Mestaruussarja 1967

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Mestaruussarja 1967
master Lahden Reipas
European Cup of
National Champions		 Lahden Reipas
Cup winners Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat
Relegated Ilves-Kissat Tampere , Åbo IFK
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 412  (ø 3.12 per game)
Top scorer Tommy Lindholm ( TPS ) 22 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1966

The Mestaruussarja 1967 was the 37th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 23 to October 8. Champion was Lahden Reipas before defending champion Kuopion PS .

Only two teams instead of three had to be relegated at the end of the season. Mikkelin Palloilijat benefited from this new regulation .

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1967.

Participating teams

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

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Lahden Reipas  22nd  14th  4th  4th 055:270 +28 32:12
 2. Kuopion PS (M)  22nd  12  6th  4th 028:170 +11 30:14
 3. Turku PS  22nd  13  2  7th 051:280 +23 28:16
 4th Upon Pallo (N)  22nd  10  6th  6th 029:190 +10 26:18
 5. HJK Helsinki (P)  22nd  11  3  8th 059:380 +21 25:19
 6th Haka Valkeakoski  22nd  9  6th  7th 037:230 +14 24:20
 7th Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat  22nd  7th  6th  9 032:340  −2 20:24
 8th. Kokkolan Palloveikot (N)  22nd  5  9  8th 019:250  −6 19:25
 9. Vaasan PS  22nd  5  9  8th 027:430 −16 19:25
10. Mikkelin Palloilijat  22nd  5  7th  10 024:420 −18 17:27
11. Åbo IFK (N)  22nd  5  5  12 032:430 −11 15:29
12. Ilves-Kissat Tampere  22nd  4th  1  17th 019:730 −54 09:35
  • Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1968/69
  • Descent to Suomensarja in 1968
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1967 LRP KPS TPS UPP HJK HAK KTP KPV VPS MIP ÅBO ICT
    1. Lahden Reipas 3-0 2: 2 2-0 2: 3 1-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 7-0
    2. Kuopion PS 1: 3 2-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 4-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0
    3. Turku PS 2-0 1: 2 3-0 2: 1 4: 2 0: 2 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 3: 1 11: 2
    4th Upon Pallo 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 5: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2
    5. HJK Helsinki 1: 5 0: 2 1: 3 1: 4 0: 1 5: 2 2: 1 8: 1 2-0 8: 1 4-0
    6th Haka Valkeakoski 9: 1 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 3-0 2: 2 2-0 0-0 0: 1
    7th Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 5: 1
    8th. Kokkolan Palloveikot 2-0 0: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 1
    9. Vaasan PS 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 4-0 3: 2
    10. Mikkelin Palloilijat 1: 6 0: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 6 3: 3 3: 3 1-0 2: 2 0: 1 1-0
    11. Åbo IFK 0: 2 2: 3 2: 3 0: 3 1: 1 0-0 2: 4 1: 1 5-0 4: 1 6: 1
    12. Ilves-Kissat Tampere 1: 5 1-0 0: 4 0: 4 0: 7 1: 3 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1: 4

    List of goalscorers

    TPS Turku's Tommy Lindholm was the top scorer in 1967 with 22 goals.

    Pl. player society Gates
    1. FinlandFinland Tommy Lindholm TPS 22nd
    2. FinlandFinland Topi Aalto Reipas 20th
    3. FinlandFinland Martti Hyvärinen Reipas 16
    4th FinlandFinland Mauno Nurmi TPS 14th
    5. FinlandFinland Asko Mäkilä Haka 13
    FinlandFinland Juhani Peltonen Haka
    FinlandFinland Pekka Talaslahti HJK
    8th. FinlandFinland Kai Pahlman HJK 12
    9. FinlandFinland Timo Rahja HJK 11
    FinlandFinland Arto Tolsa KTP

    Soccer cup

    The final of the Finnish Football Cup took place on October 11, 1967 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium between Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat and Lahden Reipas . Kotka won 2-0.

    International performance

    Lahden Reipas qualified as champion for the European Champion's Cup in 1968/69:

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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