Mestaruussarja 1938

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Mestaruussarja 1938
master HJK Helsinki
Relegation ↓ Kuopion Pallotoverite
Relegated Viipurin Sudet
Teams 8th
Games 56 + 3 relegation games
Gates 234  (ø 4.18 per game)
Top scorer Aatos Lehtonen ( HJK ) 14 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1937

The Mestaruussarja 1938 was the ninth season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among eight teams from May 8th to October 30th. Champion was HJK Helsinki before Turku PS . Defending champion Helsingfors IFK could only escape the relegation through a play-off against the tied Kuopion Pallotoverit .

Participating teams

Mestaruussarja 1938: venues
Full name Abbreviation place Previous year
Helsingfors IFK HIFK Helsinki master
HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki 2nd place
Viipurin Sudet Sudet Viipuri 3rd place
Helsingin Palloseura HPS Helsinki 4th Place
Helsingin Toverit HTV Helsinki 5th place
Turku PS TPS Turku 6th place
Vaasan PS VPS Vaasa Climbers
Kuopion Pallotoverite KPT Kuopio Climbers

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. HJK Helsinki  14th  8th  4th  2 043:240 1.79 20: 80
 2. Turku PS  14th  7th  2  5 037:250 1.48 16:12
 3. Vaasan PS (N)  14th  7th  2  5 030:220 1.36 16:12
 4th Helsingin Toverit  14th  7th  2  5 028:280 1.00 16:12
 5. Helsingin Palloseura  14th  6th  2  6th 022:330 0.67 14:14
 6th Helsingfors IFK (M)  14th  4th  3  7th 027:310 0.87 11:17
 7th Kuopion Pallotoverite (N)  14th  4th  3  7th 021:410 0.51 11:17
 8th. Viipurin Sudet  14th  4th  0  10 026:300 0.87 08:20
  • Finnish champion
  • Participation in the relegation against relegation
  • Descent into the Itä-Länsi-sarja in 1939
    • (M) reigning master
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1938 HJK TPS VPS HTV HPS HIF KPT TUL
    1. HJK Helsinki 4: 4 1: 1 4: 1 2: 3 4: 1 2: 2 4-0
    2. Turku PS 0: 3 4: 2 2-0 7-0 3: 4 3: 1 2: 1
    3. Vaasan PS 2: 3 4: 1 3: 1 2-0 2: 2 6-0 1-0
    4th Helsingin Toverit 2: 2 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0: 2 2: 1 4: 3
    5. Helsingin Palloseura 1: 4 1-0 3-0 1: 2 1-0 4: 2 0: 5
    6th Helsingfors IFK 3: 5 2: 2 1: 2 3: 4 2: 3 0: 1 4: 2
    7th Kuopion Pallotoverite 1: 5 1: 5 3: 1 3: 2 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1
    8th. Viipurin Sudet 3-0 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 3: 1 1: 2 7-0

    Game for 6th place

    The tied teams played on October 23, 1938 from sixth place. The loser then had to compete against relegation in the relegation games.

    6th place Result 7th place
    Helsingfors IFK 5: 1 Kuopion Pallotoverite

    Relegation

    The games took place on October 23rd and 30th, 1938.

    total First leg Return leg
    Kuopion Pallotoverite 6: 5 Kronohagens IF 4: 2 2: 3

    Both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.

    Top scorer

    Aatos Lehtonen from HJK Helsinki was Mestaruussarja's top scorer for the fourth time in a row with 14 goals.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 11, 2019 .