Mestaruussarja 1978

Mestaruussarja 1978
master	HJK Helsinki
European Cup of National Champions	HJK Helsinki
Uefa cup	Kuopion Pallotoverite
Cup winners	Lahden Reipas
European Cup Winners' Cup	Lahden Reipas
Relegated	FC Kiffen 08 Helsinki Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	370  (ø 2.8 per game)
Top scorer	Atik Ismail ( HJK ) 20 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1977 Mestaruussarja 1979 →
I divisioona 1978 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1978 was the 48th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams. Champion was HJK Helsinki ahead of promoted Kuopion Pallotoverit .

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

Mestaruussarja Associations 1978.

Participating teams

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

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	13	7th	2	052:290	+23	33:11
2.	Kuopion Pallotoverite (N)	22nd	12	8th	2	035:150	+20	32:12
3.	Haka Valkeakoski (M, P)	22nd	12	7th	3	042:190	+23	31:13
4th	Turku PS	22nd	12	2	8th	057:290	+28	26:18
5.	Oulun Palloseura	22nd	11	4th	7th	034:210	+13	26:18
6th	Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat	22nd	11	3	8th	029:220	+7	25:19
7th	Kuopion PS	22nd	9	3	10	033:310	+2	21:23
8th.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	8th	5	9	026:310	−5	21:23
9.	Lahden Reipas	22nd	5	9	8th	020:350	−15	19:25
10.	Turun Pyrkiva (N)	22nd	4th	9	9	014:280	−14	17:27
11.	FC Kifen 08 Helsinki	22nd	2	3	17th	013:580	−45	07:37
12.	Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat	22nd	1	4th	17th	015:520	−37	06:38

Finnish champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup

Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80

Relegation to the I divisioona 1979

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

Crosstab

1978

HJK

KPT

HAK

TPS

OPS

MPK

KPS

KPV

LRP

TPY

KIF

OTP

1.

HJK Helsinki

1: 3

2: 2

6: 5

2-0

0: 4

0-0

1-0

4: 1

4-0

4: 1

6: 3

2.

Haka Valkeakoski

0-0

2: 1

1-0

0-0

4: 1

0: 4

1: 1

0-0

0-0

3-0

2-0

3.

Haka Valkeakoski

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

2-0

2-0

2: 1

4: 1

6: 1

2: 1

4-0

2: 1

4th

Turku PS

2: 4

3-0

1: 1

1: 2

2: 1

4: 1

5: 1

6: 2

0: 1

7-0

7-0

5.

Oulun Palloseura

2: 2

0: 1

0: 1

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

4: 1

2-0

0: 1

6-0

2: 1

6th

Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat

0: 1

0: 2

0: 2

1-0

0: 2

4: 1

2-0

1: 1

0-0

4: 1

1-0

7th

Kuopion PS

1: 1

0: 2

3: 1

1: 3

1-0

0: 1

2: 1

2: 3

2: 1

1-0

5-0

8th.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

1: 2

1: 1

0-0

3-0

1: 4

0: 1

4: 2

0-0

1-0

2-0

1-0

9.

Lahden Reipas

0-0

0: 1

0: 4

0: 5

0-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

0: 1

4: 1

10.

Turun Pyrkiva

0: 4

2: 2

0-0

0-0

4: 1

0: 1

1-0

0: 3

0: 3

1: 3

0-0

11.

FC Kiffen 08 Helsinki

1: 3

0: 6

0-0

0: 1

0: 2

2: 5

0: 1

1: 2

0: 2

1: 1

2: 3

12.

Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat

2: 4

0: 3

1: 3

1: 2

1: 2

0: 1

0: 3

0: 1

0-0

1: 1

0-0

Champions team

The following players belonged to the championship team HJK Helsinki :

• Olli Isoaho , Kalle Niemi , Ari Lehkosuo , Jorma Virtanen , Henry Forssell , Jouko Soini , Juha-Pekka Laine , Atik Ismail , Miikka Toivola , Pasi Rautiainen , Dan Högström , Martti Holopainen . Trainer: Aulis Rytkönen .

Top scorer

HJK player Atik Ismail was Mestaruussarja’s top scorer with 20 goals in 1978.

Soccer cup

The final of the Finnish Football Cup 1978 was played in a return leg. Lahden Reipas won the first leg against Kuopion Pallotoverit on October 8th at Väinölänniemen Stadium in Kuopio 3-1. The second leg at the Radiomänen Stadium in Lahti on October 15 ended 1-1, which Lahti won for the seventh time.

International performance

• Champion HJK Helsinki ( National Champion Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 8 and 1: 8 against Ajax Amsterdam
• Runner-up Kuopion Pallotoverit ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 1: 2 and 0: 2 against Malmö FF
• Cup winner Lahden Reipas ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 1 and 0: 1 against Aris Bonneweg

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