Ykkonen

Ykkonen is the third tier of Finnish football, ranked below the top-flight Veikkausliiga and the second-tier Ykkosliiga. It took that place in the 2024 reform of the Finnish pyramid, which turned it into the country's first nationwide third division, replacing the regional groups that had filled the level before. Its field mixes established senior clubs with the academy and reserve sides of leading Finnish teams, and, played through the calendar year in the Nordic summer season, it sends its best clubs up to the Ykkosliiga while the bottom sides drop into the regional Kakkonen. Golden Predictions covers it with match analysis and predictions for upcoming fixtures.