The season started on 20 April 2013 and is scheduled to end on 5 October 2013.

Teams

A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returning from the 2012 season, two relegated from

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

and eight promoted from

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the

. The bottom two teams in each group and the worst eight-placed will qualify directly for relegation to

. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group.

FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala. The team was formed in 1991. Club's history Initial years FC Hämeenlinna was founded in a ...

and

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

were relegated from the 2012 Ykkönen, while

AC Kajaani AC Kajaani was a association football, football club from Kajaani, Finland. The club was formed in 2006 after the merger of FC Tarmo and Kajaanin Palloilijat (KaPa). Their home ground was Kajaanin Liikuntapuisto. The men's football first team la ...

and

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

were promoted to the 2013 Ykkönen. FC Espoo, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, HauPa, JIlves, LoPa and PK-35/VJS were relegated from

2012 Kakkonen The 2012 Kakkonen season began on 18 April and ended on 6 October 2012. Teams A total of 40 teams contested the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 30 returned f ...

. FC POHU, Kerho 07, KäPa,

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, PK Keski-Uusimaa, Sudet and Tervarit were promoted from the 2012

. SiPS didn't take its place in 2013 Kakkonen. Its place was given for Sporting Kristina, the worst eight-placed of the last season.

took the place of FC Santa Claus for the 2013 season when the club went bankrupt after the 2012 season. Warkaus JK was excluded from the

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

due to breaking the rules of the association.

Stadia and Locations

League tables

Eteläinen (Southern)

Pohjoinen (Northern)

Läntinen (Western)

Itäinen (Eastern)

Promotion play-offs

Group winners will play two-legged ties. Team pairs will be drawn and the two winning teams will be promoted to the

for season 2014.Kakkosen nousukarsinnan FC Jazz – EIF pelipäivät vahvistettu
/ref> Group winners

First leg

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Second leg

''FC Jazz won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''HIFK won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Eight-placed teams

At the end of the season, a comparison is made between the eight-placed teams. The worst eight-placed team will be directly relegated to the

References

Kakkosen lohkot 2013
{{2013 in Finnish football Kakkonen seasons 3

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