Mestaruussarja 1960

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Mestaruussarja 1960
master Haka Valkeakoski
European Cup of
National Champions		 Haka Valkeakoski
Cup winners Haka Valkeakoski
Relegated RU-38 Porin
Tampereen Kisatoverit
Drott Jakobstad
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 574  (ø 4.35 per game)
Top scorer Matti Sundelin ( TPS ) 30 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1959

The Mestaruussarja 1960 was the 30th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from May 1 to October 16. Haka Valkeakoski became Finnish champions in 1960 with just one defeat and one draw. The lead over the second Turku PS was 13 points in the end.

The league was increased by two clubs to twelve teams. The last three clubs were relegated.

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1960.

Participating teams

Full name abbreviation place Previous year
Helsingfors IFK HIFK Helsinki 0master
RU-38 Porin RU-38 Pori 02nd place
Haka Valkeakoski Haka Valkeakoski 03rd place
Kuopion PS KuPS Kuopio 04th Place
Helsingin Palloseura HPS Helsinki 05th place
Turku PS TPS Turku 06th place
Vaasa IFK VIFK Vaasa 07th place
HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki 08th place
Helsingin Pallo-Pojat PPH Helsinki 09th place
Kronohagens IF KIF Helsinki Climbers
Tampereen Kisatoverit TKT Tampere Climbers
Drott Jakobstad IFD Jakobstad Climbers

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Haka Valkeakoski (P)  22nd  20th  1  1 078:230 +55 41: 30
 2. Turku PS  22nd  13  2  7th 072:430 +29 28:16
 3. Kronohagens IF (N)  22nd  12  3  7th 051:410 +10 27:17
 4th Helsingin Palloseura  22nd  10  6th  6th 051:380 +13 26:18
 5. Helsingfors IFK (M)  22nd  9  5  8th 057:430 +14 23:21
 6th Kuopion PS  22nd  8th  7th  7th 047:470  ± 0 23:21
 7th Helsingin Pallo-Pojat  22nd  10  3  9 041:470  −6 23:21
 8th. Vaasa IFK  22nd  7th  5  10 041:490  −8 19:25
 9. HJK Helsinki  22nd  5  8th  9 044:510  −7 18:26
10. RU-38 Porin  22nd  6th  5  11 031:450 −14 17:27
11. Tampereen Kisatoverit (N)  22nd  4th  2  16 035:820 −47 10:34
12. Drott Jakobstad (N)  22nd  2  5  15th 026:650 −39 09:35
  • Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1961/62
  • Descent to Suomensarja in 1961
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1960 HAK TPS KIF HPS HIF KPS PPH IFV HJK RU38 TKT IFD
    1. Haka Valkeakoski 7: 1 5-0 4-0 2: 1 6: 1 3: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 2 3: 2 4: 3
    2. Turku PS 0: 2 4: 2 2: 2 4: 2 6: 1 1: 2 2: 1 4: 3 2: 2 3: 1 7-0
    3. Kronohagens IF 1: 5 3: 2 4: 1 4-0 0: 1 0: 1 5: 1 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 3-0
    4th Helsingin Palloseura 1: 2 4: 3 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 5: 2 4-0 5: 2 2: 1
    5. Helsingfors IFK 1: 4 2: 1 0: 1 4: 4 0: 1 0-0 6-0 2: 2 6-0 5: 2 4-0
    6th Kuopion PS 2: 1 1: 5 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 5: 1 0: 3 1: 1 4: 1 8: 1 4: 1
    7th Helsingin Pallo-Pojat 2: 5 4: 2 4: 4 1: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 4 2: 4 3: 1 1: 4 4: 3
    8th. Vaasa IFK 0: 4 1: 4 5: 1 3: 1 1: 3 2: 2 4: 1 2: 2 0-0 4: 1 0-0
    9. HJK Helsinki 2: 4 0: 4 1: 2 2: 1 4: 4 2: 2 0: 3 2: 2 3-0 9: 4 2: 1
    10. RU-38 Pori 1: 3 2: 4 0: 4 1: 1 4: 1 5-0 3-0 4: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0
    11. Tampereen Kisatoverit 0: 5 0: 5 1: 5 2: 2 1: 8 2: 2 0: 2 3: 4 2-0 2: 1 5: 3
    12. Drott Jakobstad 1: 1 1: 6 3: 3 0: 5 2: 3 1: 6 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0

    Top scorer

    Turku PS's Matti Sundelin was Mestaruussarja top scorer with 30 goals in 1960. Sundelin won this award for the third time after 1957 and 1959.

    Soccer cup

    Last year's winner Haka Valkeakoski and RU-38 Pori faced each other in the final of the Finnish Football Cup on October 23 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium . In front of a record crowd of over 4,700 spectators, Valkeakoski won 3-1 after extra time and thus already won the national cup for the third time.

    International performance

    Haka Valkeakoski qualified as champion of the 1960 season for the European Cup of National Champions 1961/62 :

    • Master Haka Valkeakoski ( National Champion Cup )
      • Preliminary round: BYE
      • 1st round: 1: 5 and 0: 2 against Standard LiègeBelgiumBelgium

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
    2. ↑ www.rsssf.com Finland - List of Topscorers