2020 Kansallinen Liiga
# 2020 Kansallinen Liiga

The 2020 Kansallinen Liiga was the 14th season of the Naisten Liiga, the top flight women's division of the Finnish football league system and the 1st season of the Kansallinen Liiga after its change of name. Åland United were the champions after 18 rounds of matches.

## Teams

The season featured 10 teams.PK-35 Vantaa were promoted from the 2019 Naisten Ykkönen as league winners while PK-35 (women) were promoted after defeating IK Myran at the 2019 playoff. IK Myran and ONS were relegated from the previous season.

| Club | Location | Home ground | Head coach |
| - | - | - | - |
| FC Honka | Espoo | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto | Rosa Lappi-Seppälä |
| Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK) | Helsinki | Telia 5G Arena | Jonne Kunnas |
| Ilves | Tampere | Tammela Stadion | Mika Lahtinen |
| Jyväskylän Pallokerho (JyPK) | Jyväskylä | Harjun Stadion | Tuomas Jaakkola |
| Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) | Kuopio | Savon Sanomat Areena | Ollipekka Ojala |
| PK-35 Helsinki (PK-35) | Helsinki | MagneCit Arena | Rami Rantanen |
| PK-35 Vantaa | Vantaa | Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion | Jari Väisänen |
| Tikkurilan Palloseura (TiPS) | Vantaa | Tikkurilan urheilupuisto | Pauliina Miettinen |
| Turun Palloseura (TPS) | Turku | Turun urheilupuisto | Sami Haltia |
| Åland United | Lemland | Wiklöf Holding Arena | Samuel Fagerholm |

Source: Suomen Palloliitto (Finnish Football Association) Archived 2020-05-08 at the Wayback Machine

## Format

The 10 teams played each other twice. At the end of the season, the ninth placed team played the Ykkönen second placed team in a Promotion/relegation play-off. The winner of the league also earns the right to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Åland United (C) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | TiPS | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 41 | |
| 3 | KuPS | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 33 | |
| 4 | HJK | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 33 | |
| 5 | FC Honka | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 30 | |
| 6 | PK-35 Helsinki | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 21 | |
| 7 | PK-35 Vantaa | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 18 | |
| 8 | Ilves | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 16 | |
| 9 | JyPK (O) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 16 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 10 | TPS (R) | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 42 | −33 | 7 | Relegation to Ykkönen |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÅLA | TiPS | KPS | HJK | PKH | HON | PK3 | ILV | JyPK | TPS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Åland United | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| TiPS | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Kuopion Palloseura | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 |
| HJK | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| PK-35 Helsinki | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| FC Honka | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| PK-35 Vantaa | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Ilves | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| JyPK | 2–6 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| TPS | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The ninth placed team, JyPK engaged the Ykkönen runners-up, VIFK in a two-legged play-off to decide if they will remain in the league.

### Second leg

JyPK won 7–1 on aggregate and remained in the league.

## Top scorers

    As of matches played on 8 November 2020.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gentjana Rochi | KuPS | 16 |
| 2 | Aino Kröger | KuPS | 12 |
| 3 | Amanda Rantanen | PK-35 Helsinki | 10 |
| 4 | Henna Honkanen | JyPK | 8 |
| 5 | Wilma Forsblom | PK-35 Vantaa | 7 |
| 5 | Ode Fulutudilu | Åland United | 7 |
| 5 | Nora Lehto | TiPS | 7 |
| 5 | Dana Leskinen | FC Honka | 7 |
| 9 | Roosa Ariyo | TiPS | 6 |
| 9 | Lavdie Begolli | KuPS | 6 |
