Mestaruussarja 1975

Mestaruussarja 1975
master	Turku PS
European Cup of National Champions	Turku PS
Uefa cup	Kuopion PS
Cup winners	Lahden Reipas
European Cup Winners' Cup	Lahden Reipas
Relegation ↓	Haka Valkeakoski Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat
Relegated	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat, Myllykosken Pallo -47
Teams	12
Games	132 + 1 relegation game
Gates	367  (ø 2.78 per game)
Top scorer	Reijo Rantanen ( MiPK ) 16 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1974 Mestaruussarja 1976 →
I divisioona 1975 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1975 was the 45th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from May 1 to September 24. Champion Turku PS defending champions Kuopion PS .

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

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1975.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	0master
Lahden Reipas	Reipas	Lahti	02nd place
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	03rd place
Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat	MiPK	Mikkeli	04th Place
Kuopion Pallotoverite	KPT	Kuopio	05th place
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	06th place
Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	OTP	Oulu	07th place
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	08th place
Kokkolan Palloveikot	KPV	Kokkola	09th place
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	10th place
Vaasan PS	VPS	Vaasa	Climbers
Myllycosken Pallo -47	MyPa	Kouvola	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Turku PS	22nd	13	6th	3	034:180	+16	32:12
2.	Kuopion PS (M)	22nd	12	6th	4th	040:240	+16	30:14
3.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	11	5	6th	031:210	+10	27:17
4th	Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat	22nd	10	6th	6th	040:270	+13	26:18
5.	Kuopion Pallotoverite	22nd	10	6th	6th	032:220	+10	26:18
6th	Lahden Reipas (P)	22nd	10	3	9	047:350	+12	23:21
7th	Vaasan PS (N)	22nd	8th	6th	8th	029:280	+1	22:22
8th.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	8th	2	12	029:370	−8	18:26
9.	Mikkelin Palloilijat	22nd	6th	6th	10	023:360	−13	18:26
10.	Haka Valkeakoski	22nd	6th	3	13	021:360	−15	15:29
11.	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	22nd	5	5	12	019:380	−19	15:29
12.	Myllycosken Pallo -47 (N)	22nd	4th	4th	14th	022:450	−23	12:32

Finnish champion and participation in the 1976/77 European Cup

Participation in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the 1976/77 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the relegation against relegation

Relegation to the I divisioona in 1976

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

Crosstab

1975

TPS

KPS

KPV

MPK

KPT

LRP

VPS

HJK

MIP

HAK

OTP

MYP

1.

Turku PS

3: 1

1: 4

1: 1

3: 1

1-0

1-0

1-0

2: 1

4-0

2-0

1: 1

2.

Kuopion PS

1: 3

3: 1

2: 1

0: 2

2-0

2: 1

5-0

2: 2

2: 1

3-0

4: 1

3.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

1-0

0-0

3-0

0: 2

2: 2

2: 1

4: 1

3-0

0-0

0-0

3: 1

4th

Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat

1: 1

2: 2

4: 1

0: 2

3: 2

2-0

0-0

1: 1

3-0

4-0

3-0

5.

Kuopion Pallotoverite

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

2-0

2-0

2: 2

3-0

0: 3

3-0

2-0

1: 1

6th

Lahden Reipas

4-0

4: 2

0: 2

3: 2

3: 3

1: 2

1-0

0: 1

2: 1

8: 2

4-0

7th

Vaasan PS

0-0

2: 2

0-0

1: 3

1-0

1: 3

2: 1

1: 1

4: 1

1-0

3: 2

8th.

HJK Helsinki

1: 4

0: 2

2-0

2: 3

3: 1

4: 1

2: 1

3: 2

1: 2

1: 2

2-0

9.

Mikkelin Palloilijat

0: 3

0: 2

0: 2

1: 1

1-0

2: 1

0: 3

0: 2

3: 1

2: 2

2: 1

10.

Haka Valkeakoski

0: 1

0: 1

1: 2

2-0

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1: 1

2-0

1: 2

2: 1

11.

Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat

0: 1

0-0

0: 1

0: 3

2: 1

1: 1

0: 2

2-0

1: 1

1: 2

4: 1

12.

Myllycosken Pallo -47

0-0

0: 1

2-0

1: 3

1: 1

2: 5

2-0

0: 3

3-0

1: 3

1-0

Relegation

The two teams with equal points in places ten and eleven determined the second relegated team on September 24, 1975.

			Result
Haka Valkeakoski	-	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	1-0

Champions team

The following players belonged to the Turku PS championship team :

• Göran Enckelman , Pauno Kymäläinen , Jouni Jalonen , Rauli Nummi , Ahti Fernelius , Risto Rosenberg , Markku Salama , Raimo Toivanen , Jarmo Manninen , Heikki Suhonen , Tommy Lindholm , Pekka Salonen , Mauri Herjanto . Coach: Olavi Laaksonen .

List of goalscorers

Reijo Rantanen (MiPK) won the Mestaruussarja goalscorer with 16 goals.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Reijo Rantanen	MiPK	16
2.	Olavi Rissanen	KuPS	12
3.	Jukka Henriksson	MiPK	11
	Jarmo Manninen	TPS
	Heikki Suhonen	TPS
6th	Harri Toivanen	Reipas	9
	Henry Bergström	VPS
8th.	Hannu Hämäläinen	Reipas	8th
	Aki Heiskanen	KPT
	Olli Laakso	Haka
	Ossi Loikkanen	KuPS
	Raimo Sorvisto	KPV

Soccer cup

The final of the 1975 cup competition was played in the spring of the following year on April 25, 1976 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium between Lahden Reipas and Tampereen Ilves . Reipas won the cup for the fourth time in a row and for the fifth time in the club's history with a 6: 2 nV. With the five wins, Reipas drew level with Haka Valkeakoski as the record holder of the cup competition.

International performance

• Champion Turku PS ( National Champion Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 2 and 1: 0 against Sliema Wanderers
  • 2nd round: 0: 2 and 0: 1 against FC Zurich
• Runner-up Kuopion PS ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 3: 2 and 0: 2 against Östers IF
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 2:12 and 1: 7 against DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja / Veikkausliiga) RSSSF