2023 Kakkonen

The 2023 Kakkonen was the 51st season of Kakkonen, the third-highest football league in Finland. The season began on 21 April 2023 and ended on 8 October 2023. It was the final season of the Kakkonen serving as the third-tier football league in Finland, following its demotion to fourth-tier.
The three groups winners and the highest-ranked runner up qualified for the Kakkonen Championship play-offs, with the winners and runners-up being promoted to the 2024 Ykkösliiga.
The second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams in each group qualified for the Kakkonen play-offs; the five winners joined the highest-ranked runner-up, the two losing semi-final teams from the [|Kakkonen Championship play-offs], and the two teams relegated from the 2023 Ykkönen in the 2024 Ykkönen.
The bottom two teams in each group were relegated to the 2024 Kolmonen.

Teams

The league consisted of thirty-six teams, split into three equal groups.

Group B

Team Name	Town
Atlantis	Helsinki
EPS	Espoonlahti
GrIFK	Kauniainen
HJS	Hämeenlinna
Honka Akatemia	Espoo
Ilves 2	Tampere
Ilves-Kissat	Tampere
Jazz Pori	Pori
Pallo-Iirot	Rauma
PIF	Pargas
SexyPöxyt	Laaksolahti
Tampere United	Tampere

Group C

Team Name	Town
Elo Kuopio	Kuopio
GBK Kokkola	Kokkola
Hercules	Oulu
JBK	Jakobstad
KuPS Akatemia	Kuopio
Närpes [Kraft Fotbollsförening\|Närpes Kraft]	Närpes
OLS	Oulu
OTP	Oulu
RoPS	Rovaniemi
TP-47	Tornio
Vaajakoski	Vaajakoski
VIFK	Vaasa

League tables

Group B

Play-offs

Kakkonen play-offs

The second to fifth teams in each group competed in play-off matches, with the five winners earning promotion to the 2024 Ykkönen.

Kakkonen Championship play-offs

The three group winners and highest ranked runner-up competed in a play-off, with the winner earning promotion to the 2024 Ykkösliiga and the rest qualifying for the 2024 Ykkönen.