Mestaruussarja 1963

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Mestaruussarja 1963
master Lahden Reipas
European Cup of
National Champions		 Lahden Reipas
Cup winners Haka Valkeakoski
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Haka Valkeakoski
Relegated Turku PS
TaPa Tampere
Vaasa IFK
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 431  (ø 3.27 per game)
Top scorer Juha Lyytikäinen ( HIFK ) 16 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1962

The 1963 Mestaruussarja was the 33rd season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 28 to October 13. Master became Lahden Reipas .

In the final of the Finnish Football Cup , Reipas lost 1-0 to Haka Valkeakoski . The final was watched by over 14,000 spectators in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium , which is still a record today (as of 2018).

Mestaruussarja associations 1963.

Participating teams

Full name abbreviation place Previous year
Haka Valkeakoski Haka Valkeakoski 0master
Lahden Reipas L Reipas Lahti 02nd place
TaPa Tampere TaPa Tampere 03rd place
Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat MiPK Mikkeli 04th Place
Kuopion PS KuPS Kuopio 05th place
Helsingin Palloseura HPS Helsinki 06th place
Helsingfors IFK HIFK Helsinki 07th place
Turku PS TPS Turku 08th place
Kronohagens IF KIF Helsinki 09th place
Åbo IFK ÅIFK Turku Climbers
Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat KTP Kotka Climbers
Vaasa IFK VIFK Vaasa Climbers

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Lahden Reipas  22nd  13  6th  3 044:180 +26 32:12
 2. Haka Valkeakoski (M)  22nd  15th  1  6th 056:200 +36 31:13
 3. Åbo IFK (N)  22nd  11  3  8th 044:320 +12 25:19
 4th Helsingfors IFK  22nd  9  6th  7th 042:300 +12 24:20
 5. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat (N)  22nd  10  3  9 044:420  +2 23:21
 6th Kuopion PS  22nd  8th  6th  8th 029:310  −2 22:22
 7th Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat  22nd  7th  6th  9 033:370  −4 20:24
 8th. Helsingin Palloseura (P)  22nd  8th  4th  10 036:410  −5 20:24
 9. Kronohagens IF  22nd  8th  4th  10 026:400 −14 20:24
10. Turku PS  22nd  7th  5  10 023:350 −12 19:25
11. TaPa Tampere  22nd  6th  5  11 027:430 −16 17:27
12. Vaasa IFK (N)  22nd  4th  3  15th 027:620 −35 11:33
  • Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1964/65
  • Finnish cup winner and participation in the 1964/65 European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Descent to Suomensarja in 1964
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1963 LRP HAK ÅBO HIF KTP KPS MPK HPS KIF TPS TAP VIF
    1. Lahden Reipas 1: 3 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4: 1 0-0 2-0 4-0 4-0
    2. Haka Valkeakoski 0: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 5-0 4-0 1: 4 1-0 4-0 2-0 6-0
    3. Åbo IFK 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 3-0 5-0 3: 1
    4th Helsingfors IFK 1: 1 1: 4 3: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 3 4: 1 0: 2 0-0 8: 1
    5. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 1: 1 2: 3 4: 3 0: 4 2: 5 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 4-0 5: 1 6: 5
    6th Kuopion PS 1: 1 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 3-0 0: 1 4: 1 2: 1 3-0
    7th Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat 0: 4 0: 5 3: 1 2: 3 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 3-0 3-0 0-0
    8th. Helsingin Palloseura 1: 2 0: 5 1: 1 2: 4 0: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 3: 3 0: 1
    9. Kronohagens IF 1-0 2: 2 4: 5 0: 5 1: 1 2-0 2: 5 1-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 4
    10. Turku PS 1: 4 1: 3 1: 1 3-0 4-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 1-0 1-0
    11. Tampereen Palloilijat 0: 1 0: 1 0: 4 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 2: 2 4: 3 0: 2 0-0 2-0
    12. Vaasa IFK 3-0 1: 3 2: 1 0: 2 0: 7 1: 1 1: 2 2: 4 2: 3 1: 1 2: 5

    Top scorer

    Juha Lyytikäinen of Helsinki IFK was with 16 goals scorer 1,963th

    International performance

    As champion of the 1963 season, Lahden Reipas qualified for the European Cup, Cup winner Haka Valkeakoski for the European Cup Winners' Cup:

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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