2024 Kakkonen

Kakkonen
Season2024
PromotedInter Turku 2
Tampere United
RelegatedEBK
Futura
Ilves-Kissat
JäPS 2
OPS
OTP
SexyPöxyt
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2025 →

The 2024 Kakkonen was the 52nd season of Kakkonen, the fourth-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 5 April and ended on 20 October 2024. It was the first season of the Kakkonen serving as the fourth-tier football league in Finland.

Teams

The league consisted of thirty-one teams, split into three equal groups (A, B, and C).

Group A

Team Town
Atlantis 2 Helsinki
Futura Porvoo
GrIFK Kauniainen
JäPS II Järvenpää
Kiffen Helsinki
MyPa Kouvola
NJS Nurmijärvi
PEPO Lappeenranta
PPJ Helsinki
Reipas Lahti

Group B

Team Name Town
EBK Espoo
HJS Hämeenlinna
Honka Espoo
Ilves-Kissat Tampere
Ilves 2 Tampere
Inter Turku 2 Kupittaa
Pallo-Iirot Rauma
SexyPöxyt Laaksolahti
Tampere United Tampere
TPV Tampere
VJS Vantaa

Group C

Team Name Town
GBK Kokkola
JBK Jakobstad
JPS Jyväskylä
JS Hercules Oulu
Kraft Närpes
Kuopio Elo Kuopio
OPS Oulu
OTP Oulu
SJK 2 Seinäjoki
TP-47 Tornio

League tables

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlantis 2 18 10 2 6 33 26 +7 32 Qualification for Promotion Group
2 Reipas 18 9 4 5 38 22 +16 31
3 Kiffen 18 9 2 7 36 26 +10 29
4 PEPO 18 8 5 5 33 25 +8 29
5 GrIFK 18 7 6 5 24 24 0 27
6 NJS 18 6 8 4 28 24 +4 26
7 MyPa 18 6 5 7 29 35 −6 23 Qualification for Relegation Group
8 PPJ 18 6 4 8 26 24 +2 22
9 JäPS 2 18 6 2 10 25 39 −14 20
10 Futura 18 3 2 13 20 47 −27 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Inter Turku 2 20 15 2 3 71 28 +43 47 Qualification for Promotion Group
2 HJS 20 12 5 3 46 23 +23 41
3 Tampere United 20 11 4 5 46 22 +24 37
4 VJS 20 10 5 5 45 28 +17 35
5 Pallo-Iirot 20 11 1 8 46 33 +13 34
6 TPV 20 9 5 6 35 33 +2 32
7 Honka 20 6 6 8 34 38 −4 24 Qualification for Relegation Group
8 Ilves 2 20 7 1 12 39 48 −9 22
9 EBK 20 5 2 13 27 64 −37 17
10 Ilves-Kissat 20 5 1 14 31 68 −37 16
11 SexyPöxyt 20 3 0 17 27 62 −35 9
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 GBK Kokkola 18 14 0 4 49 31 +18 42 Qualification for Promotion Group
2 JBK 18 11 3 4 38 21 +17 36
3 Kraft 18 10 3 5 41 34 +7 33
4 TP-47 18 9 5 4 42 28 +14 32
5 SJK 2 18 9 2 7 41 34 +7 29
6 Kuopio Elo 18 7 5 6 43 38 +5 26
7 JS Hercules 18 6 2 10 31 45 −14 20 Qualification for Relegation Group
8 JPS 18 4 5 9 34 31 +3 17
9 OPS 18 3 4 11 28 50 −22 13
10 OTP 18 2 1 15 19 54 −35 7
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Promotion Group

