Mestaruussarja 1976

Mestaruussarja 1976
master	Kuopion PS
European Cup of National Champions	Kuopion PS
Uefa cup	Haka Valkeakoski
Cup winners	Lahden Reipas
European Cup Winners' Cup	Lahden Reipas
Relegated	Gamlakarleby BK Kuopion Pallotoverite
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	364  (ø 2.76 per game)
spectator	275.085  (ø 2084 per game)
Top scorer	Matti Paatelainen ( Haka ) 17 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1975 Mestaruussarja 1977 →
I divisioona 1976 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1976 was the 46th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams from May 2nd to October 3rd. Master was Kuopion PS before Haka Valkeakoski .

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

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1976.

Participating teams

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

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuopion PS	22nd	13	6th	3	040:210	+19	32:12
2.	Haka Valkeakoski	22nd	14th	2	6th	046:280	+18	30:14
3.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	12	5	5	040:250	+15	29:15
4th	Lahden Reipas (P)	22nd	10	5	7th	037:240	+13	25:19
5.	Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat	22nd	8th	9	5	024:210	+3	25:19
6th	Mikkelin Palloilijat	22nd	10	3	9	035:310	+4	23:21
7th	Vaasan PS	22nd	9	4th	9	027:310	−4	22:22
8th.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	8th	5	9	036:350	+1	21:23
9.	Oulun Palloseura (N)	22nd	5	7th	10	018:340	−16	17:27
10.	Turku PS (M)	22nd	7th	1	14th	030:380	−8	15:29
11.	Gamlakarleby BK (N)	22nd	4th	5	13	019:430	−24	13:31
12.	Kuopion Pallotoverite	22nd	3	6th	13	012:330	−21	12:32

Finnish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1977/78

Participation in the 1977/78 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1977/78

Relegation to the I divisioona in 1977

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

Crosstab

1976

KPS

HAK

HJK

LRP

MPK

MIP

VPS

KPV

OPS

TPS

GBK

KPT

1.

Kuopion PS

1: 2

0-0

1: 5

1-0

1-0

1: 1

4: 2

1: 1

0-0

5-0

3-0

2.

Haka Valkeakoski

1: 2

4: 1

1-0

1: 2

4-0

2: 1

4: 1

1-0

4: 3

0-0

1-0

3.

HJK Helsinki

3: 3

4-0

1: 3

1-0

3: 1

2: 1

0: 1

3: 3

1-0

4: 3

3-0

4th

Lahden Reipas

0: 1

1: 3

0: 2

0-0

1-0

3-0

2-0

4: 1

3: 2

6: 1

1: 1

5.

Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat

1: 3

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 1

5: 1

2-0

1: 1

1-0

6th

Mikkelin Palloilijat

0: 2

1: 4

2: 1

4-0

8: 1

1-0

2-0

2-0

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

7th

Vaasan PS

0: 1

4: 2

1-0

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

2-0

0: 1

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

8th.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

2: 2

2: 4

0: 1

2-0

0: 1

3: 3

5: 2

3-0

1: 2

3-0

2-0

9.

Oulun Palloseura

1: 3

0: 3

0-0

0-0

0-0

3: 1

1: 2

0: 2

2-0

3-0

0-0

10.

Turku PS

2: 1

3-0

1: 2

0: 4

0: 3

1: 2

5: 1

2: 3

4-0

1-0

1-0

11.

Gamlakarleby BK

0: 1

1-0

0: 4

2: 1

0: 1

3: 2

1: 2

2: 2

0: 1

3: 2

0-0

12.

Kuopion Pallotoverite

0: 3

1: 5

1: 3

0: 1

2: 1

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

0-0

2-0

2: 1

Champions team

The following players belonged to the Kuopion PS championship team :

• Kari Leskinen , Pekka Parviainen , Ari Heikkinen , Kari Kröger , Pekka Vepsäläinen , Esa Heiskanen , Leo Houtsonen , Pauli Koponen , Matti Eskelinen , Olavi Rissanen , Seppo Törnroos , Ossi Loikkanen , Arvo Rautio , Matti Koskinen . Trainer: Matti Räsänen .

List of goalscorers

Matti Paatelainen (Haka) won the Mestaruussarja scorer rating with 17 goals.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1.	Matti Paatelainen	Haka	17th
2.	Hannu Lamberg	KPV	12
	Jyrki Nieminen	HJK
	Markku Ritola	MP
5.	Henry Bergström	VPS	10
	Arto Uimonen	Haka
7th	Jarmo Manninen	TPS	9
	Risto Uotinen	MP
9.	Atik Ismail	HJK	8th
	Markku Närvä	Haka

Soccer cup

In the final of the Cup competition in 1976 in the spring of the following year on April 17, 1977, came in Tampere for the rematch of last year's final encounter between Reipas Lahti and Ilves . Lahden Reipas won 2-0 and won the trophy for the fifth time in a row. With six cup wins in the club's history, Reipas also became the record title holder of the competition.

International performance

• Master Kuopion PS ( Landesmeister Cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 4 and 2: 5 against Club Bruges
• Runner-up Haka Valkeakoski ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 3: 5 and 0: 0 against Górnik Zabrze
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 8 and 2: 5 against Hamburger SV

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