa soccer ball with check mark
Nyholm soccer ball with red X
Gerxhaliu soccer ball with check mark
Strandvall soccer ball with check mark
4–3 soccer ball with red X Vainionpää
soccer ball with check mark Junnila
soccer ball with red X Salo
soccer ball with check mark Salminen
soccer ball with check mark Miftari
Oulunkylän urheilupuisto, Helsinki
Attendance: 881

1–1 on aggregate. Gnistan won 4–3 on penalties.


OPS1–2FC Honka
Belov 45' Report Jean Silva 6' (pen.)
Ivanov 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 591

FC Honka won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

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