Kansallinen Liiga

Kansallinen Liiga ('National League'; 1974–2006 Naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Finnish Championship Series'); 2006–2019 Naisten Liiga (Swedish: Damligan, 'Women's League')) is the premier division of women's football in Finland. The first season as Kansallinen Liiga will be played in 2020.[1]

This article is about the women's football league previously called the Naisten Liiga. For the ice hockey league, see Naisten Liiga (ice hockey).
Kansallinen Liiga
Organising bodyFinnish Football Association
Founded1974
First seasonas Naisten SM-sarja,
1974
as Naisten Liiga,
2006
as Kansallinen Liiga,
2020
Country Finland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toNaisten Ykkönen
Domestic cup(s)Finnish Women's Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsKuPS
(2021)
Most championshipsHJK (23)
TV partnersRuutu
Websitekansallinenliiga.fi
Current: 2022 Kansallinen Liiga

Teams 2020
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
Pallokerho-35 (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)

List of champions

Vantaa were Naisten Liiga Finnish Champions four times, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi have won the most Finnish Champion women's titles.[2]

Kansallinen Liiga champions 2020–

Naisten Liiga champions 2007–2019

Naisten SM-sarja champions 1971–2006

Previous champions of Finland.

Top scorers 2007–present
SeasonPlayerClubGoals
2007 Taru LaihanenFC Honka21
2008 Nina HietanenFC Kuusysi18
2009 Rita ChikweluFC United22
2010 Anna AuvinenNiceFutis18
2011 Felicia SchroederÅland United22
2012 Manya MakoskiÅland United31
2013 Cynthia UwakÅland United18
2014 Sanna SaarinenPK-35 Vantaa20
2015 Heidi KollanenIlves24
2016 Sanni FranssiPK-35 Vantaa20
2017 Kaisa CollinPK-35 Vantaa20
2018 Gentjana RochiJyPK20
2019 Jutta RantalaHPK22
2020 Gentjana RochiKuPS16

See also

References

Content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Kansallinen Liiga; see its history for attribution.

  1. "Kansallinen Liiga". kansallinenliiga.fi. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. "Finland - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. "FC Hongan naiset Suomen mestareita". Länsiväylä. 7 October 2017.
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