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Football league season
Kakkonen
Season2023
ChampionsPK-35 Vantaa
PromotedAtlantis (to Ykkönen)
EPS (to Ykkönen)
Jazz Pori (to Ykkönen)
JIPPO (to Ykkösliiga)
Klubi 04 (to Ykkönen)
OLS (to Ykkönen)
PK Keski-Uusimaa (to Ykkönen)
PK-35 Vantaa (to Ykkösliiga)
RoPS (to Ykkönen)
VIFK (to Ykkönen)
RelegatedFutura
Hercules
JBK
PIF
SexyPöxyt
TiPS
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Kakkonen was the 51st season of Kakkonen, the third-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 21 April 2023 and ended on 8 October 2023. It was the final season of the Kakkonen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to fourth-tier.

The three groups winners and the highest-ranked runner up qualified for the Kakkonen Championship play-offs, with the winners (PK-35 Vantaa) and runners-up (JIPPO) being promoted to the 2024 Ykkösliiga.

The second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams in each group (minus the highest-ranked runner-up) qualified for the Kakkonen play-offs; the five winners (Atlantis, Klubi 04, PK Keski-Uusimaa, RoPS, and VIFK) joined the highest-ranked runner-up (Jazz Pori), the two losing semi-final teams from the Kakkonen Championship play-offs (EPS and OLS), and the two teams relegated from the 2023 Ykkönen (JJK and KPV) in the 2024 Ykkönen.

The bottom two teams in each group (Futura, Hercules, JBK, PIF, SexyPöxyt, and TiPS) were relegated to the 2024 Kolmonen.

Teams

The league consisted of thirty-six teams (twenty-seven returning from the previous season, six promoted from Kolmonen, and three relegated from Ykkönen), split into three equal groups (A, B, and C).

Team changes

Promoted from
2022 Kolmonen 		Promoted to
2023 Ykkönen 		Relegated from
2022 Ykkönen 		Relegated to
2023 Kolmonen
Atlantis 2
Elo Kuopio
Pallo-Iirot
SexyPöxyt
TiPS
TP-47 		JJK
KäPa
SalPa 		PEPO
PIF
PK-35 		KaaPo
KajHa
Komeetat
LaPa
MuSa
PeKa
VJS

Group A

Team Town
Atlantis 2 Helsinki
Futura Porvoo
JIPPO Joensuu
Kiffen Helsinki
Klubi 04 Helsinki
NJS Nurmijärvi
PEPO Lappeenranta
PK Keski-Uusimaa Järvenpää, Kerava and Tuusula
PK-35 Vantaa
PPJ Helsinki
Reipas Lahti Lahti
TiPS Tikkurila

Group B

Team Name Town
Atlantis Helsinki
EPS Espoonlahti
GrIFK Kauniainen
HJS Hämeenlinna
Honka Akatemia Espoo
Ilves 2 Tampere
Ilves-Kissat Tampere
Jazz Pori Pori
Pallo-Iirot Rauma
PIF Pargas
SexyPöxyt Laaksolahti
Tampere United Tampere

Group C

Team Name Town
Elo Kuopio Kuopio
GBK Kokkola Kokkola
Hercules Oulu
JBK Jakobstad
KuPS Akatemia Kuopio
Närpes Kraft Närpes
OLS Oulu
OTP Oulu
RoPS Rovaniemi
TP-47 Tornio
Vaajakoski Vaajakoski
VIFK Vaasa

League tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 JIPPO (P) 22 15 3 4 56 19 +37 48 Qualification for the Kakkonen Championship play-offs and promotion to the Ykkösliiga
2 PK-35 (C, O, P) 22 14 6 2 49 21 +28 48
3 Klubi 04 (O, P) 22 13 5 4 41 16 +25 44 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
4 Reipas Lahti 22 8 8 6 31 25 +6 32 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs
5 PK Keski-Uusimaa (O, P) 22 9 5 8 44 39 +5 32 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
6 NJS 22 9 3 10 34 30 +4 30
7 PEPO 22 9 3 10 45 44 +1 30
8 Atlantis 2 22 6 9 7 20 32 −12 27
9 PPJ 22 7 5 10 43 41 +2 26
10 Kiffen 22 7 5 10 21 33 −12 26
11 Futura (R) 22 5 4 13 30 58 −28 19 Relegation to the Kolmonen
12 TiPS (R) 22 0 4 18 20 76 −56 4
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Despite losing the Kakkonen Championship play-off final, JIPPO were promoted to the Ykkösliiga after Gnistan were promoted to the Veikkausliiga to replace Honka and KäPa were given a reprieve in the Ykkönen to replace HIFK.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 EPS (P) 22 15 3 4 50 20 +30 48 Qualification for Kakkonen Championship play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
2 Jazz Pori (P) 22 14 3 5 63 31 +32 45 Promotion to the Ykkönen
3 Ilves-Kissat 22 13 4 5 53 43 +10 43 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs
4 Atlantis (O, P) 22 13 2 7 54 30 +24 41 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
5 Tampere United 22 11 4 7 40 32 +8 37 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs
6 GrIFK 22 10 5 7 39 40 −1 35
7 Honka Akatemia 22 9 5 8 39 42 −3 32
8 Pallo-Iirot 22 10 0 12 37 34 +3 30
9 Ilves 2 22 6 2 14 28 50 −22 20
10 HJS 22 5 3 14 28 45 −17 18
11 SexyPöxyt (R) 22 4 4 14 20 51 −31 16 Relegation to the Kolmonen
12 PIF (R) 22 3 3 16 25 58 −33 12
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 OLS (P) 22 13 6 3 53 22 +31 45 Qualification for the Kakkonen Championship play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
2 Vaajakoski 22 13 6 3 43 17 +26 45 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs
3 RoPS (O, P) 22 12 3 7 42 37 +5 39 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
4 KuPS Akatemia 22 11 4 7 33 27 +6 37 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs
5 VIFK (O, P) 22 10 4 8 36 31 +5 34 Qualification for the Kakkonen play-offs and promotion to the Ykkönen
6 OTP 22 10 3 9 37 33 +4 33
7 GBK Kokkola 22 8 7 7 33 41 −8 31
8 TP-47 22 8 4 10 35 35 0 28
9 Närpes Kraft 22 6 7 9 30 37 −7 25
10 Elo Kuopio 22 5 4 13 24 39 −15 19
11 Hercules (R) 22 5 4 13 23 48 −25 19 Relegation to the Kolmonen
12 JBK (R) 22 2 6 14 26 48 −22 12
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Kakkonen play-offs

