1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

Mestaruussarja 1930 HIFK Helsinki (1st title) Stjärnan HelsinkiÅIFK Turku 56 151 Holger Salin, HIFK HelsinkiOlof Strömsten, KIF Helsinki (9) 1931 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. 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finhist.html Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF 2012-07-05 Participating clubs Finland 275 Finland_(1920-1940)_location_map.svg Location of teams in 1930 Mestaruussarja Finland 60.170833 24.9375 HIFK HelsinkiHSP HelsinkiStjärnan right Finland 60.170833 24.9375 KIF Helsinki top Finland 60.80 28.30 ViPS Viipuri right Finland 60.27051 22.16074 ÅIFK TurkuTPS Turku left Finland 63.085278 21.627778 VPS Vaasa In 1930, there were 8 participants in the Mestaruussarja: ÅIFK Turku HIFK Helsinki HPS Helsinki KIF Helsinki Stjärnan Helsinki TPS Turku ViPS Viipuri VPS Vaasa League table main WDL QR y 2 HFK HIFK Helsinki(O) (C) TPS TPS Turku HPS HPS Helsinki VVI ViPS Viipuri VPS VPS Vaasa KIF KIF Helsinki MAK Stjärnan Helsinki ÅIFK ÅIFK Turku 5 2 0 22 7 5 2 0 25 12 O 4 1 2 26 17 3 1 3 20 16 2 3 2 23 27 2 2 3 17 18 0 2 5 9 35 R 0 1 6 9 19 R 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. gold Finnish Champions CP #ffecc0 Participated in championship replay P #FFCCCC Relegated to Suomensarja R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey HFK HPS KIF STJ TPS VVI VPS ÅIF HIFK 1–1 null null null 4–0 8–1 null TPS null 3–2 null 3–2 null 9–2 1–0 HPS 1–3 null null null 3–2 5–2 2–1 ViPS 1–2 2–5 4–4 null 1–0 null null VPS 2–2 null 2–9 5–3 null 3–3 5–3 KIF null 3–3 null null 4–4 4–0 null Stjärnan null null null 0–5 null null 1–1 ÅIFK 1–2 null null 0–4 null 3–4 null complete Members of the HIFK champions’ team Charles Holmberg; Frans Karjagin, Gösta Lesch; Alfons Nylund, Torsten Lindholm, Axel Lindbäck; Gunnar Åström, Jarl Malmgren, Torsten Svanström, Holger Salin, Ragnar Lindbäck. Footnotes References Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen (‘The Little Giant Book of Finnish Football’). Category:Mestaruussarja seasons Fin 1