# 2023 Ykkönen

The 2023 Ykkönen was the 52nd season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 14 April 2023 and ended on 7 October 2023. It was the final season of the Ykkönen serving as the second-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to third-tier.
Twelve teams contested the league. The champions (EIF) and runners-up (Gnistan) were promoted to the 2024 Veikkausliiga. The second, third, and fourth-placed teams (Gnistan, MP, and SJK Akatemia) qualified for the Veikkausliiga play-off. The bottom two teams (JJK and KPV) were relegated to the 2024 Ykkönen. The sixth-placed team (HIFK) dissolved after the season finished due to bankruptcy, giving the tenth-placed team (KäPa) a reprieve from relegation. The remaining teams were transferred to the 2024 Ykkösliiga.
The 2024 Ykkönen will represent the new third-tier level season of Finnish football.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2022 Kakkonen | Promoted to 2023 Veikkausliiga | Relegated from 2022 Veikkausliiga | Relegated to 2023 Kakkonen |
| JJK KäPa SalPa | KTP | HIFK | PEPO PIF PK-35 Vantaa |

### Participants

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| EIF | Raseborg | Ekenäs Centrumplan | 800 |
| Gnistan | Helsinki | Mustapekka Areena | 1,100 |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Bolt Arena | 10,770 |
| JäPS | Järvenpää | Järvenpään keskuskenttä | 2,000 |
| Jaro | Jakobstad | Jakobstads Centralplan | 5,000 |
| JJK | Jyväskylä | Harjun Stadion | 5,000 |
| KäPa | Helsinki | Brahenkenttä | 1,200 |
| KPV | Kokkola | Kokkolan keskuskenttä | 3,000 |
| MP | Mikkeli | Mikkelin Urheilupuisto | 7,000 |
| SalPa | Salo | Salon Urheilupuisto | 750 |
| SJK Akatemia | Seinäjoki | OmaSP Stadion | 5,817 |
| TPS | Turku | Veritas Stadion | 8,076 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | EIF | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 48 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 2 | Gnistan | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 48 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 3 | MP | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 4 | TPS | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 40 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 5 | SJK Akatemia | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 6 | HIFK | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 30 | Qualification for the Promotion Round |
| 7 | SalPa | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | JäPS | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 9 | Jaro | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 10 | KäPa | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 11 | KPV | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 12 | JJK | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | EIF | GNI | HIF | JÁP | JAR | JJK | KÁP | KPV | MP | SAI | SJK | TPS |
| EIF | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Gnistan | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 0–3 |
| HIFK | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| JäPS | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Jaro | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| JJK | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| KäPa | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| KPV | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| MP | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| SalPa | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| SJK Akatemia | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| TPS | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — |

## Promotion Round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | EIF (C, P) | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 61 | Promotion to the Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | Gnistan (P) | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 57 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off semi-finals and promotion to the Veikkausliiga |
| 3 | MP | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off quarter-finals |
| 4 | SJK Akatemia | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 44 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | TPS | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | HIFK | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 37 | Club folded |
* ↑ Despite losing the Veikkausliiga play-off final, Gnistan were promoted after Honka were demoted from the Veikkausliiga due to financial issues.

### Results

| Home \ Away | EIF | GNI | HIF | MP | SJK | TPS |
| EIF | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| Gnistan | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| HIFK | — | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | — | — |
| MP | 0–2 | — | — | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| SJK Akatemia | — | — | 3–2 | — | — | 2–2 |
| TPS | 1–3 | — | 1–3 | — | — | — |

## Relegation Round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | SalPa | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 31 | |
| 2 | JäPS | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 31 | |
| 3 | Jaro | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 31 | |
| 4 | KäPa | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 27 | |
| 5 | KPV (R) | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to the 2024 Ykkönen |
| 6 | JJK (R) | 27 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 16 | Relegation to the 2024 Ykkönen |
* ↑ KäPa were reprieved from relegation after HIFK dissolved due to bankruptcy.

### Results

| Home \ Away | JÁP | JAR | JJK | KÁP | KPV | SAI |
| JäPS | — | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | — |
| Jaro | — | — | — | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| JJK | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | — | — | — |
| KäPa | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| KPV | — | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
| SalPa | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | — |