1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

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.

Mestaruussarja
Season1930
ChampionsHIFK Helsinki (1st title)
RelegatedStjärnan Helsinki
ÅIFK Turku
Matches played56
Goals scored151 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerHolger Salin, HIFK Helsinki
Olof Strömsten, KIF Helsinki (9)
1931

Overview

The 1930 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HIFK Helsinki claiming the inaugural championship, which was also known as the A-sarja, by winning a tiebreaker match with the scoreline of 4–1 over TPS Turku. Stjärnan Helsinki and ÅIFK Turku were relegated to the second tier, which was known as the B-sarja.[1]

Participating clubs

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[lower-alpha 1] 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Members of the HIFK champions’ team

Footnotes

  1. "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’).
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