1953 Mestaruussarja
Football league season
| Season | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Champions | VIFK Vaasa |
| Relegated | VPS Vaasa KaPa Kajaani |
← 1952 1954 → | |
The 1953 season was the 23rd completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.
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 |
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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
References
- Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
