2012 Ykkönen
# 2012 Ykkönen

The Ykkönen 2012 season began on 27 April 2012 and ended on 6 October 2012.

The champions will be directly promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga. The two teams finishing at the bottom of the table will be directly relegated to Kakkonen.

## Overview

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including eight sides from the 2011 season, RoPS who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and SJK who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Rauno Ojanen |
| FC Hämeenlinna | Hämeenlinna | Kaurialan kenttä | 8,000 | Jussi Lempinen |
| FC KooTeePee | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Janne Hyppönen |
| FC Viikingit | Helsinki | Vuosaaren urheilukenttä | 4,200 | Ilkka Jäntti |
| HIFK | Helsinki | Brahen kenttä | 2,000 | Juha Moilanen |
| JIPPO | Joensuu | Joensuun keskuskenttä | 2,000 | Jarmo Korhonen |
| OPS | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Luiz Antonio |
| PK-35 Vantaa | Vantaa | ISS Stadion | 4,500 | Pasi Pihamaa |
| RoPS | Rovaniemi | Rovaniemen keskuskenttä | 4,000 | Kari Virtanen |
| SJK | Seinäjoki | Seinäjoen keskuskenttä | 3,500 | Simo Valakari |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RoPS | Matti Hiukka | End of contract | n/a | Kari Virtanen | 4 November 2011 | Pre-season |
| HIFK | Jani Honkavaara | Resigned | 19 October 2011 | Juha Moilanen | 10 January 2012 | Pre-season |
| SJK | Christoffer Kloo | Sacked | 13 August 2012 | Jamie Shore (as caretaker) | 13 August 2012 | 4th |
| SJK | Jamie Shore | Caretaker | 1 September 2012 | Simo Valakari | 1 September 2012 | 2nd |
| AC Oulu | Juha Malinen | Loaned by Haka | 10 September 2012 | Rauno Ojanen | 10 September 2012 | 5th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RoPS (C, P) | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 59 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | SJK | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 47 | |
| 3 | FC Viikingit | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 45 | |
| 4 | PK-35 Vantaa | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 43 | |
| 5 | OPS | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 38 | |
| 6 | AC Oulu | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 37 | |
| 7 | FC KooTeePee | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | JIPPO | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 28 | |
| 9 | FC Hämeenlinna (R) | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 22 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 10 | HIFK (R) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 21 | Relegation to Kakkonen |

## Statistics

Updated to games played on 6 October 2012.

### Top scorers

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Kokko | RoPS | 15 |
| 2 | Toni Lehtinen | SJK | 12 |
| 3 | Mika Lahtinen | RoPS | 11 |
| 3 | Ariel Ngueukam | JIPPO | 11 |
