2018 Ykkönen
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Ykkönen
| season = 2018
| winners = HIFK
| promotion to = 2019 Veikkausliiga
| league topscorer = Alberto Alvarado Morín
(17 goals)
| matches = 135
| total goals = 371
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| prevseason = 2017
| nextseason = 2019
}}
The 2018 Ykkönen was the 47th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The season began on 28 April 2018 and ended on 27 October 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/miesten-ykkonen/ottelut |title=Suomen Palloliitto |access-date=2018-02-02 |archive-date=2019-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417221449/http://www.palloliitto.fi/miesten-ykkonen/ottelut |url-status=dead }} The winning team was directly promoted to the 2019 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team played a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who would play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.
Overview
{{Location map+ |Finland |width=265 |caption=Location of teams in Ykkönen 2018 |places=
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=64.224011 |long=27.732174 |label=AC Kajaani }}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=65.019722 |long=25.465833 |label=AC Oulu }}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=59.974437 |long=23.435507 |label=EIF |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=61.268056 |long=24.020278 |label=FC Haka }}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.46 |long=26.946 |label=FC KTP }}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=63.673611 |long=22.695 |label=FF Jaro |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.17 |long=24.931 |label=HIFK
Klubi 04 |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=62.244722 |long=25.740833 |label=JJK }}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=63.841917 |long=23.122358 |label=KPV |position=top}}
}}
A total of ten teams contested in the league, including five sides from the 2017 season, HIFK and JJK who was relegated from Veikkausliiga and Klubi 04 and AC Kajaani who were promoted from Kakkonen after winning the promotion play-offs.
OPS, who was refused a license for Ykkönen, was replaced by FC KTP.[https://www.palloliitto.fi/jalkapallouutiset/miesten-ykkosen-lisenssipaatokset-kaudelle-2018 Miesten Ykkösen lisenssipäätökset kaudelle 2018]
GrIFK and Gnistan were relegated from 2017 Ykkönen.
TPS, the champion of 2017 Ykkönen and FC Honka, the runner-up of 2017 Ykkönen were promoted to the 2018 Veikkausliiga.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Club !Location !Stadium !Capacity !Manager |
| ---
|Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto |1,000 |{{flagicon|Finland}} {{sortname|Mika|Lumijärvi}} |
| ---
|Oulu |6,996 |{{flagicon|Finland}} {{sortname|Mika|Lähderinne}} |
| ---
|EIF |Ekenäs Centrumplan |2,500 |{{flagicon|Spain}} {{sortname|Gabri|Garcia Xatart}} |
| ---
|3,516 |{{flagicon|ENG}}{{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Keith|Armstrong|Keith Armstrong (footballer)}} |
| ---
|4,780 |{{flagicon|Finland}} {{sortname|Jari-Pekka|Gummerus}} |
| ---
|5,000 |{{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Tomi|Kärkkäinen}} |
| ---
|HIFK |10,770 |{{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Teemu|Kankkunen}} |
| --
|JJK |3,000 |{{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Juha|Pasoja}} |
| --
|10,770 |{{flagicon|FIN}} {{sortname|Mikko|Mannila}} |
| --
|KPV |Kokkolan Keskuskenttä |2,000 |{{flagicon|Finland}} {{sortname|Jarmo|Korhonen|Jarmo Korhonen (football manager)}} |
League table
|update = complete
|start_date = 7 April 2018
|source = [https://www.palloliitto.fi/miesten-ykkonen/tilastot Suomen Palloliitto]
|team1=HIF |team2=KPV |team3=EIF |team4=ACO |team5=HAK |team6=FFJ |team7=KTP |team8=ACK |team9=JJK |team10=KLU
|result1=VEI |result2=VPO |result9=REL |result10=REL
|win_EIF =12|draw_EIF =11|loss_EIF = 4|gf_EIF = 36|ga_EIF = 26
|win_KPV =16|draw_KPV = 4|loss_KPV = 7|gf_KPV = 44|ga_KPV = 26
|win_HIF =16|draw_HIF = 6|loss_HIF = 5|gf_HIF = 47|ga_HIF = 22
|win_ACO =13|draw_ACO = 5|loss_ACO = 9|gf_ACO = 41|ga_ACO = 30
|win_HAK =12|draw_HAK = 7|loss_HAK = 8|gf_HAK = 41|ga_HAK = 28
|win_FFJ =11|draw_FFJ = 5|loss_FFJ =11|gf_FFJ = 34|ga_FFJ = 30
|win_KTP = 7|draw_KTP = 8|loss_KTP =12|gf_KTP = 29|ga_KTP = 40
|win_ACK = 6|draw_ACK = 7|loss_ACK =14|gf_ACK = 40|ga_ACK = 53
|win_JJK = 4|draw_JJK = 8|loss_JJK =15|gf_JJK = 32|ga_JJK = 52
|win_KLU = 4|draw_KLU = 7|loss_KLU =16|gf_KLU = 27|ga_KLU = 64
|status_HIF=P
|status_KPV=OP
|status_JJK=R
|status_KLU=R
|name_ACK = AC Kajaani
|name_ACO = AC Oulu
|name_EIF = EIF
|name_HAK = FC Haka
|name_KTP = FC KTP
|name_FFJ = FF Jaro
|name_HIF = HIFK
|name_JJK = JJK
|name_KLU = Klubi 04
|name_KPV = KPV
|show_limit = 5
|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
|res_col_header = QR
|col_VEI = green1 |text_VEI = Promotion to Veikkausliiga
|col_VPO = blue1 |text_VPO = Qualification to Promotion play-offs
|col_REL = red1 |text_REL = Relegation to Kakkonen
}}
References
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{{Ykkönen seasons}}
{{2018 in Finnish football}}
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