2013 Ykkönen
# 2013 Ykkönen

The 2013 Ykkönen season began on 29 April 2013 and ended on 5 October 2013. The winning team was directly promoted to the 2014 Veikkausliiga. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.

## Overview

A total of ten teams will contest in the league, including seven sides from the 2012 season, Haka who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and AC Kajaani and Ilves who promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.

FC Hämeenlinna and HIFK were relegated from 2012 Ykkönen. RoPS was promoted to the 2013 Veikkausliiga.

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AC Kajaani | Kajaani | Kajaanin liikuntapuisto | 1,000 | Mika Lumijärvi |
| AC Oulu | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Rauno Ojanen |
| FC KooTeePee | Kotka | Arto Tolsa Areena | 4,780 | Sami Ristilä |
| FC Viikingit | Helsinki | Vuosaaren urheilukenttä | 4,200 | Ilkka Jäntti |
| Haka | Valkeakoski | Tehtaan kenttä | 3,516 | Juho Rantala |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tammela Stadion | 5,040 | Mika Malinen |
| JIPPO | Joensuu | Joensuun keskuskenttä | 3,000 | Jarmo Korhonen |
| OPS | Oulu | Raatin Stadion | 6,996 | Luiz Antônio |
| PK-35 Vantaa | Vantaa | ISS Stadion | 4,500 | Ilir Zeneli |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AC Oulu | Juha Malinen | End of contract | n/a | Rauno Ojanen | 3 October 2012 | Pre-season |
| FC KooTeePee | Janne Hyppönen | End of contract | n/a | Sami Ristilä | 6 November 2012 | Pre-season |
| Haka | Juha Malinen | End of loan | n/a | Harri Kampman | 12 November 2012 | Pre-season |
| Haka | Harri Kampman | Sacked | 23 June 2013 | Asko Jussila (as caretaker) | 23 June 2013 | 2nd |
| Haka | Asko Jussila | End of tenure as caretaker | 7 July 2013 | Juho Rantala | 8 July 2013 | 2nd |
| PK-35 Vantaa | Pasi Pihamaa | Sacked | 15 July 2013 | Ilir Zeneli (as caretaker) | 15 July 2013 | 7th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SJK (C, P) | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 59 | Promotion to Veikkausliiga |
| 2 | Haka | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 17 | +27 | 54 | |
| 3 | FC KooTeePee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 45 | |
| 4 | Ilves | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 41 | |
| 5 | AC Oulu | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 | |
| 6 | PK-35 Vantaa | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 30 | |
| 7 | FC Viikingit | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 29 | |
| 8 | JIPPO | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 29 | |
| 9 | OPS (R) | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 28 | Relegation to Kakkonen |
| 10 | Kajaani (R) | 27 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 | Relegation to Kakkonen |

## Statistics

Updated to games played on 29 September 2013.

### Top scorers

Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jussi Aalto | Haka | 13 |
| 2 | Kalle Multanen | Ilves | 12 |
| 2 | Fidan Seferi | PK-35 Vantaa | 12 |
| 4 | Jonne Hjelm | Ilves | 11 |
| 5 | Toni Lehtinen | SJK | 10 |

## Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month |
| - | - |
| May | Gert Kams (SJK) |
| June | Kalle Multanen (Ilves) |
| July | Venance Zézé (Haka) |
| August | Daniel Caumo (SJK) |
| September | Akseli Pelvas (SJK) |
