1938 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

The 1938 season was the ninth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Mestaruussarja
Season1938
ChampionsHJK Helsinki
RelegatedSudet Viipuri
Top goalscorerAatos Lehtonen, HJK Helsinki (14)
1937
1939

Overview

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The 1938 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HJK Helsinki winning the championship. Sudet Viipuri were relegated to the second tier which was known as the Suomensarja.[1]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 HJK Helsinki (C) 14 8 4 2 43 24 +19 20
2 TPS Turku 14 7 2 5 37 25 +12 16
3 VPS Vaasa 14 7 2 5 30 22 +8 16
4 HT Helsinki 14 7 2 5 28 28 0 16
5 HPS Helsinki 14 6 2 6 22 33 −11 14
6 HIFK Helsinki 14 4 3 7 27 31 −4 11
7 KPT Kuopio (O) 14 4 3 7 21 41 −20 11
8 Sudet Viipuri (R) 14 4 0 10 26 30 −4 8
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away HFK HJK HPS HT KPT SUD TPS VPS
HIFK 3–5 2–3 3–4 0–1 4–2 2–2 1–2
HJK 4–1 2–3 4–1 2–2 4–0 4–4 1–1
HPS 1–0 1–4 1–2 4–2 0–5 1–0 3–0
HT 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–3 2–1 3–1
KPT 1–1 1–5 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–5 3–1
Sudet 1–2 3–0 3–1 0–3 7–0 0–3 0–3
TPS 3–4 0–3 7–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2
VPS 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 6–0 1–0 4–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-12-05.

References

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