2020 Kansallinen Liiga

The 2020 Kansallinen Liiga is the 14th season of the Naisten Liiga, the top flight women's division of the Finnish football league system and the 1st season of the Kansallinen Liiga after its change of name.[1] HJK are the defending champions.

Kansallinen Liiga
Season2020
PromotedPK-35 Vantaa
PK-35 Helsinki
Matches played40
Goals scored106 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerGentjana Rochi (8 goals)
Biggest home winKuPS 6–0 TPS (13 June 2020)
Biggest away winJyPK 2–6 Åland United (27 June 2020)
Highest scoringJyPK 2–6 Åland United (27 June 2020)
← 2019
All statistics correct as of 10 August 2020.

Teams

The season featured 10 teams.PK-35 Vantaa promoted from the 2019 Naisten Ykkönen as league winners while PK-35 (women) after defeating IK Myran at the 2019 qualifier. IK Myran and ONS 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)

Format

The 10 teams will play each other twice, after which the top 6 teams will form a Championship group while the bottom 4 teams will form a relegation group.

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TiPS 8 6 2 0 14 5 +9 20 Championship Round
2 Åland United 8 5 1 2 13 6 +7 16
3 PK-35 Helsinki 8 4 3 1 10 4 +6 15
4 HJK 8 4 2 2 12 9 +3 14
5 Kuopion Palloseura 8 4 1 3 20 10 +10 13
6 Ilves 8 3 1 4 10 9 +1 10
7 FC Honka 8 3 1 4 10 11 −1 10 Relegation Round
8 PK-35 Vantaa 8 2 2 4 6 10 −4 8
9 JyPK 8 2 0 6 9 22 −13 6
10 TPS 8 0 1 7 2 20 −18 1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2020. Source: Soccerway
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

Final stages

Championship Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Palloliitto

Relegation Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Palloliitto

Results
Home \ Away ÅLA HJK HON ILV JyPK KPS PK3 PKH TiPS TPS
Åland United 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
HJK 1–0 4–2 1–1 3–1
FC Honka 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1
Ilves 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–1
JyPK 2–6 2–0 0–4 2–4
Kuopion Palloseura 1–3 3–0 6–0
PK-35 Vantaa 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–2
PK-35 Helsinki 0–2 0–0 4–0
TiPS 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
TPS 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
As of matches played on 8 August 2020.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gentjana Rochi KuPS 8
2 Aino Kröger KuPS 7
3 Roosa Ariyo TiPS 6
4 Amanda Rantanen PK-35 Helsinki 5
5 Dana Leskinen FC Honka 4
Essi Sainio HJK
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References
  1. "Kansallinen Liiga". Kansallinen Liiga. 16 June 2020.
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