F-liiga (women)

This article is about the top women's floorball league in Finland. For the men's ditto, see F-liiga.

F-liiga is the highest-tier of floorball for women in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja in 1988.

F-liiga (women)

Formerly	Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja
Sport	Floorball
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
First season	as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja, 1988–89 as Naisten Salibandyliiga, 2000–01
Director	Kimmo Nurminen
Administrator	Finnish Floorball Federation
No. of teams	16
Country	Finland
Most recent champion	Classic (10th title) (2024–25)
Most titles	Classic (10 titles)
Broadcaster	Yle TV2
Level on pyramid	Level 1
International cup	Champions Cup
Official website	Fliiga.com

The league consists of 12 teams. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup.^[1]

The most successful team in the league, with ten titles and the current champion of the 2024–25 season, is Classic.^[2]

Format

Regular season

In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, all teams play each other twice (a total of 22 rounds).^[3]

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish championship, in playoffs that starts around March and culminates in April. For quarterfinals, the top three teams from the regular season successively choose their quarterfinal opponents from the four remaining teams. The semifinal pairings are determined by the regular season standings. The quarterfinals and semifinals are in best-of-five format. The finals is played in best-of-seven format. The losing semifinalists play a single match for the bronze medal.^[4][3]

Playout

Starting with the 2025–26 season, the last-place team is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the lower competition final (called Division, Divari in Finnish, or Inssi-Divari for sponsorship reasons). The second-to-last team plays a relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Divari final.^[3]

History

The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja (English: Floorball Women Finnish Champions-Series) in 1988 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Naisten Salibandyliiga for the 2000–01 season. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21.^[5] The F-liiga is operated by SSBL Salibandy Oy, a limited corporation owned entirely by the Finnish Floorball Federation.

Starting with the 2015–16 season, the league adopted the Superfinal system, a single championship game to decide the title. However, after three years, it returned to a final series format.^[3]

Current teams

Classic

Koovee

TPS

Loisto

Erä

ÅIF

Jyväskylä

PSS

SaiPa

SB-Pro

SSRA

Pirkat

Location of teams in the league

Updated for the 2025–26 season.^[6]

• ÅIF (fi) (Söderkulla)
• Classic (fi) (Tampere)
• EräViikingit (fi) (Helsinki)
• FBC Loisto (fi) (Turku)
• Koovee (fi) (Tampere)
• O2-Jyväskylä (fi) (Jyväskylä)
• Pirkat (fi) (Pirkkala)
• PSS (Porvoo)
• SaiPa (fi) (Lappeenranta)
• SB-Pro (Nurmijärvi)
• SSRA (fi) (Oulu)
• TPS (Turku)

Recent champions

SB-Pro battle Classic in the 2013–14 finals

Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third Place
2024–25	Classic[2]	TPS	EräViikingit
2023–24	TPS	Classic	FBC Loisto
2022–23	TPS	Classic	PSS
2021–22	TPS	PSS	EräViikingit
2020–21	PSS	SB-Pro	SSRA
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2018–19	SB Pro	PSS	Koovee
2017–18	SB Pro	Classic	EräViikingit
2016–17	Classic	SB Pro	PSS
2015–16	NST	Classic	SB Pro
2014–15	Classic	SB Pro	NST
2013–14	SB-Pro	Classic	Happee
2012–13	Classic	SB-Pro	OLS
2011–12	Classic	SB-Pro	NST
2010–11	Classic	NST	SB-Pro
2009–10	Classic	SB-Pro	NST
2008–09	Classic	Happee	NST
2007–08	Classic	PSS	NST
2006–07	Erä III	NST	PSS
2005–06	NST	Classic	Oilers
2004–05	Tiikerit	Erä III	NST

List of champions

Team	Titles	Season
Classic	10	2002–03, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2024–25
Erä III Helsinki	4	1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2006–07
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi	3	2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19
Erä I Helsinki	3	1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95
VFT Vantaa	3	1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04
TPS	3	2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
NST Lappeenranta	2	2005–06, 2015–16
HIFK Helsinki	2	2000–01, 2001–02
S.C. Dalmac Helsinki	2	1989–90, 1990–91
PSS	1	2020–21
BET Jyväskylä	1	1988–89
Oilers Espoo	1	1993–94
Tiikerit Vantaa	1	2004–05

Updated as of the 2024–25 season

Records

Regular season

Game records

• Highest attendance : 693
  • Classic vs. Happee (13–2), 02-19-2011
• Biggest home win: 18–0
  • SB Pro vs. Sheriffs (18–0), 01-30-2013
• Biggest away win: 1–23
  • SSV vs. Erä III (1–23), 02-18-2006
• Highest scoring game: 24 goals
  • Josba vs. PE Åland (19–5), 01-06-2006

Individual records

Career

• Most games played: 346
  • Maria Repo
• Most goals: 365
  • Katariina Saarinen
• Most assists: 244
  • Katariina Saarinen
• Most points: 609
  • Katariina Saarinen

Season

• Most goals: 56
  • Eliisa Alanko (Classic), 2012–13
• Most assists: 68
  • Elina Kujala (SB Pro), 2013–14
• Most points: 83
  • Elina Kujala (SB Pro), 2013–14

Playoffs

Game records

• Highest attendance : 1039
  • NST vs. Classic (5–4), 04-07-2006
• Biggest win: 15–0
  • Classic vs. PSS (14–2), 03-12-2011
• Highest scoring game: 17 goals
  • VFT vs. Josba (14–3), 03-05-2004

Individual records

Career

• Most games played: 140
  • Katriina Saarinen
• Most goals: 118
  • Katriina Saarinen
• Most assists: 73
  • Niina Rantala
• Most points: 190
  • Katriina Saarinen

Season

• Most goals: 19
  • Eliisa Alanko (Classic), 2012–13
• Most assists: 17
  • Niina Rantala (Classic), 2012–13
• Most points: 29
  • Petra Mäntynen (Classic), 2002–03

All records updated as of season 2013–14.^[7]