Mestaruussarja 1972

Mestaruussarja 1972
master	Turku PS
European Cup of National Champions	Turku PS
Uefa cup	Mikkelin Palloilijat
Cup winners	Lahden Reipas
European Cup Winners' Cup	Lahden Reipas
Relegated	Helsingfors IFK Vaasan PS Haka Valkeakoski
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	404  (ø 3.06 per game)
Top scorer	Matti Paatelainen ( HIFK ) Heikki Suhonen ( TPS ) 16 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1971 Mestaruussarja 1973 →
II divisioona 1972 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1972 was the 42nd season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 30 to October 1. Champion was defending champion Turku PS ahead of Mikkelin Palloilijat .

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

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1972.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	0master
Helsingfors IFK	HIFK	Helsinki	02nd place
Kokkolan Palloveikot	KPV	Kokkola	03rd place
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	04th Place
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	05th place
Lahti-69	Lahti-69	Lahti	06th place
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	07th place
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	08th place
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	09th place
Vaasan PS	VPS	Vaasa	10th place
Kuopion Pallotoverite	KPT	Kuopio	Climbers
TaPa Tampere	TaPa	Tampere	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Turku PS (M)	22nd	15th	1	6th	044:190	+25	31:13
2.	Mikkelin Palloilijat (P)	22nd	11	8th	3	042:220	+20	30:14
3.	Lahden Reipas	22nd	12	4th	6th	048:300	+18	28:16
4th	Kuopion PS	22nd	12	2	8th	037:310	+6	26:18
5.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	9	7th	6th	035:310	+4	25:19
6th	Lahti-69	22nd	10	5	7th	039:390	± 0	25:19
7th	Kuopion Pallotoverite (N)	22nd	8th	5	9	032:360	−4	21:23
8th.	TaPa Tampere (N)	22nd	8th	5	9	027:330	−6	21:23
9.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	10	1	11	024:320	−8	21:23
10.	Helsingfors IFK	22nd	7th	3	12	039:440	−5	17:27
11.	Vaasan PS	22nd	4th	6th	12	020:360	−16	14:30
12.	Haka Valkeakoski	22nd	2	1	19th	017:510	−34	05:39

Finnish champion and participation in the 1973/74 European Cup

Participation in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1973/74

Relegation to the I divisioona in 1973

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

Crosstab

1972

TPS

MIP

LRP

KPS

KPV

L69

KPT

TAP

HJK

HIFK

VPS

HAK

1.

Turku PS

0: 2

1: 3

2-0

4-0

3-0

3: 1

2-0

2-0

1: 1

5: 1

7-0

2.

Mikkelin Palloilijat

0: 4

0-0

0-0

4-0

4: 2

2: 3

1: 1

4: 1

1: 1

3: 1

3: 2

3.

Lahden Reipas

2-0

1: 2

4: 2

3: 1

1: 2

6: 1

2: 2

4: 1

1: 3

2-0

3: 2

4th

Kuopion PS

2-0

1: 2

2: 3

2: 2

2: 4

1-0

2: 1

2-0

2-0

1: 3

2: 1

5.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

3: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

6: 1

1: 1

0-0

3-0

2: 1

0-0

2: 1

6th

Lahti-69

1: 2

0-0

2: 2

1: 2

1: 3

3: 2

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

7th

Kuopion Pallotoverite

0: 1

1: 1

1-0

1: 2

2: 2

3: 1

0-0

1-0

2: 4

0-0

4: 1

8th.

TaPa Tampere

1: 2

0-0

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 3

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

9.

HJK Helsinki

0: 2

1-0

3: 1

3: 1

1-0

0: 3

1-0

5: 3

2: 3

0-0

1-0

10.

Helsingfors IFK

0: 1

1: 6

1: 5

1: 2

2: 3

2: 4

5: 2

4: 1

1: 2

0-0

2-0

11.

Vaasa PS

0: 1

1: 3

0: 1

0: 4

0: 1

2: 2

1: 3

3-0

0: 1

2-0

2: 4

12.

Haka Valkeakoski

2-0

0: 3

0: 2

1: 2

0: 2

1: 2

0: 2

0: 2

0: 2

1: 5

1: 2

Champions team

The following players belonged to the Turku PS championship team:

• Göran Enckelman , Pauno Kymäläinen , Eero Virkkunen , Rauli Nurmi , Jouni Jalonen , Raimo Ojanen , Tapani Rainio , Heikki Suhonen , Esa Kulmala , Teuvo Andelmin , Miikka Toivola , Tapio Harittu , Timo Nummelin , Jarmo Aaltonen . Trainer: Lars Nyström .

List of goalscorers

Matti Paatelainen from Helsingfors IFK and Heikki Suhonen from champions Turku PS shared the title of Mestaruussarja 1972 top scorer with 16 goals each.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Matti Paatelainen	HIFK	16
	Heikki Suhonen	TPS
3.	Sauli Lehtinen	Reipas	14th
4th	Olavi Rissanen	KuPS	13
5.	Pentti Toivola	MP	12
6th	Kauko Rivinoja	Lahti-69	10
	Juhani Salmi	TaPa
8th.	Timo Rahja	HIFK	9

Soccer cup

The final of the Finnish Football Cup took place on October 15, 1972 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Lahden Reipas defeated Vaasan PS 2-0. The cup final was broadcast live on television for the first time.

International performance

• Champion Turku PS ( National Champion Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 6 and 0: 3 against Celtic Glasgow
• Runner-up Mikkelin Palloilijat ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 3 and 0: 3 against FC Carl Zeiss Jena
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 0-0 and 0-2 against Olympique Lyon

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. ↑ Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja / Veikkausliiga) RSSSF