The top six teams in each group qualified for the Promotion Group and played each team in their group for the third time. The top two teams in each group and the top two third-placed teams advanced to the Kakkonen play-offs.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Reipas 23 12 5 6 53 29 +24 41 Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2 Kiffen 23 11 5 7 44 31 +13 38
3 Atlantis 2 23 11 2 10 38 40 −2 35
4 NJS 23 8 10 5 40 35 +5 34
5 GrIFK 23 9 7 7 36 32 +4 34
6 PEPO 23 9 6 8 39 38 +1 33
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Inter Turku 2 (O, P) 25 18 4 3 86 33 +53 58 Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2 HJS 25 15 5 5 52 27 +25 50
3 Tampere United (O, P) 25 14 5 6 57 28 +29 47
4 VJS 25 11 8 6 53 35 +18 41
5 TPV 25 10 6 9 40 49 −9 36
6 Pallo-Iirot 25 11 2 12 51 45 +6 35
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 GBK Kokkola 23 16 1 6 65 41 +24 49 Qualification for Kakkonen play-offs
2 JBK 23 15 3 5 48 31 +17 48
3 SJK 2 23 13 2 8 63 42 +21 41
4 Kraft 23 12 3 8 53 49 +4 39
5 TP-47 23 11 5 7 56 51 +5 38
6 Kuopio Elo 23 7 6 10 53 56 −3 27
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.

Relegation Group

The bottom four teams in Groups A and C, and bottom five teams in Group B, qualified for the Relegation Group and played each team in their group for the third time. The bottom two teams in Groups A and C, and the bottom three teams in Group B, were relegated to the 2025 Kolomonen.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 MyPa 24 10 5 9 37 41 −4 35
2 PPJ 24 9 5 10 40 31 +9 32
3 JäPS 2 (R) 24 7 2 15 34 57 −23 23 Relegation to Kolmonen
4 Futura (R) 24 6 3 15 29 56 −27 21
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Ilves 2 24 9 3 12 50 54 −4 30
2 Honka 24 8 6 10 43 48 −5 30
3 EBK (R) 24 8 3 13 40 68 −28 27 Relegation to Kolmonen
4 Ilves-Kissat (R) 24 5 1 18 35 81 −46 16
5 SexyPöxyt (R) 24 4 1 19 32 71 −39 13
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(R) Relegated


Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 JS Hercules 24 11 2 11 62 53 +9 35
2 JPS 24 8 5 11 46 52 −6 29
3 OPS (R) 24 4 4 16 40 69 −29 16 Relegation to Kolmonen
4 OTP (R) 24 4 1 19 27 69 −42 13
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer away goals conceded; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Fewer home goals conceded; 10) Play-off; 11) Draw.
(R) Relegated

Kakkonen play-offs

Semi-finals

First leg

28 September 2024 HJS (2nd, Group B) 1–1 Reipas (1st, Group A)
28 September 2024 Kiffen (2nd, Group A) 0–0 JBK (2nd, Group C)
29 September 2024 SJK 2 (3rd, Group C) 3–1 Inter Turku 2 (1st, Group B)
29 September 2024 Tampere United (3rd, Group B) 2–1 GBK Kokkola (1st, Group C)

Second leg

5 October 2024 Inter Turku 2 (1st, Group B) 6–1
(7–4 agg.)		SJK 2 (3rd, Group C)
5 October 2024 JBK (2nd, Group C)1–4
(1–4 agg.)		 Kiffen (2nd, Group A)
5 October 2024 Reipas (1st, Group A)0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 HJS (2nd, Group B)
6 October 2024 GBK Kokkola (1st, Group C)1–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Tampere United (3rd, Group B)

Finals

First leg

12 October 2024 HJS (2nd, Group B) 3–1 Tampere United (3rd, Group B)
14 October 2024 Kiffen (2nd, Group A) 0–3 Inter Turku 2 (1st, Group B)

Second leg

20 October 2024 Inter Turku 2 (1st, Group B) 4–0
(7–0 agg.)		Kiffen (2nd, Group A)
20 October 2024 Tampere United (3rd, Group B) 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–4 agg.)
(4–3 p)		HJS (2nd, Group B)

References