2017 Kakkonen

A total of 36 teams contested the league divided into three groups, Lohko A (Group A), Lohko B (Group B) and Lohko C (Group C). 25 returning from the 2016 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group and the best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 22 matches, playing twice against each team of its group.

Kakkonen

Season	2017
Promoted	AC Kajaani Klubi 04
Relegated	Sudet Kultsu FC FC Lahti Akatemia Peimari United NuPS EsPa KajHa Villiketut OTP
← 2016 2018 →

KTP and FC Jazz were relegated from the 2016 Ykkönen, while FC Honka and IF Gnistan were promoted to the 2017 Ykkönen.

Groups

 

 

EsPa
FC Espoo

 

Helsinki

 

Helsinki teams:
Lohko A
Klubi 04
FC Kiffen
Lohko B
KäPa
FC Viikingit

 

AC Kajaani
KajHa

 

BK-46

 

KTP

 

MuSa
FC Jazz

 

FC Lahti Akatemia

 

JBK

 

GBK

 

TPV
Tampere United

 

JäPS
Legirus Inter

 

Kultsu FC
PEPO

 

MP
MiPK

 

Närpes Kraft

 

Hercules
OTP

 

SalPa

 

Sudet

 

TP-47

 

VIFK

 

PKKU

 

Peimari United

 

NuPS

 

PK-37

 

KuFu-98

 

Villiketut

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Location of the 2017 Kakkonen teams. Lohko A (Group A) are red dots, Lohko B (Group B) are blue dots while Lohko C (Group C) are green dots.

Lohko A (Group A)

No.	Abbreviated Name	Town or Settlement	Official Club and Team Name	Movements from 2016
1.	Kiffen	Helsinki	Kronohagens Idrottsförening
2.	FC Lahti Akatemia	Lahti	FC Kuusysi
3.	FC Legirus Inter	Vantaa	FC Legirus Inter
4.	JäPS	Järvenpää	Järvenpään Palloseura
5.	Klubi 04	Helsinki	Klubi 04
6.	KTP	Kotka	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat	Relegated from 2016 Ykkönen
7.	Kultsu FC	Lappeenranta	Kultsu FC
8.	MiPK	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat
9.	MP	Mikkeli	Mikkelin Palloilijat
10.	PEPO	Lappeenranta	PEPO Lappeenranta
11.	PKKU	Järvenpää, Kerava and Tuusula	Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa
12.	Sudet	Kouvola	Sudet

Lohko B (Group B)

No.	Abbreviated Name	Town or Settlement	Official Club and Team Name	Movements from 2016
1.	BK-46	Karis	Bollklubben-46
2.	EsPa	Espoo	Etelä-Espoon Pallo
3.	FC Espoo	Espoo	FC Espoo
4.	FC Jazz	Pori	FC Jazz	Relegated from 2016 Ykkönen
5.	KäPa	Helsinki	Käpylän Pallo
6.	MuSa	Pori	Musan Salama
7.	NuPS	Vihti	Nummelan Palloseura
8.	Peimari United	Paimio	Paimion KHT Soikka
9.	SalPa	Salo	Salon Palloilijat
10.	Tampere United	Tampere	Tampere United
11.	TPV	Tampere	Tampereen Pallo-Veikot
12.	FC Viikingit	Vuosaari	FC Viikingit

Lohko C (Group C)

No.	Abbreviated Name	Town or Settlement	Official Club and Team Name	Movements from 2016
1.	GBK	Kokkola	Gamlakarleby Bollklubb
2.	JBK	Jakobstad	Jakobstads BK
3.	Hercules	Oulu	Jalkapalloseura Hercules
4.	Kajaani	Kajaani	AC Kajaani
5.	KajHa	Kajaani	Kajaanin Haka
6.	Kraft	Närpes	Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening
7.	KuFu-98	Kuopio	SC Kuopio Futis-98
8.	OTP	Oulu	Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
9.	PK-37	Iisalmi	Pallo-Kerho 37
10.	TP-47	Tornio	Tornion Pallo -47
11.	VIFK	Vaasa	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Vasa
12.	FC Villiketut	Jyväskylä	FC Villiketut	Promoted from 2016 Kolmonen