The second to fifth teams in each group (minus the highest ranked runner-up) competed in play-off matches, with the five winners earning promotion to the 2024 Ykkönen.

First leg

Reipas Lahti (4th, Group A) v RoPS (3rd, Group C)
14 October 2023 Reipas Lahti (4th, Group A) 2–3 RoPS (3rd, Group C)
11:00 BST
VIFK (5th, Group C) v Ilves-Kissat (3rd, Group B)
14 October 2023 VIFK (5th, Group C) 0–0 Ilves-Kissat (3rd, Group B)
16:00 BST
KuPS Akatemia (4th, Group C) v Atlantis (4th, Group B)
15 October 2023 KuPS Akatemia (4th, Group C) 0–3 Atlantis (4th, Group B)
15:00 BST
PK Keski-Uusimaa (5th, Group A) v Vaajakoski (2nd, Group C)
21 October 2023 PK Keski-Uusimaa (5th, Group A) 4–1 Vaajakoski (2nd, Group C)
11:00 BST
Tampere United (5th, Group B) v Klubi 04 (3rd, Group A)
21 October 2023 Tampere United (5th, Group B) 2–1 Klubi 04 (3rd, Group A)
14:00 BST

Second leg

RoPS (3rd, Group C) v Reipas Lahti (4th, Group A)
21 October 2023 RoPS (3rd, Group C) 1–1
(4–3 agg.)		Reipas Lahti (4th, Group A)
12:00 BST
Ilves-Kissat (3rd, Group B) v VIFK (5th, Group C)
22 October 2023 Ilves-Kissat (3rd, Group B)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(1–4 p)		 VIFK (5th, Group C)
12:00 BST
Atlantis (4th, Group B) v KuPS Akatemia (4th, Group C)
22 October 2023 Atlantis (4th, Group B) 3–1
(6–1 agg.)		KuPS Akatemia (4th, Group C)
13:00 BST
Vaajakoski (2nd, Group C) v PK Keski-Uusimaa (5th, Group A)
28 October 2023 Vaajakoski (2nd, Group C)3–1
(4–5 agg.)		 PK Keski-Uusimaa (5th, Group A)
11:00 BST
Klubi 04 (3rd, Group A) v Tampere United (5th, Group B)
29 October 2023 Klubi 04 (3rd, Group A) 4–0
(5–2 agg.)		Tampere United (5th, Group B)
14:00 BST

Kakkonen Championship play-offs

The three group winners and highest ranked runner-up competed in a play-off, with the winner earning promotion to the 2024 Ykkösliiga and the rest qualifying for the 2024 Ykkönen.

Semi-finals

JIPPO (1st, Group A) v OLS (1st, Group C)
14 October 2023 JIPPO (1st, Group A) 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		OLS (1st, Group C)
13:00 BST
PK-35 (2nd, Group A) v EPS (1st, Group B)
15 October 2023 PK-35 (2nd, Group A) 2–1EPS (1st, Group B)
12:00 BST

Final

First leg
PK-35 (2nd, Group A) v JIPPO (1st, Group A)
21 October 2023 PK-35 (2nd, Group A) 0–0 JIPPO (1st, Group A)
13:00 BST
Second leg
JIPPO (1st, Group A) v PK-35 (2nd, Group A)
28 October 2023 JIPPO (1st, Group A)2–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 agg.)		 PK-35 (2nd, Group A)
13:00 BST

References

  1. "Kakkonen Group A 2023 scores, Football Finland". Flashscore.
  2. "Kakkonen Group B 2023 scores, Football Finland". Flashscore.
  3. "Kakkonen Group C 2023 scores, Football Finland". Flashscore.
  4. "Tulospalvelu". Palloliitto. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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