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. HJK are the defending champions.

Kansallinen Liiga

Season	2020
Promoted	PK-35 Vantaa PK-35 Helsinki
Matches played	40
Goals scored	106 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gentjana Rochi (8 goals)
Biggest home win	KuPS 6–0 TPS (13 June 2020)
Biggest away win	JyPK 2–6 Åland United (27 June 2020)
Highest scoring	JyPK 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
	Roosa Tuominen	Ilves

External links

• Kansallinenliiga at Kansallinenliiga Liiga
• Soccerway at Soccerway.com