The 1957 season was the 27th completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Mestaruussarja
Season1957
ChampionsHPS Helsinki
RelegatedKIF Helsinki
KoRe Kotka
1956
1958

Overview edit

The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1957 season was contested by 10 teams. HPS Helsinki won the championship and qualified for the 1958–59 European Cup first round, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition, KIF Helsinki and KoRe Kotka, were relegated to the Suomensarja.[1]

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 HPS Helsinki (C) 18 11 4 3 49 27 +22 26
2 Haka Valkeakoski 18 11 3 4 46 20 +26 25
3 TPS Turku 18 7 7 4 45 37 +8 21
4 KuPS Kuopio 18 8 3 7 28 34 −6 19
5 IKissat Tampere 18 7 4 7 50 34 +16 18
6 HJK Helsinki 18 5 8 5 26 26 0 18
7 VPS Vaasa 18 6 4 8 21 30 −9 16
8 KTP Kotka 18 5 5 8 28 31 −3 15
9 KIF Helsinki (R) 18 5 4 9 28 36 −8 14
10 KoRe Kotka (R) 18 2 4 12 21 67 −46 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away HAK HJK HPS IK KIF KR KTP KPS TPS VPS
FC Haka 5–2 2–3 0–3 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 0–1
HJK 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–2
HPS 2–2 4–2 3–2 0–3 8–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 5–3
IKissat 2–5 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–2 2–2 5–1
KIF 0–2 1–3 0–4 2–4 7–0 0–4 2–2 1–1 3–1
KoRe 1–7 1–1 2–1 1–10 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–7 2–0
KTP 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 2–1
KuPS 2–1 0–2 0–7 1–6 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–2
TPS 0–5 4–1 5–3 3–1 7–2 4–4 3–2 0–2 1–0
VPS 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-01-10.

References edit