Mestaruussarja 1961

Mestaruussarja 1961
master	Helsingfors IFK
European Cup of National Champions	Helsingfors IFK
Relegated	Vaasa IFK Helsingin Pallo-Pojat Turun Toverit
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	515  (ø 3.9 per game)
Top scorer	Kai Pahlmann ( HPS ) 20 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1960 Mestaruussarja 1962 →
Suomensarja 1961 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1961 was the 31st season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 30th to October 8th. Helsingfors IFK became the master . At the end of the season, HIFK was one point ahead of Kronohagens IF .

Vaasa Helsinki Turku Valkeakoski Tampere Lahti Kuopio

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1961.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	0master
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	02nd place
Kronohagens IF	KIF	Helsinki	03rd place
Helsingin Palloseura	HPS	Helsinki	04th Place
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	05th place
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	06th place
Helsingin Pallo-Pojat	PPH	Helsinki	07th place
Vaasa IFK	VIFK	Vaasa	08th place
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	09th place
TaPa Tampere	TaPa	Tampere	Climbers
Viipurin Reipas	V Reipas	Lahti	Climbers
Turun Toverite	TuTo	Turku	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Helsingfors IFK	22nd	14th	3	5	057:260	+31	31:13
2.	Kronohagens IF	22nd	14th	2	6th	045:290	+16	30:14
3.	Haka Valkeakoski (M, P)	22nd	12	5	5	051:320	+19	29:15
4th	Turku PS	22nd	11	2	9	048:490	−1	24:20
5.	Viipurin Reipas (N)	22nd	9	4th	9	037:370	± 0	22:22
6th	HJK Helsinki	22nd	8th	7th	7th	042:410	+1	23:21
7th	Helsingin Palloseura	22nd	9	2	11	049:560	−7	20:24
8th.	TaPa Tampere (N)	22nd	7th	6th	9	038:480	−10	20:24
9.	Kuopion PS	22nd	8th	3	11	040:450	−5	19:25
10.	Vaasa IFK	22nd	7th	4th	11	042:530	−11	18:26
11.	Helsingin Pallo-Pojat	22nd	7th	3	12	030:410	−11	17:27
12.	Turun Toverite (N)	22nd	5	3	14th	036:580	−22	13:31

Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1962/63

Descent to Suomensarja in 1962

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

1961

HIF

KIF

HAK

TPS

VRP

HJK

HPS

TAP

KPS

IFV

PPH

TTO

1.

Helsingfors IFK

3: 1

4: 2

3: 2

3: 1

3: 1

2-0

2: 3

6-0

1: 3

3: 1

3-0

2.

Kronohagens IF

0: 2

0: 3

3-0

2-0

2: 1

5-0

2-0

3-0

5: 1

3: 1

1-0

3.

Haka Valkeakoski

1-0

4-0

0: 1

2-0

3: 2

2: 1

1: 1

6: 2

3: 1

0-0

1: 1

4th

Turku PS

0-0

2: 3

6: 2

1: 2

4: 1

5: 4

2: 4

1: 2

3-0

1-0

1: 6

5.

Viipurin Reipas

2: 1

2-0

3: 1

0: 2

1: 3

2: 2

1: 1

2-0

7: 1

0: 2

2: 1

6th

HJK Helsinki

2: 2

1: 1

2: 2

1: 3

2: 2

2-0

2: 2

1: 1

0: 3

2: 1

4-0

7th

Helsingin Palloseura

0: 5

2: 2

4: 2

5-0

4: 2

1: 2

6: 1

3: 2

5: 4

0: 4

6: 3

8th.

TaPa Tampere

0: 3

3: 2

0: 2

1: 3

1: 3

6: 4

0: 2

2: 2

2: 2

1: 1

5: 1

9.

Kuopion PS

1: 5

0: 1

2: 4

3: 4

3-0

0-0

4-0

1: 2

2: 1

6-0

4-0

10.

Vaasa IFK

1-0

2: 4

1: 1

3: 3

1: 4

2: 4

2-0

4: 1

0: 1

3: 1

1: 1

11.

Helsingin Pallo-Pojat

1: 2

1: 2

1: 6

2: 3

1: 1

1-0

3: 1

2-0

2: 1

3: 2

1: 2

12.

Turun Toverite

4: 4

1: 3

0: 3

4: 1

3-0

1: 5

2: 3

0: 2

2: 3

2: 4

2: 1

Top scorer

Kai Pahlmann (HPS) was the top scorer of Mestaruussarja in 1961 with 20 goals.

Soccer cup

In the final of the Finnish Football Cup stood Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat and Helsingin Pallo-Pojat . The second division Kotka won 5-2.

International performance

Helsingfors IFK qualified as champions of the 1961 season for the 1962/63 European Cup :

• Master Helsingfors IFK ( national championship cup )
  • Preliminary round: 3: 5 and 0: 2 against FK Austria Wien 

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF

Individual evidence

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