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{{Infobox sports season
| title              = 2023–24 [[Naisten Liiga]] season
| color = 
| color_text = 
| league = [[Naisten Liiga]]
| sport = [[Ice hockey]]
| logo = 
| pixels = 
| caption = 
| duration = {{ubl|{{Start date|2023|09|09|df=yes}}&nbsp;–&nbsp;18 February 2024||'''Playoffs'''|23 February 2024&nbsp;–&nbsp;23 March 2024<!--|'''Qualification'''|18 March 2023&nbsp;–&nbsp;2 April 2023-->}}
| no_of_games = 32
| no_of_teams = 9
| attendance = 
| TV = Leijonat.tv
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = [[Kiekko-Espoo Naiset|Kiekko-Espoo]]
| second_place = [[HIFK Naiset|IFK Helsinki]]
| MVP = 
| MVP_link = 
| top_scorer = Michaela Pejzlová, HIFK
| top_scorer_link =
| promote = 
| promote_from = <!--[[Naisten Mestis]]-->
| relegate = 
| relegate_to = <!--2024–25 [[Naisten Mestis]]-->
| playoffs = Playoffs
| playoffs_link = 
| playoffs_MVP = Clara Rozier, HIFK
| playoffs_MVP_link = 
| finals =
| finals_champ = [[HIFK Naiset|IFK Helsinki]]
| finals_runner-up = [[Kiekko-Espoo Naiset|Kiekko-Espoo]]
| seasonslist = 
| seasonslistnames = Naisten Liiga
| defending_champs = [[HIFK Naiset|IFK Helsinki]]
| prevseason_link = 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season
| prevseason_year = 2022–23
| nextseason_link = 2024–25 Naisten Liiga season
| nextseason_year = 2024–25
}}

The '''2023–24 Naisten Liiga season''' is the forty-first season of the [[Naisten Liiga]], the premier level of women's [[ice hockey]] in [[Finland]], since the league's establishment as the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The regular season began on 9 September 2023 and concluded on 18 February 2024. The playoffs began on 23 February 2024 and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to [[HIFK Naiset]] on 21 March 2024.

Entering the season, HIFK were the reigning champions of both the [[2022–23 Naisten Liiga season|2022–23 regular season]] and the 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup.

==Off-season==

=== Dissolution of Lukko ===
[[Lukko Naiset|Lukko]] unexpectedly withdrew from the Naisten Liiga and the team was dissolved in April 2023, just weeks after they’d successfully defended their place in the league in the [[2022–23 Naisten Liiga season#Qualification|2023 Naisten Liiga qualification]]. Rauman Lukko ry, the team's operating association, cited difficulties in recruiting and retaining players as the principal reasons behind the decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=Lukko luopuu Naisten liigapaikasta |url=https://www.juniorilukko.fi/uutiset/53177/lukko-luopuu-naisten-liigapaikasta |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Rauman Lukko ry |language=fi |type=Press release}}</ref> 

Lukko players were not consulted prior to the announcement. Captain Maija Koski was shocked by the news and felt that the team could have been saved if avenues of communication had been opened between the association and Lukko players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seppä |first=Lassi |date=2023-04-29 |title=Kapteeni Maija Kosken Lukko-sydän murtui joukkueen lopetusuutisesta − "Aikuisten, maksavien pelaajien mielipidettä ei kysytty" |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Haastattelu/Kapteeni-Maija-Kosken-Lukko-syd%C3%A4n-murtui-joukkueen-lopetusuutisesta-%E2%88%92-Aikuisten-maksavien-pelaajien-mielipidett%C3%A4-ei-kysytty/249559 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Jatkoaika |language=fi}}</ref>

Lukko's departure from the Naisten Liiga decreased the number of teams in the league from ten to nine for the 2023–24 season. The standard 36-game season was reduced to 32 games per team to account for the four game that would have been played against Lukko.

Five Lukko players – forwards Carolina Grönroos, Maija Koski, and Amanda Julkunen, and defensemen Hanna Brofelt and Mette Karru – transferred to [[TPS Naiset|TPS]] in Turku, about 90 km southeast of Rauma. Centre Aliisa Toivonen, Lukko's leading scorer in the [[2022–23 Naisten Liiga season|2022–23 season]], signed with [[Kiekko-Espoo Naiset|Kiekko-Espoo]].

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable"
!<abbr>Pos</abbr>
!Team
!<abbr>Pld</abbr>
!<abbr>W</abbr>
!<abbr>OTW</abbr>
!<abbr>OTL</abbr>
!<abbr>L</abbr>
!<abbr>GF</abbr>
!<abbr>GA</abbr>
!<abbr>GD</abbr>
!<abbr>Pts</abbr>
!Postseason
|-
|1
!Kiekko-Espoo
|32
|24
|2
|3
|3
|168
|66
|<nowiki>+102</nowiki>
|79
| rowspan="8" |Playoffs
|-
|2
!HIFK
|32
|27
|0
|0
|5
|175
|49
|<nowiki>+126</nowiki>
|75
|-
|3
!HPK
|32
|21
|0
|3
|8
|120
|68
|<nowiki>+52</nowiki>
|66
|-
|4
!KalPa
|32
|18
|2
|2
|10
|119
|81
|<nowiki>+38</nowiki>
|60
|-
|5
!Tampereen Ilves
|32
|14
|5
|1
|12
|102
|94
|<nowiki>+8</nowiki>
|53
|-
|6
!Team Kuortane
|32
|9
|2
|3
|18
|65
|99
|−34
|34
|-
|7
!Oulun Kärpät
|32
|7
|2
|2
|21
|69
|133
|−64
|27
|-
|8
!TPS
|32
|5
|3
|2
|22
|59
|133
|−74
|23
|-
|9
!RoKi
|32
|2
|1
|1
|28
|55
|209
|−154
|9
| rowspan="1" |Qualification
|}

==Playoffs==
;Quarterfinals
*'''Kiekko-Espoo''' - TPS 7:0, 8:1, 5:2
*'''HIFK''' - Karpat 7:2, 3:2, 4:2
*'''HPK''' - Kuortane 2:1 SO, 3:0, 5:1
*'''KalPa''' - Ilves 2:1, 2:3, 2:0, 3:1

;Semifinals
*'''Kiekko-Espoo''' - KalPa 5:3, 4:0, 2:1
*'''HIFK''' - HPK 0:1, 5:4, 5:0, 4:1

;3rd place
*'''KalPa''' - HPK 3:1

;Final
*'''HIFK''' - Kiekko-Espoo 0:3, 2:0, 4:2, 3:2

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Naisten SM-sarja seasons}}

[[Category:2024 in ice hockey]]