Mestaruussarja 1979

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Mestaruussarja 1979
master Oulun Palloseura
European Cup of
National Champions		 Oulun Palloseura
Uefa cup Kuopion PS
Cup winners Tampereen Ilves
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Tampereen Ilves
Relegation ↑ Tampereen Ilves
Kokkolan Palloveikot
Turun Pyrkivä
Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat
Relegated Turun Pyrkiva
Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat
Teams 12
Games 132 + 28 play-off games
 + 28 relegation games
Gates 567  (ø 3.02 per game)
Top scorer Atik Ismail ( HJK )
Heikki Suhonen ( TPS ) 20 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1978

The Mestaruussarja 1979 was the 49th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was played among twelve teams in a combined system of a main round with a round trip and a subsequent championship or relegation round. Master was Oulun Palloseura before Kuopion PS .

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1979.

Participating teams

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

Main round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Oulun Palloseura  22nd  11  10  1 039:150 +24 32:12
 2. Kuopion PS  22nd  12  5  5 038:250 +13 29:15
 3. HJK Helsinki (M)  22nd  10  7th  5 034:240 +10 27:17
 4th Lahden Reipas (P)  22nd  10  5  7th 033:360  −3 25:19
 5. Kuopion Pallotoverite  22nd  10  4th  8th 031:230  +8 24:20
 6th Turku PS  22nd  9  5  8th 036:270  +9 23:21
 7th Haka Valkeakoski  22nd  9  4th  9 048:420  +6 22:22
 8th. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat (N)  22nd  8th  4th  10 027:440 −17 20:24
 9. Kokkolan Palloveikot  22nd  5  7th  10 025:270  −2 17:27
10. Tampereen Ilves (N)  22nd  6th  4th  12 031:410 −10 16:28
11. Turun Pyrkiva  22nd  5  6th  11 017:310 −14 16:28
12. Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat  22nd  4th  5  13 023:470 −24 13:31
  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    1979 OPS KPS HJK LRP KPT TPS HAK KTP KPV ILV TPY MPK
    1. Oulun Palloseura 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 2: 1 5-0 3-0
    2. Kuopion PS 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 1
    3. HJK Helsinki 0: 1 2: 1 2: 3 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 1
    4th Lahden Reipas 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1-0
    5. Kuopion Pallotoverite 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 5: 2 0: 2 0-0 3-0 2-0 2: 1
    6th Turku PS 2: 4 3: 3 0-0 5-0 0: 2 2-0 6: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 5-0
    7th Haka Valkeakoski 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 4: 1 2: 1 2: 3 5: 1 3-0 3: 2 3: 3 8: 1
    8th. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 0: 2 2-0 5: 2 3: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 2: 3
    9. Kokkolan Palloveikot 2: 3 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 5-0 1: 1 0: 2 3-0
    10. Tampereen Ilves 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3: 3 1-0 2: 3 5: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1
    11. Turun Pyrkiva 0-0 1-0 2-0 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 2: 4 0-0 0: 2 1-0 3: 4
    12. Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 3 0: 1 2: 4 1-0 0-0 5-0 0-0

    Championship round

    The first eight teams in the main round played the champions and participants for the UEFA Cup in a simple round. The results from the preliminary round have been adopted.

    Closing table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Oulun Palloseura  29  15th  11  3 053:250 +28 41:17
     2. Kuopion PS  29  17th  6th  6th 058:330 +25 40:18
     3. HJK Helsinki (M)  29  14th  7th  8th 048:360 +12 35:23
     4th Kuopion Pallotoverite  29  13  7th  9 047:330 +14 33:25
     5. Lahden Reipas (P)  29  12  8th  9 046:490  −3 32:26
     6th Haka Valkeakoski  29  11  7th  11 058:520  +6 29:29
     7th Turku PS  29  9  8th  12 046:430  +3 26:32
     8th. Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat (N)  29  9  4th  16 033:680 −35 22:36
  • Finnish champion and participation in the 1980/81 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers
    Crosstab
    OPS KPS HJK KPT LRP HAK TPS KTP
    Oulun Palloseura - 0: 2 3-0 1: 1 - 2: 1 -
    Kuopion PS 5: 3 - - - 1: 3 3-0 6-0
    HJK Helsinki - 0: 2 2: 5 0: 1 2: 1 - -
    Kuopion Pallotoverite - 1: 1 - - 1: 1 - 2-0
    Lahden Reipas - 1: 2 - 0: 4 1: 1 - 6: 2
    Haka Valkeakoski 1: 4 - - - - 1: 1 2-0
    Turku PS - - 1: 2 3: 3 3: 3 - -
    Kotkan Työvänen Palloilijat 0: 1 - 2: 6 - - - 2: 1

    Relegation round

    The four worst teams from Mestaruussarja and the four best teams from I divisioona (marked with *) took part in the relegation round. The teams received additional points for their placements in previous competitions. The ninth to twelfth-placed teams in the Mestaruussarja main round received four, three, two and an additional point. The same ranking applied to the four best second division teams (1st place = 4 points, 2nd place = 3 points, etc.).

    table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points bonus total
     1. Tampereen Ilves  7th  4th  3  0 016: 500 +11 11: 30  3 14th
     2. Oulun Työvänen Palloilijat *  7th  5  0  2 018:110  +7 10: 40  3 13
     3. Kokkolan Palloveikot  7th  2  3  2 009:110  −2 07: 70  4th 11
     4th Sepsi-78 Seinäjoki *  7th  2  4th  1 008: 500  +3 08: 60  2 10
     5. Turun Pyrkiva  7th  2  3  2 009: 800  +1 07: 70  2  9
     6th Mikkelin Palloilijat *  7th  2  0  5 007:110  −4 04:10  4th  8th
     7th Mikkelin Pallo-Kissat  7th  2  2  3 007:140  −7 06: 80  1  7th
     8th. Grankulla IFK *  7th  1  1  5 011:200  −9 03:11  1  4th
  • Participation in the Mestaruussarja in 1980 and in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1980/81 as a Finnish cup winner
  • Participation in Mestaruussarja 1980
  • Participation in the I divisioona 1980

    • Champions team

    The following players belonged to the Oulun Palloseura championship team :

    Top scorer

    Atik Ismail (HJK) and Heikki Suhonen (TPS) were Mestaruussarja top scorer with 15 goals in 1979.

    Soccer cup

    Ilves beat in the final of the Finnish Football Cup in Helsinki Olympic Stadium on October 21, 1979 Turku PS with 2: 0

    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