F-liiga


The F-liiga is the top men's floorball league in Finland. The league was founded in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation.
The league consists of 12 teams. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions [Cup |Champions Cup].
The most successful team in the league is SSV, with eleven titles, most recently winning in 2011. The current champion from the 2024–25 season is the Oilers, who claimed their sixth title.

Format

Regular season

In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, starting with the 2025–26 season, all teams play each other twice, and additionally, each team plays twice against every team from one of two six-team groups. In total, each team plays 32 games.

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship, in playoffs that starts around March and culminates in April. 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 semifinal pairings are determined by the regular season standings. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format.
File:Floorball game Classic - SPV.jpg|265px|thumbnail|right|Regular season game between Classic and SPV in the 2009–10 season.

Playout

Starting with the 2025–26 season, the last-place team is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the lower competition final. The second-to-last team plays a relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Divari final.

History

The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja in 1986. 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.
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.

Current teams

Teams in 2025–26 season:
Group A:
Group B:
File:Turku floorball.jpg|265px|thumbnail|right|TPS come close to scoring against FBT Pori in the 2005–06 season.

Recent champions

List of champions

TeamTitlesSeasons
SSV Helsinki11,,,,,,,,,,
Oilers5,,,,,
Classic Tampere6,,,,,
SPV Seinäjoki3,,
Josba Joensuu292,
SC Dalmac Helsinki2,
ManU Tampere2,
TPS1
Happee Jyväskylä1
Viikingit Helsinki1
VFT Vantaa1
BET1
HIFK1

''Updated as of season.''