2015 Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga

Season	2015
Champions	PK-35 (5th title)
Relegated	Merilappi United
Champions League	PK-35
Matches played	117
Goals scored	475 (4.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Heidi Kollanen (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Pallokissat 8–0 VIFK
Biggest away win	NiceFutis 1–8 Ilves HJK 0–7 PK-35
Highest scoring	Merilappi United 2–8 TPS
← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 19 October 2015.

The 2015 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2015 Finnish football season, was the 9th season of Naisten Liiga since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 18 April 2015 and ended on 10 October 2015. Tikkurilan Palloseura was promoted.

The season featured 10 teams. After 18 matches played, the league was divided to Championship Group of six and Relegation Group of four. PK-35 Vantaa were the 2014 season champions and successfully defended their title and qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. Merilappi United was relegated to the Naisten Ykkönen for the 2016 season.

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Manager
FC Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheilupuisto	Luciano Posillipo
HJK	Helsinki	Töölön Pallokenttä	Pasi Pihamaa
Ilves	Tampere	Tammela Stadion	Rami Rosenberg
Merilappi United	Kemi	City Sport Areena	Jukka-Pekka Poutiainen
NiceFutis	Pori	Pori Stadium	Heimo Piira
Pallokissat	Kuopio	Savon Sanomat Areena	Ollipekka Ojala
PK-35	Vantaa	ISS Stadion	Jari Väisänen
TPS	Turku	Turun yläkenttä	Sami Haltia
VIFK	Vaasa	Hietalahti Stadium	Keijo Karvonen
Åland United	Lemland	Bengtsböle IP	Gary Williams

Format

Teams played each other twice, after that the top six teams formed a championship group and the bottom four a relegation group. At the championship group teams played each other once more while at the relegation group, teams played each other twice.

Regular Season

The regular season had a total of 18 matches per club.

League table

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Results

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VIFK Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Final stage Points and goals of the final stage are just added to the regular season. Championship Group League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 PK-35 (C) 23 17 5 1 72 19 +53 56 Qualification to Champions League 2 Ilves 23 13 5 5 67 35 +32 44 3 Åland United 23 12 6 5 46 33 +13 42 4 Pallokissat 23 12 4 7 54 34 +20 40 5 FC Honka 23 11 1 11 51 36 +15 34 6 HJK 23 11 1 11 28 37 −9 34 Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. Source: Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored (C) Champions Results Home \ Away Note 1 ÅLA HJK HON ILV PAL PK3 Åland United Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r HJK Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r FC Honka Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Ilves Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Pallokissat Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r PK-35 Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Relegation Group League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 TPS 24 10 3 11 47 44 +3 33 2 NiceFutis 24 5 3 16 33 74 −41 18 3 VIFK 24 5 3 16 42 90 −48 18 4 Merilappi United (R) 24 4 3 17 35 73 −38 15 Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. Source: Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored (R) Relegated Results Home \ Away Note 1 MER NIC TPS VFK Merilappi United Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r NiceFutis Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r TPS Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r VIFK Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Template:Fb r Top scorers As of matches played on 10 October 2015. Pos. Player Club Goals 1 Heidi Kollanen Ilves 24 2 Cynthia Uwak Åland United 23 3 Ria Öling TPS 18 4 Signy Aarna Pallokissat 17 5 Riikka Hannula FC Honka 14 Emma Heikkilä Merilappi United 7 Iina Salmi PK-35 13 8 Sanna Saarinen PK-35 11 9 Kaisa Collin HJK 10 Eva-Susanna Dahlmars VIFK Krystyna Freda Merilappi United Ella-Rosa Huusko Pallokissat Heidi Pihlaja PK-35 References External links 2015 Naisten Liiga Finnish Football Association Season at soccerway.com