- Source: F-liiga
The F-liiga is the top men's floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: 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.
= Playoffs
=The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship. 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 (English: 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 2024–25 season:
Classic, Tampere
EräViikingit, Helsinki
FBC Turku, Turku
Happee, Jyväskylä
Indians, Espoo
Jymy, Seinäjoki
LASB, Lahti
Nokian KrP, Nokia
Oilers, Espoo
OLS, Oulu
SPV, Seinäjoki
TPS, Turku
Recent champions
List of champions
All records updated as of season 2023–24.
Records
= Regular season
=Game records
Highest attendance : 3214
Oilers vs. TPS (4–1), 12-09-2014
Biggest home win: 21–6
Gunners vs. OLS (21–6), 10-22-2006
Biggest away win: 1–17
Pirkat vs. SSV (1–17), 03-03-2007
HIFK vs. SSV (1–17), 12-12-2007
Highest scoring game: 34
Classic vs. OLS (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 (Oilers), 2006–07
Most assists: 68
Mika Kohonen (Happee), 2004–05
Most points: 108
Jaakko Hintikka, (Oilers), 2005–06
= Playoffs
=Game records
Highest attendance : 5580
Josba vs. Oilers (4–7), 07-04-2002
Biggest win: 14–2
SSV vs. Classic (14–2), 04-03-2008
Highest scoring game: 24
SSV vs. OLS (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 (in English)
Official website (in Finnish)
Finnish Floorball Federation (in Finnish)