2014 Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga
Season 2014
Champions PK-35 Vantaa
Relegated ONS
Top goalscorer Sanna Saarinen (20 goals)
Highest attendance 1,593
Åland U 1–2 PK-35
(18 October)
2013
2015

The 2014 Naisten Liiga, part of the 2014 Finnish football season, was the 8th season of Naisten Liiga since its establishment in 2007. The season started on 22 March 2014 and ended on 18 October 2014.[1] Åland United were the defending champions, having won their 2nd Finnish championship in 2013.

The season featured 10 teams. After 18 matches played, the league was divided to Championship Group of six and Relegation Group of four. The Champion, PK-35 Vantaa, qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League and ONS was relegated to the Naisten Ykkönen for the 2015 season.[1] FC Ilves was promoted.

Teams

Merilappi United was promoted in 2013 for their first season in the Finnish women's premier division.

Team Location Stadium Manager
FC Honka Espoo Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Finland Timo Lounio
HJK Helsinki Töölön Pallokenttä Finland Maria Virolainen
Kokkola Futis 10 Kokkola Kokkolan Keskuskenttä Finland Risto Willman
Finland Hannu Ketoja (since 15 June)
Merilappi United Kemi City Sport Areena Finland Jukka-Pekka Poutiainen
NiceFutis Pori Pori Stadium Finland Kari Latvanen
ONS Oulu Castrén Stadium Finland Mauri Holappa
Pallokissat Kuopio Savon Sanomat Areena Finland Ollipekka Ojala
PK-35 Vantaa ISS Stadion Finland Jari Väisänen
TPS Turku Turun yläkenttä Finland Sami Haltia
Åland United Lemland Bengtsböle IP England Gary Williams

Preliminary stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Åland United 18 13 4 1 56 21 +35 43 Championship group
2 PK-35 18 13 3 2 58 18 +40 42
3 FC Honka 18 10 4 4 45 21 +24 34
4 Pallokissat 18 8 5 5 29 28 +1 29
5 Merilappi United 18 7 4 7 36 27 +9 25
6 TPS 18 6 2 10 32 50 18 20
7 Kokkola F10 18 5 3 10 31 48 17 18 Relegation group
8 NiceFutis 18 5 3 10 31 56 25 18
9 HJK 18 4 3 11 21 37 16 15
10 ONS 18 3 1 14 16 49 33 10

Championship group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 PK-35 23 17 3 3 75 27 +48 54 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Åland United 23 16 4 3 69 29 +40 52
3 Pallokissat 23 12 5 6 36 30 +6 41
4 FC Honka 23 11 4 8 59 34 +25 37
5 TPS 23 8 3 12 45 64 19 27
6 Merilappi United 23 7 5 11 38 47 9 26

Relegation group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 NiceFutis 24 9 4 11 53 68 15 31
2 HJK 24 8 4 12 41 44 3 28
3 Kokkola F10 24 6 3 15 37 69 32 21
4 ONS (R) 24 5 1 18 30 71 41 16 Relegation to Naisten Ykkönen

Top scorers

Pos. Player Club Goals
1. Finland Sanna Saarinen PK-35 20
2. Finland Sanni Franssi PK-35 19
3. United States Brooke Barbuto NiceFutis 17
Finland Adelina Engman Åland United
5. Finland Ria Öling TPS 16
6. Finland Juliette Kemppi Åland United 14
7. Estonia Signy Aarna Pallokissat 13
8. Finland Riikka Hannula FC Honka 12
Finland Natalia Kuikka Merilappi United
Nigeria Cynthia Uwak Åland United

Personal awards

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarjainfo" (in Finnish). Finnish Football Association. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

External links

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