2024 Kakkonen Explained

Competition:Kakkonen
Season:2024
Promoted:Inter Turku 2
Tampere United
Relegated:EBK
Futura
Ilves-Kissat
JäPS 2
OPS
OTP
SexyPöxyt
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 Kakkonen was the 52nd season of Kakkonen, the fourth-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 5 April and ended on 20 October 2024. It was the first season of the Kakkonen serving as the fourth-tier football league in Finland.

Teams

The league consisted of thirty-one teams, split into three equal groups (A, B, and C).

Group A

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Atlantis 2Helsinki
FuturaPorvoo
GrIFKKauniainen
JäPS IIJärvenpää
KiffenHelsinki
MyPaKouvola
NJSNurmijärvi
PEPOLappeenranta
PPJHelsinki
ReipasLahti

Group B

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EBKEspoo
HJSHämeenlinna
HonkaEspoo
Ilves-KissatTampere
Ilves 2Tampere
Inter Turku 2Kupittaa
Pallo-IirotRauma
SexyPöxytLaaksolahti
Tampere UnitedTampere
TPVTampere
VJSVantaa

Group C

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GBKKokkola
JBKJakobstad
JPSJyväskylä
JS HerculesOulu
KraftNärpes
Kuopio EloKuopio
OPSOulu
OTPOulu
SJK 2Seinäjoki
TP-47Tornio

League tables

Group C

Promotion Group

The top six teams in each group qualified for the Promotion Group and played each team in their group for the third time. The top two teams in each group and the top two third-placed teams advanced to the Kakkonen play-offs.

Group C

Relegation Group

The bottom four teams in Groups A and C, and bottom five teams in Group B, qualified for the Relegation Group and played each team in their group for the third time. The bottom two teams in Groups A and C, and the bottom three teams in Group B, were relegated to the 2025 Kolomonen.

Group B