2020 Kansallinen Liiga
 | |
| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Åland United |
| Promoted | PK-35 Vantaa PK-35 Helsinki |
| Relegated | TPS |
| Champions League | Åland United |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 264 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gentjana Rochi (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | KuPS 6–0 TPS (13 June 2020) |
| Biggest away win | TPS 0–6 KuPS (22 August 2020) |
| Highest scoring | JyPK 4–4 PK-35 Vantaa (22 August 2020) JyPK 2–6 Åland United (27 June 2020) |
← 2019 2021 →
All statistics correct as of 8 November 2020. | |
The 2020
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
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.
First leg
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 |
 Ode Fulutudilu
|
Åland United | ||
| Nora Lehto
|
TiPS | ||
| Dana Leskinen
|
FC Honka | ||
| 9 |  Roosa Ariyo
|
TiPS | 6 |
 Lavdie Begolli
|
KuPS |
References
- ^ "2020 Kansallinen liiga". Kansallinen Liiga. 16 June 2020.
External links
- 2020 season at Kansallinenliiga Liiga (in Finnish)
- Soccerway at Soccerway.com