2012 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season2012
Champions
Promoted
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The 2012 Kakkonen season began on 18 April and ended on 6 October 2012.[1]

Teams

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A total of 40 teams contested the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returned from the 2011 season, three relegated from Ykkönen and seven promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group qualified to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed qualified directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team played a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.

Stadia and Locations

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Location of the 2012 Kakkonen teams. Eteläinen (Southern) are red dots, Pohjoinen (Northern) are green dots, Läntinen (Western) are blue dots while Itäinen (Eastern) are pink dots.
1Klubi 04 plays in Eteläinen (Southern).
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
ÅIFK Turku Urheilupuiston yläkenttä 1,500
AC Kajaani Kajaani Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto 800
Atlantis FC Helsinki Töölön Pallokentta 4,000
BK-46 Raseborg Karjaan urheilukenttä 1,000
EIF Raseborg Ekenäs Centrumplan 2,500
EsPa Espoo Matinkylän tekonurmi N/A
FC Santa Claus Rovaniemi Saarenkylän tekonurmi 2,000
FC Espoo Espoo Leppävaaran stadion 5,000
FC Futura Porvoo Porvoon keskuskenttä 500
FC Jazz Pori Porin Stadion 12,000
FC Kiffen Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä N/A
FC Kiisto Vaasa Kaarlen kenttä 5,500
FC Kuusysi Lahti Kisapuisto 4,400
FC YPA Ylivieska Safari 600
GBK Kokkola Kokkolan keskuskenttä 3,000
Gnistan Helsinki Fair Pay Arena 2,000
GrIFK Kauniainen Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä 700
Härmä Hämeenlinna Kauriala 4,000
HauPa Haukipudas Haukiputaan keskuskenttä 2,000
Ilves Tampere Tammela Stadion 5,040
JäPS Järvenpää Järvenpään keskuskenttä 500
JIlves Jämsä Jämsänkosken Pallokenttä 2,500
Klubi-04 Helsinki Sonera Stadium 10,770
KPV Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä 2,000
KTP Kotka Arto Tolsa Areena 4,780
LoPa Lohja Harjun urheilukenttä 3,000
LPS Helsinki Laajasalon urheilupuisto N/A
MP Mikkeli Mikkelin Urheilupuisto 7,000
Närpes Kraft Närpes Mosedal 2,000
P-Iirot Rauma Äijänsuon stadion 2,000
Pallohonka Espoo Otaniemen urheilukeskus 500
PK-35/VJS Vantaa ISS Stadion 4,700
PK-37 Iisalmi Sankariniemi 5,000
PS Kemi Kemi Sauvosaari 1,500
SalPa Salo Salon Urheilupuisto 2,500
Sporting Kristinestad Kristinaplan 2,000
TP-47 Tornio Pohjan Stadion 4,000
TPV Tampere Tammela Stadion 5,040
VIFK Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium 4,600
Warkaus JK Varkaus Varkauden Keskuskenttä 2,000

League tables

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Eteläinen (Southern)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ÅIFK 27 17 5 5 50 25 +25 56 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 BK-46 27 16 3 8 55 35 +20 51
3 SalPa 27 15 5 7 50 34 +16 50
4 EIF 27 14 6 7 75 34 +41 48
5 Klubi 04 27 13 6 8 64 36 +28 45
6 GrIFK 27 12 6 9 64 35 +29 42
7 Pallohonka 27 13 3 11 56 38 +18 42
8 EsPa 27 9 1 17 46 59 −13 28
9 FC Espoo (R) 27 7 2 18 48 61 −13 23 Relegation to Kolmonen
10 LoPa (R) 27 0 1 26 14 165 −151 1
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Pohjoinen (Northern)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AC Kajaani (P) 24 15 4 5 53 33 +20 49 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 GBK 24 12 8 4 53 29 +24 44
3 PS Kemi 24 12 3 9 52 37 +15 39
4 PK-37 24 11 6 7 37 33 +4 39
5 TP-47 24 8 5 11 39 42 −3 29
6 FC YPA 24 9 2 13 41 45 −4 29
7 KPV 24 7 7 10 30 39 −9 28
8 FC Santa Claus AC[a] (R) 24 6 6 12 29 54 −25 24 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 HauPa (R) 24 6 3 15 27 47 −20 21
10 Warkaus JK[b] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Santa Claus AC was relegated from the Kakkonen due to bankruptcy.
  2. ^ Warkaus JK was excluded from the Kakkonen due to breaking the rules of the association.[2]

