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Naisten Liiga
Season2015
ChampionsPK-35
(5th title)
RelegatedMerilappi United
Champions LeaguePK-35
Matches played117
Goals scored475 (4.06 per match)
Top goalscorerHeidi Kollanen (24 goals)
Biggest home winPallokissat 8–0 VIFK
Biggest away winNiceFutis 1–8 Ilves
HJK 0–7 PK-35
Highest scoringMerilappi 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 Finland Luciano Posillipo
HJK Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä Finland Pasi Pihamaa
Ilves Tampere Tammela Stadion Finland Rami Rosenberg
Merilappi United Kemi City Sport Areena Finland Jukka-Pekka Poutiainen
NiceFutis Pori Pori Stadium Finland Heimo Piira
Pallokissat Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Finland Ollipekka Ojala
PK-35 Vantaa ISS Stadion Finland Jari Väisänen
TPS Turku Turun yläkenttä Finland Sami Haltia
VIFK Vaasa Hietalahti Stadium Finland Keijo Karvonen
Åland United Lemland Bengtsböle IP England 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PK-35 18 15 3 0 63 11 +52 48 Championship group
2 Ilves 18 10 4 4 56 28 +28 34
3 Pallokissat 18 10 2 6 44 26 +18 32
4 Åland United 18 9 5 4 37 26 +11 32
5 FC Honka 18 10 1 7 47 29 +18 31
6 HJK 18 10 1 7 24 27 −3 31
7 TPS 18 7 2 9 30 30 0 23 Relegation group
8 Merilappi United 18 3 3 12 27 51 −24 12
9 VIFK 18 2 2 14 26 77 −51 8
10 NiceFutis 18 2 1 15 20 69 −49 7
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away ÅLA HJK HON ILV MER NIC PAL PK3 TPS VFK
Åland United 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–2 2–4 0–3 2–0 5–4
HJK 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–7 3–0 2–0
FC Honka 0–3 2–0 3–2 3–0 7–1 5–2 1–1 2–4 8–1
Ilves 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 5–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 8–1
Merilappi United 1–4 1–2 3–4 0–5 2–2 0–4 1–4 1–0 1–1
NiceFutis 0–3 0–1 0–5 1–8 0–3 1–0 0–5 1–4 6–3
Pallokissat 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 8–0
PK-35 0–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 6–1 5–2 2–1 3–0 7–0
TPS 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 3–5 4–0 1–3 1–2 2–2
VIFK 0–4 0–4 1–2 1–7 3–2 6–1 3–4 0–4 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2015. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Points and goals of the final stage are just added to the regular season.

Championship Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation PK3 ILV ÅLA PAL HON HJK
1 PK-35 (C) 23 17 5 1 72 19 +53 56 Qualification to Champions League 2–2 2–3 2–1
2 Ilves 23 13 5 5 67 35 +32 44 1–2 3–2 1–0
3 Åland United 23 12 6 5 46 33 +13 42 1–2 2–1
4 Pallokissat 23 12 4 7 54 34 +20 40 1–1 3–3 2–1
5 FC Honka 23 11 1 11 51 36 +15 34 0–1 0–1
6 HJK 23 11 1 11 28 37 −9 34 1–4 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. Source: Soccerway / Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Relegation Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation TPS NIC VFK MER
1 TPS 24 10 3 11 47 44 +3 33 1–1 1–4 3–1
2 NiceFutis 24 5 3 16 33 74 −41 18 4–0 4–1 3–0
3 VIFK 24 5 3 16 42 90 −48 18 2–4 1–1 5–3
4 Merilappi United (R) 24 4 3 17 35 73 −38 15 Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen 2–8 2–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2015. Source: Soccerway / Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of matches played on 10 October 2015.[1]

Pos. Player Club Goals
1 Finland Heidi Kollanen Ilves 24
2 Nigeria Cynthia Uwak Åland United 23
3 Finland Ria Öling TPS 18
4 Estonia Signy Aarna Pallokissat 17
5 Finland Riikka Hannula FC Honka 14
Finland Emma Heikkilä Merilappi United
7 Finland Iina Salmi PK-35 13
8 Finland Sanna Saarinen PK-35 11
9 Finland Kaisa Collin HJK 10
Finland Eva-Susanna Dahlmars VIFK
United States Krystyna Freda Merilappi United
Finland Ella-Rosa Huusko Pallokissat
Finland Heidi Pihlaja PK-35

References

  1. ^ "2015 season" (in Finnish). SPL. Retrieved 19 October 2015.