# 2024 Ykkönen

The 2024 Ykkönen was the 53rd season of Ykkönen, the third highest football league in Finland. The season began on 12 April 2024 and ended on 19 October 2024. It was the first season of the Ykkönen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, after it was demoted due to formation of the new second-tier Ykkösliiga.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| Atlantis FC | Helsinki | Pukinmäen liikuntapuisto | 500 | Tiago Santos |
| EPS | Espoo | Espoonlahden urheilupuisto | | Sven Pierre Aumaitre |
| FC Jazz | Pori | Pori Stadium | 12,300 | Ville Ulanen |
| FC Vaajakoski | Vaajakoski, Jyväskylä | Panda Areena | 1,000 | Antti Neuvonen |
| JJK Jyväskylä | Jyväskylä | Harjun stadion | 7,000 | Brian Page |
| Klubi 04 | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | 10,770 | Aleksi Lalli |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan keskuskenttä | 3,000 | Jyrki Ahola |
| KuPS II | Kuopio | Väre Areena | 5,000 | Juho Neuvonen |
| AC Oulu/OLS | Oulu | Castrén | 1,000 | Mikko Isokangas |
| PK Keski-Uusimaa | Tuusula, Kerava, Järvenpää | Kalevan Urheilupuisto, Kerava | 2,500 | Rami Hakanpää |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 2,800 | Jari Alamäki |
| Vasa IFK | Vaasa | Hietalahti Stadium | 6,009 | Max Peltonen |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Klubi 04 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 50 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 2 | KPV | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 47 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 3 | OLS | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 4 | Atlantis | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 37 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 5 | Jazz | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 31 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 6 | RoPS | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 30 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 7 | PKKU | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | JJK | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 9 | EPS | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 10 | KuPS Akatemia | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 11 | VIFK | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 12 | Vaajakoski | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 9 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATL | EPS | JAZ | JJK | KLU | KPV | KPS | OLS | PKK | RPS | VAA | VIF |
| Atlantis | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| EPS | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Jazz | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| JJK | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Klubi 04 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 9–3 |
| KPV | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| KuPS Akatemia | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| OLS | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| PKKU | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| RoPS | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| Vaajakoski | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| VIFK | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |

## 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 Ykkösliiga, whilst the runners-up enter a two-legged playoff against the second to last team in the 2024 Ykkösliiga for promotion.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Klubi 04 (C, P) | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 59 | Promotion to the Ykkösliiga |
| 2 | KPV | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the Ykkösliiga play-off |
| 3 | OLS | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 48 | |
| 4 | Atlantis | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 47 | |
| 5 | RoPS | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Jazz | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 34 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATL | JAZ | KLU | KPV | OLS | RPS |
| Atlantis | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| Jazz | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| Klubi 04 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | — | 5–3 | — |
| KPV | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | — | 3–1 |
| OLS | 4–4 | 5–3 | — | 0–3 | — | — |
| RoPS | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | — |

## Relegation Round

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

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | JJK | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 40 | |
| 2 | PKKU | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 38 | |
| 3 | EPS | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 34 | |
| 4 | KuPS Akatemia | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 27 | |
| 5 | VIFK (R) | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 22 | Relegation to the Kakkonen |
| 6 | Vaajakoski (R) | 27 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 11 | Relegation to the Kakkonen |

### Results

| Home \ Away | EPS | JJK | KPS | PKK | VAA | VIF |
| EPS | — | — | 3–2 | 4–5 | — | 3–2 |
| JJK | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–4 |
| KuPS Akatemia | — | — | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | — |
| PKKU | — | 1–2 | — | — | 5–1 | 3–4 |
| Vaajakoski | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | — | — | — |
| VIFK | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | — |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Ricardo Cardoso | KPV |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Maciej Raniowski | KPV |
| Defender of the Year | Nils Svensson | Klubi 04 |
| Midfielder of the Year | Abraham Okyere | KPV |
| Striker of the Year | Ricardo Cardoso | KPV |