League tables

Lohko A (Group A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	KTP	22	14	6	2	55	16	+39	48	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2	Klubi 04 (P)	22	12	8	2	60	19	+41	44
3	PEPO	22	14	2	6	43	37	+6	44
4	Legirus Inter	22	10	2	10	42	49	−7	32
5	JäPS	22	9	4	9	35	28	+7	31
6	Mikkelin Kissat	22	8	5	9	35	44	−9	29
7	PK Keski-Uusimaa	22	8	5	9	29	39	−10	29
8	FC Kiffen	22	7	5	10	28	32	−4	26
9	MP	22	7	4	11	30	38	−8	25
10	Sudet (R)	22	7	4	11	28	40	−12	25	Relegation to Kolmonen
11	Kultsu FC (R)	22	7	3	12	20	43	−23	24
12	FC Lahti Akatemia (R)	22	4	2	16	29	49	−20	14

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Lohko B (Group B)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Viikingit	22	13	6	3	50	28	+22	45	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2	MuSa	22	14	2	6	44	18	+26	44
3	SalPa	22	13	4	5	47	31	+16	43
4	BK-46	22	13	3	6	46	29	+17	42
5	TPV	22	11	3	8	45	40	+5	36
6	Tampere United	22	9	6	7	43	38	+5	33
7	KäPa	22	8	8	6	34	20	+14	32
8	FC Jazz	22	8	4	10	37	43	−6	28
9	FC Espoo	22	7	4	11	39	37	+2	25
10	Peimari United (R)	22	5	4	13	26	43	−17	19	Relegation to Kolmonen
11	Nummelan Palloseura (R)	22	4	2	16	24	66	−42	14
12	EsPa (R)	22	3	2	17	28	70	−42	11

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Lohko C (Group C)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AC Kajaani (P)	22	16	2	4	63	20	+43	50	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2	GBK	22	14	4	4	47	23	+24	46
3	VIFK	22	11	6	5	41	32	+9	39
4	Närpes Kraft	22	10	4	8	48	41	+7	34
5	Hercules	22	10	3	9	49	41	+8	33
6	TP-47	22	8	6	8	39	37	+2	30
7	JBK	22	8	4	10	38	39	−1	28
8	PK-37	22	6	8	8	28	40	−12	26
9	KuFu-98	22	6	7	9	32	30	+2	25
10	KajHa (R)	22	6	5	11	23	37	−14	23	Relegation to Kolmonen
11	Villiketut (R)	22	6	3	13	28	63	−35	21
12	OTP (R)	22	3	4	15	20	53	−33	13

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Runner-up teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the runners-up. The best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Klubi 04	22	12	8	2	60	19	+41	44	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
2	B	MuSa	22	14	2	6	44	18	+26	44
3	C	GBK	22	14	4	4	47	23	+24	46

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Promotion play-offs

Group winners and the best runner-up will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the Ykkönen for season 2017.^[1]

Group winners

• Lohko A (Group A): KTP
• Lohko B (Group B): FC Viikingit
• Lohko C (Group C): AC Kajaani

The best runner-up
Klubi 04

First leg

7 October 2017

10:00

KTP	1–3	AC Kajaani
Tarvonen   12'	Report	Pasi   19' (og) Ibiyomi   45', 60'

Arto Tolsa Areena, Kotka

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14 October 2017

19:00

FC Viikingit	1–5	Klubi 04
Emeka   45'	Report	Minkenen   10' Vertainen   23' Jantti   33' Minkenen   35' Mensah   54'

Vuosaaren Urheilukenttä, Helsinki

Second leg

14 October 2017

19:00

AC Kajaani	3–2	KTP
Stephanus   16' Ramirez   34' Chigozie Ewelike   79'	Report	Tarvonen   49' Nykanen   85'

Kajaanin liikuntapuisto, Kajaani

AC Kajaani won 6–3 on aggregate.

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21 October 2017

12:00

Klubi 04	4–0	FC Viikingit
Vertainen   21' Banza   33' Minkenen   40', 69'	Report

Telia 5G -areena

Referee: O. Hämäläinen

Klubi 04 won 9–1 on aggregate.

References

1. . palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-04.