Mestaruussarja 1949

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Mestaruussarja 1949
master Turku PS
Relegated Helsingfors IFK , HJK Helsinki , Helsingin Palloseura , Turun Toverit
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 506  (ø 3.83 per game)
Top scorer Yrjö Asikainen ( IKissat Tampere ), Kaimo Lintamo ( VPS ) 15 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1948

The Mestaruussarja 1949 was the 19th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from May 1 to October 30.

Champion Turku PS defending champions Vaasan PS . Since the league was reduced by two clubs for the following season, four teams were relegated.

Mestaruussarja 1949 (Finland)
Vaasa (Vasa)
Vaasa (Vasa)
Helsinki (Helsingfors)
Helsinki (Helsingfors)
Turku (Åbo)
Turku (Åbo)
Tampere (Tammerfors)
Tampere (Tammerfors)
Mestaruussarja associations 1949.
The Swedish place name in brackets.

Participating teams

From Helsinki (4):

From Vaasa (2):


From Turku (3):

Other cities (3):

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Turku PS  22nd  15th  4th  3 053:250 +28 34:10
 2. Vaasan PS (M)  22nd  15th  3  4th 059:290 +30 33:11
 3. Kronohagens IF  22nd  14th  4th  4th 060:400 +20 32:12
 4th Vaasa IFK  22nd  10  7th  5 061:310 +30 27:17
 5. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat  22nd  10  6th  6th 038:340  +4 26:18
 6th Turun Weikot  22nd  9  3  10 039:420  −3 21:23
 7th Ilves-Kissat Tampere (N)  22nd  7th  6th  9 048:490  −1 20:24
 8th. Kuopion PS (N)  22nd  7th  5  10 038:410  −3 19:25
 9. Helsingfors IFK  22nd  7th  2  13 038:520 −14 16:28
10. HJK Helsinki  22nd  5  4th  13 027:550 −28 14:30
11. Helsingin Palloseura  22nd  3  7th  12 027:540 −27 13:31
12. Turun Toverite  22nd  1  7th  14th 018:540 −36 09:35
  • Finnish champion
  • Descent into Suomensarja in 1950
    • (M) reigning master
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1949 TPS VPS KIF VIF KTP TWK ICT KPS HIF HJK HPS TTO
    1. Turku PS 3: 1 2: 3 2: 2 3-0 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 4-0 3: 1
    2. Vaasan PS 1: 3 3: 4 4: 1 4: 1 4: 2 2-0 3-0 2: 2 2: 1 4-0 3: 1
    3. Kronohagens IF 1: 5 2: 3 3: 3 1: 2 3: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1: 1 6: 1 1: 1 3: 2
    4th Vaasa IFK 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 7-0 3: 1 3: 3 7-0 6-0 2-0 5: 1 1-0
    5. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 1: 1 1: 2 3: 3 4-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 2-0 0-0
    6th Turun Weikot 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1: 6 3: 1 3-0
    7th Ilves-Kissat Tampere 3: 1 2: 5 1: 2 1: 4 2: 3 2: 4 1: 1 4: 2 6: 2 4: 4 2: 1
    8th. Kuopion PS 2: 3 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 3 4-0 1: 5 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1
    9. Helsingfors IFK 0: 3 2: 3 2: 3 1: 7 2: 3 2: 4 3-0 2: 1 4: 1 7: 3 1: 2
    10. HJK Helsinki 1: 5 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 0: 5 1: 3 1: 1 2: 5 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1
    11. Helsingin Palloseura 0: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 1: 1
    12. Turun Toverite 0: 1 0: 6 1: 9 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 2: 2 0: 7 0: 1 0: 1 3: 3

    Top scorer

    Yrjö Asikainen ( Ilves-Kissat Tampere ) and Kaimo Lintamo ( Vaasan PS ) both scored 20 goals.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .