Mestaruussarja 1966

Mestaruussarja 1966
master	Kuopion PS
European Cup of National Champions	Kuopion PS
Cup winners	HJK Helsinki
European Cup Winners' Cup	HJK Helsinki
Relegated	Helsingfors IFK Gamlakarleby BK Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	423  (ø 3.2 per game)
Top scorer	Markku Hyvärinen ( KuPS ) 16 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1965 Mestaruussarja 1967 →
Suomensarja 1966 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1966 was the 36th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from May 1 to October 23. Master became Kuopion PS .

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

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1966.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	0master
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	02nd place
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	03rd place
Gamlakarleby BK	GBK	Kokkola	04th Place
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	05th place
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	06th place
Ilves-Kissat Tampere	IKissat	Tampere	07th place
Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat	KTP	Kotka	08th place
Vaasan PS	VPS	Vaasa	09th place
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	Climbers
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	Climbers
Oulun Työcänen Palloilijat	OTP	Oulu	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuopion PS	22nd	12	5	5	041:230	+18	29:15
2.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	10	7th	5	046:300	+16	27:17
3.	Haka Valkeakoski (M)	22nd	10	4th	8th	040:290	+11	24:20
4th	Mikkelin Palloilijat (N)	22nd	9	6th	7th	036:330	+3	24:20
5.	Lahden Reipas	22nd	8th	6th	8th	034:370	−3	22:22
6th	Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat	22nd	11	0	11	046:520	−6	22:22
7th	Turku PS (N)	22nd	6th	9	7th	038:400	−2	21:23
8th.	Ilves-Kissat Tampere	22nd	8th	5	9	027:290	−2	21:23
9.	Vaasan PS	22nd	9	2	11	028:400	−12	20:24
10.	Helsingfors IFK	22nd	6th	7th	9	030:330	−3	19:25
11.	Gamlakarleby BK	22nd	8th	2	12	026:360	−10	18:26
12.	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat (N)	22nd	7th	3	12	031:410	−10	17:27

Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1967/68

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1967/68

Relegation to Suomensarja in 1967

(M)	reigning master
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

1966

KPS

HJK

HAK

MIP

LRP

KTP

TPS

ICT

VPS

HIF

GBK

OTP

1.

Kuopion PS

2: 3

0: 2

0: 4

2-0

6: 1

3-0

1: 1

1-0

0-0

1-0

3: 1

2.

HJK Helsinki

3: 3

4: 2

4: 1

1: 1

4-0

4: 1

1-0

4-0

1: 1

2-0

2-0

3.

Haka Valkeakoski

0: 1

1: 1

2: 1

0: 2

6: 2

3-0

6: 1

5-0

0: 1

1: 1

2: 4

4th

Mikkelin Palloilijat

0-0

2: 1

1: 1

3: 3

1: 4

1: 3

2: 1

2-0

3-0

3: 1

3-0

5.

Lahden Reipas

1: 5

2: 2

0: 1

1: 3

1-0

2: 1

2-0

2: 5

5: 1

1: 2

1-0

6th

Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat

1: 2

3: 2

2-0

1: 2

2: 1

7: 2

1: 2

3: 1

2: 1

4-0

2: 1

7th

Turku PS

1: 2

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

4: 4

7: 1

0: 1

4: 1

0-0

3: 2

2-0

8th.

Ilves-Kissat Tampere

0-0

1: 1

1: 2

4: 1

0: 1

2: 3

1: 1

3-0

2-0

4-0

0-0

9.

Vaasan PS

3: 2

2-0

3: 1

1: 1

0: 1

1-0

0-0

1: 2

2: 1

3: 2

2: 1

10.

Helsingfors IFK

0: 4

2: 3

0: 2

1: 1

1: 1

6: 1

2: 2

2-0

1-0

2-0

6: 1

11.

Gamlakarleby BK

1-0

2-0

2-0

3-0

2-0

1: 4

2: 3

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

2-0

12.

Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat

1: 3

3: 2

1: 2

1-0

2: 2

3: 2

1: 1

4-0

4: 1

2: 1

1: 2

List of goalscorers

Markku Hyvärinen from master Kuopio scored 16 goals in 1966.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Markku Hyvärinen	KuPS	16
2.	Kai Pahlman	HJK	15th
	Arto Tolsa	KTP
	Matti Vanhanen	MP
5.	Sauli Pietiläinen	KTP	14th
6th	Olli Köykkä	OTP	13
7th	Tommy Lindholm	TPS	11
	Gary Sundberg	HIFK
	Rainer Niinimäki	IKissat
10.	Asko Mäkilä	Haka	10
	Arvo Lamberg	GBK

Soccer cup

On October 30, 1966, HJK Helsinki won the Finnish Football Cup with a 6-1 win over Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium .

International performance 1966/67

Haka Valkeakoski qualified as champion of the 1965 season for the European Cup, Åbo IFK as a cup winner 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

International performance 1967/68

As the champion of the 1966 season, Kuopion PS qualified for the European Cup Winners 'Cup, Cup winners HJK Helsinki for the European Cup Winners' Cup:

• Master Kuopion PS ( Landesmeister Cup )
  • 1st round: 0-2 and 0-3 against AS Saint-Étienne
• Cup winners HJK Helsinki ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 4 and 0: 4 against Wisła Krakow

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