The F-liiga is the top men’s

floorball Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...

league in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The ''Salibandyliiga'' was operated by the company ''SSBL Salibandy Oy'', a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup.

Format

Regular season

The regular season is played in a round robin format with each team playing 26 games. The total number of regular season games is 182. The eight teams that finish the regular season at the top of the standings qualify for the playoffs in the spring. Floorball game Classic - SPV

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the

Finnish Championship Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

. The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format.

Playout

The playout round was first introduced for 2014–15 season. The teams placed that placed eleventh through fourteenth continue to a playout phase after the regular season. The eleventh placed team picks their opponent, either the thirteenth or fourteenth placed team. The winners of the first round of playout get to keep their spots in ''Salibandyliiga'', but the losing teams face each other in the second round. The winner of the second round of playout faces the second placed team of ''Divari'' (

: ''First Division''). The winner of this match-up wins a place in the ''Salibandyliiga'' and losing team is relegated. The loser of the second round of playout is also relegated to ''Divari''. The winner of ''Divari'' is directly promoted to ''Salibandyliiga''.

Current teams

Teams in 2022–23 season: *

Classic A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a '' ...

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclo ...

* EräViikingit,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

FBC Turku FBC may refer to: Medicine * Full blood count Broadcasting * Fana Broadcasting Corporate, an Ethiopian broadcaster * Fijian Broadcasting Corporation ** FBC TV * Finnish Broadcasting Company * Fox Broadcasting Company, referred to on air as "F ...

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

* Happee,

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capit ...

Indians Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

* Jymy,

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...

* LASB,

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern ...

* Nokian KrP,

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finlan ...

Oilers Oiler may refer to: Ships * Replenishment oiler * Tanker (ship) Sports * Cape Breton Oilers, a former American Hockey League team * City Oilers, Ugandan basketball team * Edmonton Oilers, a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta ...

OLS OLS or Ols may refer to: * Oleśnica (German: Öls), Poland * Optical landing system * Order of Luthuli in Silver, a South African honour * Ordinary least squares, a method used in regression analysis for estimating linear models * Ottawa Linux Sy ...

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after ...

* SPV,

TPS TPS or Tps may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Télévision Par Satellite, a French satellite television company *Third-person shooter, a game genre * Torsonic Polarity Syndrome, in ''South Park'' animation * Trailer Park Sex, a band from ...

Recent champions

List of champions

''All records updated as of season 2021–22.''

Records

Regular season

Game records

* Highest attendance : 3214 **

vs.

(4–1), 12-09-2014 * Biggest home win: 21–6 ** Gunners vs.

(21–6), 10-22-2006 * Biggest away win: 1–17 ** Pirkat vs. SSV (1–17), 03-03-2007 **

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 ...

vs. SSV (1–17), 12-12-2007 * Highest scoring game: 34 **

vs.

(18–12), 09-29-2009

Individual records

=Career

= * Most games played: 450 ** Mikael Järvi *Most goals: 415 ** Mikko Kohonen * Most assists: 327 ** Mikael Järvi * Most points: 667 ** Mikael Järvi

=Season

= *Most goals: 63 **

Tero Tiitu Tero Tiitu (born April 23, 1982) is a Finnish floorball player currently playing for EräViikingit of the F-liiga. Tiitu is the holder of the F-liiga's one season goal scoring record of 63 goals. Swedish floorball magazine Innebandymagazinet ch ...

(

), 2006–07 *Most assists: 68 ** Mika Kohonen ( Happee), 2004–05 * Most points: 108 **

Jaakko Hintikka Kaarlo Jaakko Juhani Hintikka (12 January 1929 – 12 August 2015) was a Finnish philosopher and logician. Life and career Hintikka was born in Helsingin maalaiskunta (now Vantaa). In 1953, he received his doctorate from the University of Hels ...

, (

), 2005–06

Playoffs

Game records

* Highest attendance : 5580 ** Josba vs.

(4–7), 07-04-2002 * Biggest win: 14–2 ** SSV vs.

(14–2), 04-03-2008 * Highest scoring game: 24 ** SSV vs.

(17–7), 10-03-2006

Individual records

=Career

= * Most games played: 169 ** Mikael Järvi *Most goals: 138 ** Mikael Järvi * Most assists: 116 ** Mikael Järvi * Most points: 254 ** Mikael Järvi

=Season

= *Most goals: 20 ** Santtu Manner ( SSV), 2004–05 *Most assists: 21 ** Mika Kohonen ( Happee), 2004–05 * Most points: 32 ** Mika Kohonen ( Happee), 2004–05
''All records updated as of season 2013–14.''

External links

Official website

fliiga.com – F-liiga

Finnish Floorball Federation

References

{{Professional Floorball Leagues Floorball competitions in Finland Sports leagues in Finland 1986 establishments in Finland Sports leagues established in 1986