Mestaruussarja 1965

Mestaruussarja 1965
master	Haka Valkeakoski
European Cup of National Champions	Haka Valkeakoski
Cup winners	Åbo IFK
European Cup Winners' Cup	Åbo IFK
Relegated	Upon Pallo Åbo IFK TaPa Tampere
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	398  (ø 3.02 per game)
Top scorer	Kai Pahlman ( HJK ) 22 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1964 Mestaruussarja 1966 →
Suomensarja 1965 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1965 was the 35th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 25th to October 10th. Haka Valkeakoski became the master .

Helsinki (Helsingfors) Turku (Åbo) Valkeakoski Tampere Lahti Kotka Kuopio Vaasa Kokkola (Gamlakarleby)

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1965.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	0master
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	02nd place
Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat	KTP	Kotka	03rd place
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	04th Place
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	05th place
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	06th place
Ilves-Kissat Tampere	IKissat	Tampere	07th place
Åbo IFK	ÅIFK	Turku	08th place
Gamlakarleby BK	GBK	Kokkola	09th place
TaPa Tampere	TaPa	Tampere	Climbers
Upon Pallo	UponP	Lahti	Climbers
Vaasan PS	VPS	Vaasa	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Haka Valkeakoski	22nd	14th	3	5	056:280	+28	31:13
2.	HJK Helsinki (M)	22nd	12	5	5	050:300	+20	29:15
3.	Lahden Reipas (P)	22nd	9	7th	6th	044:240	+20	25:19
4th	Gamlakarleby BK	22nd	9	7th	6th	032:320	± 0	25:19
5.	Helsingfors IFK	22nd	9	4th	9	025:270	−2	22:22
6th	Kuopion PS	22nd	8th	6th	8th	025:280	−3	22:22
7th	Ilves-Kissat Tampere	22nd	7th	8th	7th	025:290	−4	22:22
8th.	Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat	22nd	8th	5	9	041:430	−2	21:23
9.	Vaasan PS (N)	22nd	9	3	10	030:480	−18	21:23
10.	Upon Pallo (N)	22nd	8th	4th	10	035:280	+7	20:24
11.	Åbo IFK	22nd	5	6th	11	021:310	−10	16:28
12.	TaPa Tampere (N)	22nd	2	6th	14th	014:500	−36	10:34

Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1966/67

Descent to Suomensarja in 1966

Finnish cup winner, participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1966/67 and relegation to Suomensarja in 1966

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

Crosstab

1965

HAK

HJK

LRP

GBK

HIF

KPS

ICT

KTP

VPS

UPP

ÅBO

TAP

1.

Haka Valkeakoski

0: 1

3-0

4-0

3: 3

3-0

0: 3

4: 1

7-0

3: 1

2: 1

7: 1

2.

HJK Helsinki

0: 2

2: 2

7: 3

1-0

2-0

4-0

5: 3

2: 2

3: 1

1: 1

4-0

3.

Lahden Reipas

0: 1

3: 4

2: 2

4-0

2-0

0-0

2: 1

6-0

0: 2

4-0

8-0

4th

Gamlakarleby BK

0: 1

1-0

0-0

1-0

2: 1

2: 2

3: 3

2: 2

1-0

3-0

0-0

5.

Helsingfors IFK

2: 2

2: 5

3: 1

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

1: 2

2-0

1-0

1-0

1-0

6th

Kuopion PS

1: 3

1-0

0-0

3: 1

2: 2

0-0

1-0

1-0

2-0

1: 1

3: 1

7th

Ilves-Kissat Tampere

2: 3

1: 1

0: 3

0-0

0: 2

2-0

3: 2

2-0

0-0

1-0

1-0

8th.

Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat

2: 2

0: 2

4: 2

3-0

0-0

4: 3

4: 2

2: 3

3: 2

0-0

1-0

9.

Vaasan PS

4: 2

4: 2

0: 2

1-0

1-0

2: 1

2: 5

0: 3

2-0

2-0

1: 2

10.

Upon Pallo

3: 1

3-0

0-0

2: 3

1: 2

1: 1

4-0

4-0

6: 1

1-0

0-0

11.

Åbo IFK

3: 1

0-0

2: 3

1: 2

1-0

1: 2

1: 1

2: 1

0-0

4: 2

0: 1

12.

TaPa Tampere

0: 2

1: 4

0-0

0: 5

1: 2

1: 1

0-0

2: 2

1: 3

1: 2

2: 3

List of goalscorers

HJK player Kai Pahlman scored 22 goals in the 1965 season, making him the top scorer for the third time after 1958 and 1961.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Kai Pahlman	HJK	22nd
2.	Asko Mäkilä	Haka	21st
3.	Arto Tolsa	KTP	16
4th	Arvo Lamberg	GBK	15th
	Kari Lehtolainen	HJK
6th	Markku Kumpulampi	UponP	13
7th	Martti Hyvärinen	KuPS	11
8th.	Pauli Laine	VPS	10
9.	Esko Malm	Haka	09
	Timo Mäkinen	UponP
	Semi Nuoranes	Reipas
	Kalevi Nupponen	Reipas

Soccer cup

The Finnish Football Cup won on October 20, 1965 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium Åbo IFK with a 1-0 over the second-rate Turun Palloseura .

International performance in 1965/66

HJK Helsinki qualified as champions of the 1964 season for the 1964/65 European Cup, Lahden Reipas as cup winner for the European Cup Winners' Cup:

• Champion HJK Helsinki ( National Champion Cup )
  • Preliminary round: 2: 3 and 0: 6 against Manchester United
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • Preliminary round: 2:10 and 0: 6 against Honvéd Budapest

International performance 1966/67

As champion of the 1965 season, Haka Valkeakoski qualified for the European Cup, Cup winner Åbo IFK for the European Cup Winners' Cup:

• Master FC Haka ( Landesmeister Cup )
  • 1st round: 1:10 and 0: 2 against RSC Anderlecht
• Cup winner Åbo IFK ( Cup Winner's Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 1 and 1: 2 against Servette FC Genève

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ www.rsssf.com Finland - List of Topscorers