1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

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1931

The 1930 Mestaruussarja season was the first completed season of Finnish Football Championship played in a league format, known locally as the Mestaruussarja, ‘Championship Series’. Prior to this, from 1908 to 1929, the championship had been decided in a cup competition, which was NOT called the Finnish Cup.

Overview

The 1930

ÅIFK Turku were relegated to the second tier, which was known as the B-sarja.[1]

Participating clubs

Location of teams in 1930 Mestaruussarja

In 1930, there were 8 participants in the Mestaruussarja:[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 HIFK Helsinki(O) (C) 7 5 2 0 22 7 +15 12 Finnish Champions
2 TPS Turku (O) 7 5 2 0 25 12 +13 12[a] Participated in championship replay
3
HPS Helsinki
7 4 1 2 26 17 +9 9
4 ViPS Viipuri 7 3 1 3 20 16 +4 7
5 VPS Vaasa 7 2 3 2 23 27 −4 7
6
KIF Helsinki
7 2 2 3 17 18 −1 6
7 Stjärnan Helsinki (R) 7 0 2 5 9 35 −26 2 Relegated to Suomensarja
8
ÅIFK Turku
(R)
7 0 1 6 9 19 −10 1
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Because of the tie between two top teams, a replay match was played between HIFK Helsinki and TPS Turku. HIFK Helsinki won the match 4–1.

Results

Home \ Away HFK
HPS
KIF
STJ TPS VVI VPS
ÅIF
HIFK 4–0 8–1 1–1
HPS
1–3 3–2 5–2 2–1
KIF
4–0 3–3 4–4
Stjärnan 0–5 1–1
TPS 3–2 9–2 3–2 1–0
ViPS 1–2 4–4 1–0 2–5
VPS 2–2 2–9 3–3 5–3 5–3
ÅIFK
1–2 3–4 0–4
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Members of the HIFK champions’ team

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

References

  • Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen (‘The Little Giant Book of Finnish Football’).