# 2011 Ykkönen

The Ykkönen 2011 season began on 28 April 2011 and ended on 22 October 2011.
The winner team will qualify directly for promotion to Veikkausliiga 2012. The bottom 4 teams will qualify directly for relegation to Kakkonen.

## Overview

A total of thirteen teams will contest in the league, including ten sides from the 2010 season, FC Lahti who was relegated from Veikkausliiga, AC Oulu who was refused a license for Veikkausliiga and HIFK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| FC Espoo | Espoo | Leppävaaran stadion | 5,000 | Jussi Nuorela |
| FC Hämeenlinna | Hämeenlinna | Kaurialan kenttä | 8,000 | Jussi Lempinen |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Brahen kenttä | 2,000 | Jani Honkavaara |
| JIPPO | Joensuu | Joensuun keskuskenttä | 2,000 | Jarmo Korhonen |
| FC KooTeePee | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Janne Hyppönen |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan keskuskenttä | 3,000 | Henri Myntti |
| FC Lahti | Lahti | Lahden kisapuisto | 4,000 | Tommi Kautonen |
| OPS | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Luiz Antonio |
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Juha Malinen |
| PK-35 Vantaa | Vantaa | ISS Stadion | 4,500 | Pasi Pihamaa |
| FC PoPa | Pori | Porin Stadion | 12,000 | Tero Suonperä |
| PS Kemi | Kemi | Sauvosaari | 1,500 | Juhani Himanka |
| FC Viikingit | Helsinki | Vuosaaren urheilukenttä | 4,200 | Ilkka Jäntti |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| KPV | Keijo Hautamäki | Resigned | 18 June 2011 | 10th | Henri Myntti | 4 July 2011 | 12th |
| FC PoPa | Mika Halmetniemi | Sacked | 4 July 2011 | 13th | Tero Suonperä | 8 July 2011 | 13th |
| PS Kemi | Kalle Huusko | Sacked | 9 August 2011 | 12th | Juhani Himanka | 9 August 2011 | 12th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Lahti (C, P) | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 52 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | OPS | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 49 | |
| 3 | AC Oulu | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 48 | |
| 4 | PK-35 Vantaa | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 44 | |
| 5 | FC Viikingit | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 43 | |
| 6 | FC KooTeePee | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 41 | |
| 7 | FC Hämeenlinna | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 33 | |
| 8 | JIPPO | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 30 | |
| 9 | HIFK | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 29 | |
| 10 | PS Kemi (R) | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 11 | FC PoPa (R) | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 19 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 12 | KPV (R) | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 16 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 13 | FC Espoo (R) | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 56 | −37 | 14 | Relegation to Kakkonen |

## Results

| Home \ Away | FCE | HÄM | HIFK | JIP | KTP | KPV | LAH | OPS | ACO | PKV | POP | PSK | VII |
| FC Espoo | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| FC Hämeenlinna | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| HIFK | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| JIPPO | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| FC KooTeePee | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| KPV | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| FC Lahti | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| OPS | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| AC Oulu | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| FC PoPa | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 4–2 | 1–5 |
| PS Kemi | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 |
| FC Viikingit | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Statistics

Updated to games played on 22 October 2011.

### Top scorers

Source: soccerway.com
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ville Salmikivi | FC Viikingit | 20 |
| 2 | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | AC Oulu | 16 |
| 3 | Jukka Santala | FC KooTeePee | 13 |
| 4 | Dritan Stafsula | AC Oulu | 12 |
| 5 | Luizao | OPS | 10 |
| 5 | Aleksi Ristola | PK-35 Vantaa | 10 |
| 5 | Joni Korhonen | FC Viikingit | 10 |
| 6 | Luis Vanderlei | OPS | 9 |
| 6 | Drilon Shala | FC Lahti | 9 |