1979 Mestaruussarja

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Mestaruussarja
Season1979
1978
1980

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1979 season.

Overview

Preliminary Stage was contested by 12 teams, and higher 8 teams go into Championship Group. Lower 4 teams fought in promotion/relegation group with higher 4 teams of Ykkönen.

OPS Oulu won the championship.

Preliminary stage

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 OPS Oulu 22 11 10 1 39 15 +24 32
2
KuPS Kuopio
22 12 5 5 38 25 +13 29
3
HJK Helsinki
22 10 7 5 34 24 +10 27
4 Reipas Lahti 22 10 5 7 33 36 −3 25
5
KPT Kuopio
22 10 4 8 31 23 +8 24
6 TPS Turku 22 9 5 8 36 27 +9 23
7 Haka Valkeakoski 22 9 4 9 48 42 +6 22
8
KTP Kotka
22 8 4 10 27 44 −17 20
9 KPV Kokkola 22 5 7 10 25 27 −2 17
10 Ilves Tampere 22 6 4 12 31 41 −10 16
11 Pyrkivä Turku 22 5 6 11 17 31 −14 16
12 MiPK Mikkeli 22 4 5 13 23 47 −24 13
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away HAK
HJK
ILV
KPT
KPV
KTP
KPS
MPK OPS PYR REI TPS
FC Haka 0–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–3 8–1 1–1 3–3 4–1 2–3
HJK Helsinki
4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–0
Ilves 2–3 0–2 3–3 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
KPT
5–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
KPV 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 2–1
KTP
2–1 5–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0
KuPS
1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1
MiPK 2–4 0–0 5–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
OPS 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–0
Pyrkivä 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 0–1
Reipas 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1
TPS 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 6–1 3–3 5–0 2–4 1–0 5–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 OPS Oulu (C) 29 15 11 3 53 25 +28 41
2
KuPS Kuopio
29 17 6 6 58 33 +25 40
3
HJK Helsinki
29 14 7 8 48 36 +12 35
4
KPT Kuopio
29 13 7 9 47 33 +14 33
5 Reipas Lahti 29 12 8 9 46 49 −3 32
6 Haka Valkeakoski 29 11 7 11 58 52 +6 29
7 TPS Turku 29 9 8 12 46 43 +3 26
8
KTP Kotka
29 9 4 16 33 68 −35 22
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away HAK
HJK
KPT
KTP
KPS
OPS REI TPS
FC Haka 2–0 1–4 1–1
HJK Helsinki
2–1 2–5 0–2 0–1
KPT
1–1 2–0 1–1
KTP
2–6 0–1 2–1
KuPS
1–3 6–0 5–3 3–0
OPS 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–1
Reipas 1–1 0–4 6–2 1–2
TPS 1–2 3–3 3–3
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation group

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Ilves Tampere 7 4 3 0 16 5 +11 3 14
2
OTP Oulu
(P)
7 5 0 2 18 11 +7 3 13
3 KPV Kokkola 7 2 3 2 9 11 −2 4 11
4 Sepsi-78 (P) 7 2 4 1 8 5 +3 2 10
5 Pyrkivä Turku (R) 7 2 3 2 9 8 +1 2 9
6
MP Mikkeli
7 2 0 5 7 11 −4 4 8
7 MiPK Mikkeli (R) 7 2 2 3 7 14 −7 1 7
8
GrIFK Kauniainen
7 1 1 5 11 20 −9 1 4
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

The teams obtained bonus points on the basis of their preliminary stage position.

Results

Home \ Away
GFK
ILV KPV MPK
MPM
OTP
PYR S78
GrIFK
2–0 0–3 2–1
Ilves 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
KPV 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
MiPK 2–2 4–5 1–2
MP
0–3 2–0 1–2 3–0
OTP
1–2 4–1 2–1 0–1
Pyrkivä 1–1 2–0 2–3
Sepsi-78 0–0 5–0 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References