1953 Mestaruussarja

The 1953 season was the 23rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Mestaruussarja
Season1953
ChampionsVIFK Vaasa
RelegatedVPS Vaasa
KaPa Kajaani
← 1952
1954 →

Overview

The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1953 season was contested by 10 teams. VIFK Vaasa won the championship and the two lowest placed teams of the competition, VPS Vaasa and KaPa Kajaani, were relegated to the Suomensarja.[1]

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 VIFK Vaasa (C, Q) 18 10 4 4 40 23 +17 24
2 Jäntevä Kotka (Q) 18 11 2 5 30 20 +10 24
3 KuPS Kuopio 18 9 3 6 32 25 +7 21
4 Haka Valkeakoski 18 8 3 7 31 32 −1 19
5 Pyrkivä Turku 18 8 2 8 38 29 +9 18
6 HJK Helsinki 18 7 3 8 28 22 +6 17
7 KIF Helsinki 18 6 4 8 28 28 0 16
8 KTP Kotka 18 5 5 8 22 32 −10 15
9 VPS Vaasa (R) 18 5 3 10 26 37 −11 13
10 KaPa Kajaani (R) 18 4 5 9 25 52 −27 13
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away HAK HJK JÄN KPK KIF KTP KPS PYR VIF VPS
FC Haka 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–1 2–3
HJK 2–0 2–1 6–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 3–0
Jäntevä 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–3 1–0
KaPa 4–1 0–4 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–6 1–1 2–1
KIF 2–4 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–4 4–0
KTP 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–1
KuPS 1–2 0–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 4–1
Pyrkivä 1–2 1–0 3–0 7–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–5 3–0
VIFK 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 6–1 1–2 4–3 1–2
VPS 2–2 4–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 5–0 1–4 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Footnotes
  1. "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

References
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