League tables for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2003.

Finnish League Division 1
Season2003
2002
2004

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 TP-47 Tornio (C, P) 26 15 8 3 41 21 +20 53 Promotion to Veikkausliiga
2 RoPS Rovaniemi (P) 26 14 7 5 40 27 +13 49 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
3 FC Viikingit Helsinki 26 13 8 5 38 28 +10 47
4 FC Honka Espoo 26 12 6 8 47 28 +19 42
5 VPS Vaasa 26 11 7 8 35 26 +9 40
6 Kraft Närpiö 26 10 7 9 42 30 +12 37
7 VG-62 Naantali 26 10 6 10 40 30 +10 36
8 AC Oulu 26 9 8 9 37 37 0 35
9 Rakuunat Lappeenranta 26 9 8 9 26 28 −2 35
10 PP-70 Tampere 26 10 5 11 39 45 −6 35
11 GBK Kokkola (R) 26 9 5 12 36 45 −9 32 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12 FC Kuusankoski (O) 26 6 7 13 31 50 −19 25
13 OLS Oulu (R) 26 4 7 15 32 52 −20 19 Relegation to Kakkonen
14 FC Korsholm Mustasaari (R) 26 4 3 19 14 51 −37 15
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

HIFK Helsinki withdrew from the Ykkönen and their place was inherited by Korsholm Mustasaari, the highest placed relegated team in 2002.[1]

Promotion play-offs

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KooTeePee Kotka as 13th placed team in the 2003 Veikkausliiga and RoPS as runners-up of the 2003 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. RoPS won the play-offs 6-4 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga.

RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1
KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2 [1]

Relegation play-offs

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GBK Kokkola - P-Iirot Rauma 1-1
P-Iirot Rauma - GBK Kokkola 3-0

PS Kemi - FC Kuusankoski 2-3
FC Kuusankoski - PS Kemi 2-0 [1]

P-Iirot Rauma were promoted to the Ykkönen and GBK Kokkola relegated to the Kakkonen. P-Iirot Rauma won 4-1 on aggregate.
FC Kuusankoski remained in the Ykkönen after beating PS Kemi 5-2 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables". RSSSF. 2003. Retrieved 2010-03-25.