Mestaruussarja 1974

Mestaruussarja 1974
master	Kuopion PS
European Cup of National Champions	Kuopion PS
Uefa cup	HJK Helsinki
Cup winners	Lahden Reipas
European Cup Winners' Cup	Lahden Reipas
Relegated	Kuusysi Lahti Ilves-Kissat Tampere
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	406  (ø 3.08 per game)
Top scorer	Erkki Salo ( TPS ) 17 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1973 Mestaruussarja 1975 →
I divisioona 1974 ↓

The 1974 Mestaruussarja was the 44th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from April 28 to September 29. Master was Kuopion PS before Lahden Reipas .

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

Mestaruussarja Associations 1974.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	0master
Kokkolan Palloveikot	KPV	Kokkola	02nd place
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	03rd place
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	04th Place
Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	OTP	Oulu	05th place
Kuopion Pallotoverite	KPT	Kuopio	06th place
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	07th place
Kuusysi Lahti	Kuusysi	Lahti	08th place
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	09th place
Ilves-Kissat Tampere	IKissat	Tampere	10th place
Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat	MiPK	Mikkeli	Climbers
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuopion PS	22nd	13	7th	2	062:300	+32	33:11
2.	Lahden Reipas (P)	22nd	14th	2	6th	049:260	+23	30:14
3.	HJK Helsinki (M)	22nd	12	4th	6th	043:270	+16	28:16
4th	Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat (N)	22nd	10	6th	6th	029:270	+2	26:18
5.	Kuopion Pallotoverite	22nd	9	4th	9	030:300	± 0	22:22
6th	Turku PS	22nd	9	3	10	034:310	+3	21:23
7th	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	22nd	7th	6th	9	029:340	−5	20:24
8th.	Haka Valkeakoski (N)	22nd	6th	8th	8th	034:400	−6	20:24
9.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	7th	6th	9	024:380	−14	20:24
10.	Mikkelin Palloilijat	22nd	7th	5	10	024:360	−12	19:25
11.	Kuusysi Lahti	22nd	4th	7th	11	022:410	−19	15:29
12.	Ilves-Kissat Tampere	22nd	3	4th	15th	026:460	−20	10:34

Finnish champion and participation in the 1975/76 European Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the 1975/76 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup

Relegation to the I divisioona 1975

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

Crosstab

1974

KPS

LRP

HJK

MPK

KPT

TPS

OTP

HAK

KPV

MIP

KSY

ICT

1.

Kuopion PS

4: 4

0: 5

2-0

3: 1

3: 3

1: 1

4: 1

8-0

4: 3

4-0

2: 1

2.

Lahden Reipas

1-0

3-0

0-0

3-0

1: 2

1: 3

5: 2

3: 1

5: 1

4: 1

4-0

3.

HJK Helsinki

2: 4

3: 1

3-0

1: 2

2: 1

3: 1

3: 1

3-0

0: 2

2: 2

0-0

4th

Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat

0: 2

2: 1

2: 1

1-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

3: 1

3: 2

2: 2

5.

Kuopion Pallotoverite

0-0

2: 1

0: 4

0: 2

0: 2

4: 1

2: 1

3-0

0: 1

0-0

0-0

6th

Turku PS

0: 3

0: 1

1: 2

3: 2

0: 4

2-0

1: 1

0: 2

0-0

0: 1

5: 1

7th

Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat

1: 1

3-0

2-0

0: 3

3-0

0: 2

3: 1

0-0

0: 2

0-0

2: 4

8th.

Haka Valkeakoski

3: 3

1: 2

0: 2

0-0

3: 3

3: 2

1: 1

6: 1

2: 1

2: 2

1-0

9.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

2: 4

0: 2

1: 1

2-0

1: 3

1-0

3-0

3-0

0-0

2: 1

1: 1

10.

Mikkelin Palloilijat

0: 4

1: 3

1: 1

2: 3

2-0

1: 2

1: 4

1: 1

1-0

1-0

2: 1

11.

Kuusysi Lahti

1: 1

0: 2

0: 1

3: 1

0: 4

1: 4

1: 3

0: 2

1: 1

0-0

4: 3

12.

Ilves-Kissat Tampere

1: 5

0: 2

3: 4

0: 1

1: 2

1: 4

3-0

0: 1

0: 2

3-0

1: 2

Champions team

The following players belonged to the Kuopion PS championship team :

• Kari Leskinen , Arvo Rautio , Pekka Vepsäläinen , Pekka Parviainen , Esa Heiskanen , Pekka Pitkänen , Pauli Koponen , Olavi Rissanen , Eero Rissanen , Ossi Loikkanen , Kari Kröger , Matti Eskelinen . Coach: Martti Räsänen

List of goalscorers

Erkki Salo from Turku PS won with 17 goals scorer rating Mestaruussarja 1974th

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Erkki Salo	TPS	17th
2.	Raimo Hukka	Reipas	14th
3.	Matti Paatelainen	Haka	13
	Olavi Rissanen	KuPS
5.	Aki Heiskanen	KPT	12
6th	Juha-Pekka Laine	HJK	11
7th	Hannu Lamberg	KPV	11
8th.	Matti Mähönen	MP	9
	Ossi Loikkanen	KuPS
10.	Olavi Köykkä	OTP	8th
	Matti Sandberg	Reipas

Soccer cup

Lahden Reipas won on October 6, 1974 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium for the third time in a row the Finnish Football Cup by 1-0 over Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat .

International performance

• Master Kuopion PS ( Landesmeister Cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 5 and 2: 2 against Ruch Chorzów
• Third HJK Helsinki ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 4 and 1: 2 against Hertha BSC
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 2-2 and 0-3 against West Ham United

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