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Overview
Preliminary Stage is performed in 12 teams, and higher 8 teams go into Championship Group. Lower 4 teams fought in Promotion/Relegation Group with higher 4 teams of YkkönenYkkönen
Ykkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...
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OPS Oulu
Oulun Palloseura
Oulun Palloseura, OPS for short, is a Finnish football club based in Oulu.The football team is currently playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen.-Season to season:-Current Squad 2011:-External links:*...
won the championship.
Preliminary stage
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | OPS Oulu Oulun Palloseura Oulun Palloseura, OPS for short, is a Finnish football club based in Oulu.The football team is currently playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen.-Season to season:-Current Squad 2011:-External links:*... |
22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | KuPS Kuopio KuPS Kuopion Palloseura is a Finnish football club, based in the 8th most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. The team plays its home matches at Kuopion keskuskenttä... |
22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 29 |
| 3 | HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki... |
22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 27 |
| 4 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 36 | 25 |
| 5 | KPT Kuopio | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 24 |
| 6 | TPS Turku Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, TPS for short and nicknamed Tepsi, is a Finnish football club based in Turku. The club was founded in 1922. TPS currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football. They play their home matches at the 9,372 seater Veritas Stadion, Turku.-History:FC TPS Turku... |
22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 23 |
| 7 | Haka Valkeakoski FC Haka Haka is a Finnish football club, based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships and 12 Finnish Cup wins.- History :... |
22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 42 | 22 |
| 8 | KTP Kotka | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 20 |
| 9 | KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Palloveikot KPV is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division . The club's manager is Jarmo Korhonen, and it plays its home matches at Kokkolan keskuskenttä.... |
22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 17 |
| 10 | Ilves Tampere Ilves Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä... |
22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 16 |
| 11 | Pyrkivä Turku | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 16 |
| 12 | MiPK Mikkeli | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 13 |
Championship group
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | OPS Oulu Oulun Palloseura Oulun Palloseura, OPS for short, is a Finnish football club based in Oulu.The football team is currently playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen.-Season to season:-Current Squad 2011:-External links:*... |
29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS Kuopio KuPS Kuopion Palloseura is a Finnish football club, based in the 8th most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. The team plays its home matches at Kuopion keskuskenttä... |
29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 33 | 40 |
| 3 | HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki... |
29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 36 | 35 |
| 4 | KPT Kuopio | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 33 | 33 |
| 5 | Reipas Lahti | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 49 | 32 |
| 6 | Haka Valkeakoski FC Haka Haka is a Finnish football club, based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships and 12 Finnish Cup wins.- History :... |
29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 52 | 29 |
| 7 | TPS Turku Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, TPS for short and nicknamed Tepsi, is a Finnish football club based in Turku. The club was founded in 1922. TPS currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football. They play their home matches at the 9,372 seater Veritas Stadion, Turku.-History:FC TPS Turku... |
29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 26 |
| 8 | KTP Kotka | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 68 | 22 |
Promotion/Relegation Group
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Ilves Tampere Ilves Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä... |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14(3) |
| 2 | OTP Oulu | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 13(3) |
| 3 | KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Palloveikot KPV is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division . The club's manager is Jarmo Korhonen, and it plays its home matches at Kokkolan keskuskenttä.... |
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11(4) |
| 4 | Sepsi-78 Sepsi-78 Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura . The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007... |
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10(2) |
| 5 | Pyrkivä Turku | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9(2) |
| 6 | MP Mikkeli | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8(4) |
| 7 | MiPK Mikkeli | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7(1) |
| 8 | GrIFK Kauniainen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4(1) |
The teams obtained bonus points on the basis of their preliminary stage position. Those points are given in parentheses.