Mestaruussarja 1951

Mestaruussarja 1951
master	Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat
Relegated	Sudet Helsinki Ilves-Kissat Tampere
Teams	10
Games	90
Gates	355  (ø 3.94 per game)
Top scorer	Åke Forsberg ( KIF ) 16 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1950 Mestaruussarja 1952 →
Suomensarja 1951 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1951 was the 21st season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played from May 3 to October 14.

Master became Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat . The last two clubs were relegated.

Vaasa Helsinki Kotka Turku Tampere Kuopio Valkeakoski

Mestaruussarja associations 1951.

Participating teams

The teams of the Mestaruussarja sorted according to the previous year's ranking:

• Ilves-Kissat Tampere ( Tampereen IKissat) - Champion 1950
• Kuopion PS ( Kuopion Palloseura; KuPS) - runner-up in 1950
• Vaasa IFK ( Vaasa Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna; VIFK)
• Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat ( Kotkan TP; KTP)
• Vaasan PS ( Vaasan Palloseura; VPS)
• Kronohagens IF ( Kronohagens Idrottsförening Helsinki ; KIF Helsinki; Kiffen)
• Turku PS ( Turku Palloseura; TPS)
• Haka Valkeakoski
• Sudet Helsinki - climbers
• Turun PK (Turun Pallokerho; TPK) - promoted

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat	18th	10	7th	1	044:260	+18	27: 90
2.	Vaasa IFK	18th	10	6th	2	045:240	+21	26:10
3.	Turun PK (N)	18th	8th	7th	3	040:250	+15	23:13
4th	Haka Valkeakoski	18th	7th	5	6th	038:320	+6	19:17
5.	Kuopion PS	18th	8th	2	8th	038:350	+3	18:18
6th	Turku PS	18th	7th	4th	7th	041:410	± 0	18:18
7th	Kronohagens IF	18th	8th	2	8th	040:420	−2	18:18
8th.	Vaasan PS	18th	5	7th	6th	034:310	+3	17:19
9.	Sudet Helsinki (N)	18th	3	3	12	018:520	−34	09:27
10.	Ilves-Kissat Tampere (M)	18th	1	3	14th	017:470	−30	05:31

Finnish champion

Descent to Suomensarja in 1952

(M)	reigning master
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

1951		KTP	VIF	TPK	HAK	KPS	TPS	KIF	VPS	SOUTH	ICT
1.	Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat		2: 2	3: 2	1: 1	3: 2	5: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2: 1	3-0
2.	Vaasa IFK	3: 2		1: 1	1: 5	1: 1	4-0	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	6: 1
3.	Turun PK	2: 2	3: 3		3: 3	2-0	0: 1	3-0	3: 3	5: 1	1-0
4th	Haka Valkeakoski	0: 2	1: 2	2: 4		1: 4	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1
5.	Kuopion PS	2: 4	1: 4	1-0	1: 2		2: 1	2: 5	0-0	0: 1	2: 1
6th	Turku PS	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	4: 7	4: 5		2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	4-0
7th	Kronohagens IF	1: 3	1: 1	0: 4	3: 1	1: 4	5: 3		0: 3	5-0	4: 1
8th.	Vaasan PS	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2	1: 2	8: 4		1: 1	1: 1
9.	Sudet Helsinki	1: 3	1: 6	1: 2	0: 3	2: 7	0: 5	1: 3	0: 3		2: 1
10.	Ilves-Kissat Tampere	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 5	0: 2	1: 3	1: 3	3: 1	3: 4

Top scorer

Kiffen striker Åke Forsberg was the top scorer of the 1951 season with 16 goals.

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF

Individual evidence

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