Mestaruussarja 1931

Mestaruussarja 1931
master	Helsingfors IFK
Teams	8th
Games	28
Gates	136  (ø 4.86 per game)
Top scorer	Holger Salin (HIFK) 11 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1930 Mestaruussarja 1932 →
B-sariah 1931 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1931 was the second season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among eight teams in a simple round from August 2nd to September 27th. Champion was defending champion Helsingfors IFK before Helsingin Palloseura .

Participating teams

Viipuri Turku Vaasa Helsinki

Mestaruussarja 1931: venues

Full name	Abbreviation	place	Previous year
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	master
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	2nd place
Helsingin Palloseura	HPS	Helsinki	3rd place
Viipurin Palloseura	ViPS	Viipuri	4th Place
Vaasan Palloseura	VPS	Vaasa	5th place
Kronohagens IF	KIF	Helsinki	6th place
Viipurin Sudet	Sudet	Viipuri	Climbers
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Helsingfors IFK (M)	7th	7th	0	0	029: 900	3.22	14: 00
2.	Helsingin Palloseura	7th	4th	2	1	022:120	1.83	10: 40
3.	Turku PS	7th	3	2	2	014:130	1.08	08: 60
4th	Vaasan Palloseura	7th	2	3	2	022:190	1.16	07: 70
5.	Kronohagens IF	7th	3	1	3	016:200	0.80	07: 70
6th	Viipurin Sudet (N)	7th	1	2	4th	014:220	0.64	04:10
7th	HJK Helsinki (N)	7th	0	3	4th	012:160	0.75	03:11
8th.	Viipurin Palloseura	7th	0	3	4th	007:250	0.28	03:11

Finnish champion

Descent into B-sarja in 1932

(M)	reigning master
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

1931		HIF	HPS	TPS	VPS	KIF	SOUTH	HJK	VIP
1.	Helsingfors IFK		3: 2	-	3: 1	3: 2	-	-	11: 0
2.	Helsingin Palloseura	-		5: 1	-	-	7: 2	3: 2	-
3.	Turun Palloseura	1: 2	-		0-0	6: 2	3: 2	-	-
4th	Vaasan Palloseura	-	2: 2	-		3: 4	-	5: 5	7: 2
5.	Kronohagens IF	-	2: 2	-	-		-	2: 1	2: 1
6th	Viipurin Sudet	1: 4	-	-	3: 4	4: 2		-	1: 1
7th	HJK Helsinki	2: 3	-	0: 1	-	-	1: 1		-
8th.	Viipurin Palloseura	-	0: 1	2: 2	-	-	-	1: 1

Champions team

The following players belonged to the Helsingfors IFK championship team :

• Gunnar Åström , Charles Holmberg , Ernst Grönlund , Frans Karjagin , Leo Karjagin , Gösta Lesch , Axel Lindbäck , Ragnar Lindbäck , Torsten Lindholm , Jarl Malmgren , Gunnar Närhinen , Alfons Nylund , Holger Salin , Harald Sundqvist , Torsten Svanström .

Top scorer

Holger Salin (HIFK) was Mestaruussarja's top scorer for the second time in a row with eleven goals.

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja / Veikkausliiga) Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation