2015 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
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 |
Results
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 |
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 |
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 | 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
- ^ "2015 season" (in Finnish). SPL. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
External links
- 2015 Naisten Liiga Finnish Football Association
- Season at soccerway.com