Mestaruussarja 1970

Mestaruussarja 1970
master	Lahden Reipas
European Cup of National Champions	Lahden Reipas
Uefa cup	Helsingfors IFK
Cup winners	Mikkelin Palloilijat
European Cup Winners' Cup	Mikkelin Palloilijat
Relegated	Kemin Into , Kuopion Elo
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	446  (ø 3.38 per game)
Top scorer	Matti Paatelainen ( HIFK ) 22 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1969 Mestaruussarja 1971 →
II divisioona 1970 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1970 was the 40th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 26 to September 27. Lahden Reipas became master before Mikkelin Palloilijat .

Helsinki (Helsingfors) Turku (Åbo) Kemi Lahti Kuopio Valkeakoski Tampere Mikkeli Kokkola (Gamlakarleby)

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1970.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Kokkolan Palloveikot	KPV	Kokkola	0master
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	02nd place
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	03rd place
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	04th Place
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	05th place
Ilves-Kissat Tampere	IKissat	Tampere	06th place
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	07th place
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	08th place
Kuopion Elo	Elo	Helsinki	09th place
Lahti-69	Lahti-69	Lahti	10th place
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	Climbers
Kemin Into	Into	Kemi	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Lahden Reipas	22nd	14th	4th	4th	045:280	+17	32:12
2.	Mikkelin Palloilijat	22nd	12	5	5	060:310	+29	29:15
3.	Helsingfors IFK (N)	22nd	10	8th	4th	060:340	+26	28:16
4th	Kuopion PS	22nd	10	7th	5	035:250	+10	27:17
5.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	9	7th	6th	037:260	+11	25:19
6th	Kokkolan Palloveikot (M)	22nd	8th	7th	7th	040:310	+9	23:21
7th	Turku PS	22nd	9	5	8th	035:340	+1	23:21
8th.	Haka Valkeakoski (P)	22nd	7th	6th	9	031:340	−3	20:24
9.	Lahti-69	22nd	9	1	12	031:380	−7	19:25
10.	Ilves-Kissat Tampere	22nd	8th	2	12	028:420	−14	18:26
11.	Kemin Into (N)	22nd	7th	2	13	029:530	−24	16:28
12.	Kuopion Elo	22nd	0	4th	18th	015:700	−55	04:40

Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1971/72

Participation in the 1971/72 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72

Relegation to the II divisioona in 1971

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

Crosstab

1970

LRP

MIP

HIFK

KPS

HJK

KPV

TPS

HAK

L69

ICT

KIN

ELO

1.

Lahden Reipas

3: 2

2: 2

1: 1

0-0

4: 2

2-0

2: 1

1: 2

6: 1

2: 1

4: 1

2.

Mikkelin Palloilijat

5-0

1: 3

0-0

2: 2

2: 5

1-0

5: 1

4-0

0: 3

4: 1

1: 1

3.

Helsingfors IFK

0-0

1: 6

5: 1

1: 3

1: 1

4: 2

1: 1

1-0

2: 2

10: 2

8-0

4th

Kuopion PS

2-0

1: 1

5-0

4: 3

1: 1

0: 1

0-0

2: 1

2-0

3: 2

3-0

5.

HJK Helsinki

3: 2

2-0

1: 5

1: 1

0-0

2: 2

0: 1

3: 1

1: 2

4: 1

5-0

6th

Kokkolan Palloveikot

3: 4

0: 2

2: 1

1: 1

0: 1

1: 1

0: 3

4-0

2-0

3: 1

4: 2

7th

Turku PS

1: 2

1: 3

1: 4

3: 2

0-0

3: 1

3-0

2-0

1-0

5: 2

2-0

8th.

Haka Valkeakoski

0: 1

3: 5

1: 1

0: 2

0: 2

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

5: 3

1-0

2: 2

9.

Lahti-69

0: 1

1: 5

0: 4

1-0

1-0

1: 1

3: 1

1: 3

2-0

3-0

3-0

10.

Ilves-Kissat Tampere

0: 2

1: 3

0: 3

3-0

2: 2

0: 5

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

3: 1

3: 1

11.

Kemin Into

1: 2

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

1-0

2: 1

2-0

0: 4

3: 1

1-0

4: 2

12.

Kuopion Elo

0: 4

1: 7

2: 2

0: 1

0: 2

0: 2

3: 3

0: 2

0: 6

0: 1

0: 1

List of goalscorers

Matti Paatelainen from Helsinki IFK was charged with 22 goals scorer of the season 1970th

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Matti Paatelainen	HIFK	22nd
2.	Pentti Toivola	MP	20th
3.	Tommy Lindholm	HIFK	19th
4th	Kari Horelli	Reipas	17th
5.	Matti Vanhanen	MP	15th
6th	Kalevi Nupponen	IKissat	14th
	Heikki Suhonen	TPS
8th.	Hannu Lamberg	KPV	12
9.	Heikki Kangaskorpi	MP	11
	Timo Mäkinen	Lahti-69
	Olavi Rissanen	KuPS

Soccer cup

The final of the Finnish Football Cup took place on October 4, 1970 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Mikkelin Palloilijat won 4-1 after extra time against Lahden Reipas .

International performance

• Master Reipas Lahti ( Landesmeister Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 1 and 0: 8 against Grasshopper Club Zurich
• Helsingfors IFK ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 3 and 0: 1 against Rosenborg Trondheim
• Cup winner Mikkelin Palloilijat ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 0-0 and 0-4 against Eskişehirspor

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