Mestaruussarja 1977

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Mestaruussarja 1977
master Haka Valkeakoski
European Cup of
National Champions		 Haka Valkeakoski
Uefa cup Kuopion PS
Cup winners Haka Valkeakoski
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 no participant
Relegated Mikkelin Palloilijat
Vaasan PS
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 364  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer Matti Paatelainen ( Haka ) 20 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1976

The Mestaruussarja 1977 was the 47th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams. Champion was Haka Valkeakoski ahead of defending champion Kuopion PS .

Mestaruussarja 1977 (Finland)
Helsinki (Helsingfors)
Helsinki
(Helsingfors)
Turku (Åbo)
Turku
(Åbo)
Kokkola (Gamlakarleby)
Kokkola
(Gamlakarleby)
Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1977.

Participating teams

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

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Haka Valkeakoski  22nd  15th  3  4th 043:150 +28 33:11
 2. Kuopion PS (M)  22nd  12  2  8th 040:350  +5 26:18
 3. Turku PS  22nd  10  5  7th 043:250 +18 25:19
 4th Oulun Palloseura  22nd  9  6th  7th 027:240  +3 24:20
 5. Lahden Reipas (P)  22nd  8th  7th  7th 027:220  +5 23:21
 6th Kokkolan Palloveikot  22nd  10  3  9 032:280  +4 23:21
 7th HJK Helsinki  22nd  9  5  8th 027:250  +2 23:21
 8th. FC Kiffen 08 Helsinki (N)  22nd  8th  6th  8th 037:290  +8 22:22
 9. Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat  22nd  8th  5  9 024:240  ± 0 21:23
10. Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat (N)  22nd  9  3  10 024:340 −10 21:23
11. Mikkelin Palloilijat  22nd  6th  3  13 022:400 −18 15:29
12. Vaasan PS  22nd  2  4th  16 018:630 −45 08:36
  • Finnish champion and participation in the 1978/79 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup
  • Relegation to the I divisioona 1978
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1977 HAK KPS TPS OPS LRP KPV HJK KIF MPK OTP MIP VPS
    1. Haka Valkeakoski 3-0 0-0 5: 1 3: 1 4-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 5: 3 3-0
    2. Kuopion PS 1: 2 1: 7 1: 2 2-0 5: 1 0: 2 3: 2 2: 3 2-0 2-0 6-0
    3. Turku PS 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 5: 2 2-0 5-0 4: 1 5: 1
    4th Oulun Palloseura 2: 3 5-0 1-0 2-0 1: 3 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 3 2-0
    5. Lahden Reipas 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 5: 1 4-0
    6th Kokkolan Palloveikot 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 3 3: 4 2-0 0: 1 2-0 2-0
    7th HJK Helsinki 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 3 0: 5 0: 3 2-0 1-0 1: 1 4-0
    8th. FC Kiffen 08 Helsinki 0-0 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 6: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 1
    9. Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat 0: 1 2: 1 4-0 0-0 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 7-0
    10. Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat 2: 1 0: 1 0: 3 0-0 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 1-0 4: 2
    11. Mikkelin Palloilijat 0: 3 1: 3 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 2 1-0
    12. Vaasan PS 0: 1 1: 3 4: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 6 2: 1 0: 1 1: 3 2: 2

    Champions team

    The following players belonged to the championship team Haka Valkeakoski :

    Top scorer

    Matti Paatelainen (Haka) won the Mestaruussarja goalscorer rating in 1977 with 20 goals.

    Soccer cup

    In addition to the championship, Haka Valkeakoski also won the cup competition on October 23, 1977 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium with a 3-1 win against second division club Seinäjoen Palloseura .

    International performance

    Web links

    Individual evidence

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