Note: The match PS Kemi – TP-47 originally finished 1–0, but the result was changed to 0–3, as PS Kemi fielded an ineligible player.[3]

Läntinen (Western)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ilves (P) 27 22 4 1 84 21 +63 70 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 FC Jazz 27 17 6 4 58 23 +35 57
3 P-Iirot 27 18 1 8 67 40 +27 55
4 VIFK 27 14 10 3 46 25 +21 52
5 Närpes Kraft 27 12 5 10 56 57 −1 41
6 TPV 27 10 8 9 43 37 +6 38
7 Härmä 27 7 5 15 38 59 −21 26
8 Sporting (R) 27 6 3 18 33 58 −25 21 Relegation to Kolmonen
9 FC Kiisto (R) 27 3 4 20 20 68 −48 13
10 JIlves (R) 27 2 2 23 21 81 −60 8
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
2. The match TPV – JIlves originally finished 1–1, but the result was changed to 3–0, as JIlves fielded an ineligible player.[3]
3. The match JIlves – Ilves originally finished 3–5, but the result was changed to 0–3, as JIlves fielded an ineligible player.[3]

Itäinen (Eastern)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 JäPS 27 16 5 6 59 33 +26 53 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2 Gnistan 27 15 7 5 46 26 +20 52
3 MP 27 15 4 8 68 37 +31 49
4 FC Kuusysi 27 12 4 11 45 39 +6 40
5 Atlantis FC 27 11 6 10 54 43 +11 39
6 KTP 27 10 7 10 43 54 −11 37
7 FC Futura 27 9 6 12 48 58 −10 33
8 LPS 27 9 5 13 37 50 −13 32
9 FC Kiffen (R) 27 6 6 15 25 53 −28 24 Relegation to Kolmonen
10 PK-35/VJS (R) 27 5 4 18 23 55 −32 19
Source: palloverkko.palloliitto.fi
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
4. The match Gnistan – Atlantis FC originally finished 0–1, but the result was changed to 3–0, as Atlantis FC fielded an ineligible player.[4]

Promotion play-offs

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Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2013.[5]

Group winners
Eteläinen (Southern): ÅIFK
Pohjoinen (Northern): AC Kajaani
Läntinen (Western): Ilves
Itäinen (Eastern): JäPS

First leg

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JäPS0–0AC Kajaani
Attendance: 753
ÅIFK0–1Ilves
Multanen 11'
Attendance: 902

Second leg

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AC Kajaani1–0JäPS
Nikkanen 61'
Attendance: 980

AC Kajaani won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ilves4–1ÅIFK
Vakkala 3'
Scheweleff 11', 26'
Juuti 51'		 Okorie 88'
Attendance: 3,841

Ilves won 5–1 on aggregate.

Eight-placed teams

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At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the Kolmonen.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 East LPS 27 9 5 13 37 50 −13 32
2 South EsPa 27 9 1 17 46 59 −13 28
3 North FC Santa Claus AC 24 6 6 12 29 54 −25 24
4 West Sporting (R) 27 6 3 18 33 58 −25 21 Relegation to Kolmonen
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stats Portal v1.0". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Warkaus JK suljetaan pois miesten Kakkosesta | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Muutoksia Ykkösen ja Kakkosen sarjataulukoihin | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
  4. ^ "Päätös koskien miesten Kakkosen ottelua FC Gnistan – Atlantis FC | Suomen Palloliitto". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  5. ^ Kakkosen nousukarsintaparit arvottiin Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
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