Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga

Countries	Finland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1971
Number of teams	10
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Naisten Ykkönen
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	PK-35 Vantaa (2011)
Most championships	HJK (22)
Website	naistenliiga.fi

Naisten Liiga ("Women's League") is the highest division of women's football in Finland. The competition was first held in 1971. Up to 2006 it was known as Naisten SM-sarja ("Women's Finnish championship series").

The league consists of 12 clubs who play two rounds with a total of 22 matches per team in a season. At the end of the season the 12th placed team is relegated to the second level and the 11th placed team continues to relegation play-offs. The league champion qualifies for the next season's UEFA Women's Champions League.

Teams participating in the 2011 season

FC Honka, Espoo FC United, Pietarsaari HJK, Helsinki Ilves, Tampere Kokkola F10, Kokkola

KMF Kuopio, Kuopio NiceFutis, Pori Pallokerho-35, Vantaa TPS, Turku Åland United, Maarianhamina

Previous champions

A list of all champions^[1]:

• 1971 HJK
• 1972 HJK
• 1973 HJK
• 1974 HJK
• 1975 HJK
• 1976 Kemin Into
• 1977 Kemin Into
• 1978 TPS
• 1979 HJK
• 1980 HJK
• 1981 HJK
• 1982 Puotinkylän Valtti
• 1983 Puotinkylän Valtti
• 1984 HJK
• 1985 Kaunis Nainen Futis
• 1986 HJK
• 1987 HJK
• 1988 HJK
• 1989 PP-Futis
• 1990 Helsinki United
• 1991 HJK
• 1992 HJK
• 1993 Kontulan Urheilijat
• 1994 Malmin Palloseura
• 1995 HJK
• 1996 HJK
• 1997 HJK
• 1998 HJK
• 1999 HJK
• 2000 HJK
• 2001 HJK
• 2002 FC United
• 2003 Malmin Palloseura
• 2004 FC United
• 2005 HJK
• 2006 FC Honka
• 2007 FC Honka
• 2008 FC Honka
• 2009 Åland United
• 2010 PK-35 Vantaa
• 2011 PK-35 Vantaa

See also

• Football Association of Finland
• Women's association football

External links

• Naisten Liiga official homepage
• Finnsih league at women.soccerway.com

References

1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fin-womchamp.html ; RSSSF.com List of women's champions