Mestaruussarja 1968

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Mestaruussarja 1968
master Turku PS
European Cup of
National Champions		 Turku PS
Cup winners Kuopion PS
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Kuopion PS
Relegated Helsingin Ponnistus , Vaasan PS
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 449  (ø 3.4 per game)
Top scorer Tommy Lindholm ( TPS ) 23 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1967

The Mestaruussarja 1968 was the 38th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 28 to October 6. Champion Turku PS defending champions Reipas Lahti .

Mestaruussarja 1968 (Finland)
Helsinki (Helsingfors)
Helsinki
(Helsingfors)
Turku (Åbo)
Turku
(Åbo)
Kokkola (Gamlakarleby)
Kokkola
(Gamlakarleby)
Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1968.

Participating teams

Full name abbreviation place Previous year
Lahden Reipas Reipas Lahti 0master
Kuopion PS KuPS Kuopio 02nd place
Turku PS TPS Turku 03rd place
Upon Pallo UponP Lahti 04th Place
HJK Helsinki HJK Helsinki 05th place
Haka Valkeakoski Haka Valkeakoski 06th place
Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat KTP Kotka 07th place
Kokkolan Palloveikot KPV Kokkola 08th place
Vaasan PS VPS Vaasa 09th place
Mikkelin Palloilijat MP Mikkeli 10th place
Helsingin Ponnistus Ponnistus Helsinki Climbers
Porin seeds (1) Ässät Pori Climbers
(1)Porin Ässät was created from the merger of RU-38 Porin and Porin Karhut .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Turku PS  22nd  14th  4th  4th 048:190 +29 32:12
 2. Lahden Reipas (M)  22nd  11  8th  3 045:310 +14 30:14
 3. HJK Helsinki  22nd  11  7th  4th 051:330 +18 29:15
 4th Kuopion PS  22nd  11  3  8th 039:290 +10 25:19
 5. Kokkolan Palloveikot  22nd  8th  7th  7th 041:330  +8 23:21
 6th Upon Pallo  22nd  10  2  10 041:380  +3 22:22
 7th Haka Valkeakoski  22nd  7th  8th  7th 031:300  +1 22:22
 8th. Mikkelin Palloilijat  22nd  9  4th  9 038:420  −4 22:22
 9. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat (P)  22nd  7th  5  10 035:420  −7 19:25
10. Porin Ässät (N)  22nd  6th  5  11 038:590 −21 17:27
11. Helsingin Ponnistus (N)  22nd  5  3  14th 028:530 −25 13:31
12. Vaasan PS  22nd  2  6th  14th 014:400 −26 10:34
  • Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1969/70
  • Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1969/70
  • Descent into the Suomensarja in 1969
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1968 TPS LRP HJK KPS KPV UPP HAK MIP KTP PASS HPO VPS
    1. Turku PS 3: 2 1: 3 3-0 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 6-0 2-0 5: 1 2-0 0-0
    2. Lahden Reipas 1-0 2: 2 0-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 1 1: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    3. HJK Helsinki 1: 6 7: 1 5: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 4: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 2-0
    4th Kuopion PS 0: 1 1: 2 1: 4 1-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 4: 2 3-0 5-0 2-0
    5. Kokkolan Palloveikot 2: 2 2: 2 4: 2 3: 1 2-0 2: 4 7: 1 2: 2 3: 1 3: 2 0-0
    6th Upon Pallo 3: 2 2: 4 1: 2 3: 2 2: 1 0: 1 4-0 2-0 2-0 3: 2 5-0
    7th Haka Valkeakoski 0: 3 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 4: 1 4: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    8th. Mikkelin Palloilijat 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 1: 3 4-0 4: 1 0-0 0: 3 4: 2 6-0 0-0
    9. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 1: 1 1: 4 0-0 2-0 0-0 2: 3 3: 1 2: 5 6: 2 2: 5 2: 1
    10. Porin Ässät 0: 3 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 4 4: 3 4: 4 2: 3 4: 2 4: 1 2: 1
    11. Helsingin Ponnistus 1: 1 0: 4 2: 3 0: 7 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 2: 3 2-0
    12. Vaasan PS 1: 2 1: 2 2: 6 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 0: 2

    List of goalscorers

    TPS Turku's Tommy Lindholm was again top scorer with 23 goals.

    Pl. player society Gates
    1. FinlandFinland Tommy Lindholm TPS 23
    2. FinlandFinland Arto Tolsa KTP 19th
    3. FinlandFinland Matti Vanhanen MP 18th
    4th FinlandFinland Kai Pahlman HJK 17th
    5. FinlandFinland Martti Hyvärinen Reipas 16
    6th FinlandFinland Pentti Toivola UPallo 14th
    7th FinlandFinland Ilpo Lindberg Ässät 12
    8th. FinlandFinland Raimo Tuli Ässät 11
    9. FinlandFinland Pekka Talaslahti HJK 10
    FinlandFinland Pekka Louesola KuPS

    Soccer cup

    The final of the Finnish Football Cup took place on October 12, 1968 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium between Kuopion PS and defending champion Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat . Kuopio won 2-1.

    International performance

    Turku PS qualified as champions for the European Cup Winners 'Cup 1969/70, Cup winner Kuopion PS took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1969/70:

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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