Mestaruussarja 1984

Mestaruussarja 1984
master	Kuusysi Lahti
European Cup of National Champions	Kuusysi Lahti
Uefa cup	Turku PS
Cup winners	HJK Helsinki
European Cup Winners' Cup	HJK Helsinki
Relegation ↓	Kokkolan Palloveikot
Relegated	Mikkelin Palloilijat
Teams	12
Games	132 + 8 play-off games  + 3 relegation games
Gates	466  (ø 3.26 per game)
Top scorer	Mika Lipponen ( TPS ) 23 goals
← Mestaruussarja 1983 Mestaruussarja 1985 →
I divisioona 1984 ↓

The Mestaruussarja 1984 was the 54th season of the Finnish football championship since its introduction in 1930. It was among twelve teams in a combined system of a main round with round trip and a subsequent knockout round with the four best teams played out. In the final, Kuusysi Lahti beat Turku PS 4: 0 and 4: 4 .

Helsinki (Helsingfors) Turku (Åbo) Mikkeli Lahti Kuopio Valkeakoski Pori Kemi Tampere Rovaniemi Kokkola (Gamlakarleby)

Associations of the Mestaruussarja 1984.

Participating teams

Full name	abbreviation	place	Previous year
Tampereen Ilves	Ilves	Tampere	0master
HJK Helsinki	HJK	Helsinki	02nd place
Haka Valkeakoski	Haka	Valkeakoski	03rd place
Turku PS	TPS	Turku	04th Place
Kuusysi Lahti	Kuusysi	Lahti	05th place
Kokkolan Palloveikot	KPV	Kokkola	06th place
Kuopion Pallotoverite	KPT	Kuopio	07th place
Rovaniemi PS	RoPS	Rovaniemi	08th place
Kuopion PS	KuPS	Kuopio	Relegation
Mikkelin Palloilijat	MP	Mikkeli	Climbers
Kemin Palloseura	KePS	Kemi	Climbers
Porin Pallo-Toverite	PPT	Pori	Climbers

Main round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Haka Valkeakoski	22nd	11	9	2	043:260	+17	31:13
2.	Turku PS	22nd	11	7th	4th	056:310	+25	29:15
3.	Kuusysi Lahti (P)	22nd	10	8th	4th	041:240	+17	28:16
4th	Tampereen Ilves (M)	22nd	12	4th	6th	042:280	+14	28:16
5.	HJK Helsinki	22nd	10	6th	6th	049:370	+12	26:18
6th	Rovaniemi PS	22nd	9	6th	7th	033:380	−5	24:20
7th	Kemin Palloseura (N)	22nd	7th	7th	8th	035:360	−1	21:23
8th.	Kuopion PS	22nd	6th	7th	9	025:320	−7	19:25
9.	Porin Pallo-Toverite (N)	22nd	7th	3	12	032:420	−10	17:27
10.	Kuopion Pallotoverite	22nd	3	9	10	023:280	−5	15:29
11.	Kokkolan Palloveikot	22nd	6th	3	13	030:560	−26	15:29
12.	Mikkelin Palloilijat (N)	22nd	2	7th	13	022:530	−31	11:33

Participation in the championship round

Finnish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1985/86

Participation in the relegation round

Relegation to the I divisioona 1985

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

Placement game

The two teams with the same points in 10th and 11th place identified the participants for the relegation.

	Result
Kuopion Pallotoverite	2: 1	Kokkolan Palloveikot

Crosstab

1984

HAK

TPS

KSY

ILV

HJK

RPS

KEM

KPS

PPT

KPT

KPV

MIP

1.

Haka Valkeakoski

1: 3

1: 1

1: 5

3: 2

7-0

1-0

0-0

4: 2

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

2.

Turku PS

2: 4

1: 1

2: 2

2: 2

8-0

4: 3

1: 1

2: 1

4: 2

7: 1

3-0

3.

Kuusysi Lahti

0: 1

1-0

4-0

0: 2

2-0

3: 3

2-0

2: 1

0-0

3: 1

3-0

4th

Tampereen Ilves

1: 3

2-0

2: 3

3: 1

2: 1

1: 3

3: 1

0: 1

1-0

0: 2

1: 1

5.

HJK Helsinki

1: 1

3: 2

2: 2

1: 3

3-0

4: 1

2: 1

2: 3

4: 3

3-0

1: 2

6th

Rovaniemi PS

1: 1

1: 1

3: 1

0-0

2: 3

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

0-0

3-0

4: 1

7th

Kemin Palloseura

0-0

0: 1

1: 1

1: 3

1: 1

2: 3

2-0

3-0

1: 5

0-0

4-0

8th.

Kuopion PS

0-0

0: 5

3: 3

0: 2

1: 5

0: 2

2: 2

1-0

1-0

2: 1

3-0

9.

Porin Pallo-Toverite

1: 4

0: 1

0: 4

1: 3

1: 4

2-0

1: 2

1: 1

2: 2

5-0

3: 1

10.

Kuopion Pallotoverite

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

3-0

0: 1

0: 1

0-0

1: 2

1: 2

0-0

11.

Kokkolan Palloveikot

3: 3

2: 3

1: 4

0: 4

0-0

0: 4

4: 2

0: 6

3: 2

0: 1

6-0

12.

Mikkelin Palloilijat

1: 2

3: 3

1-0

1: 1

3: 3

3: 5

1: 2

0: 2

1: 2

1: 1

1: 3

Championship round

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kuusysi Lahti	3: 2	Haka Valkeakoski	2-0	1: 2
Tampereen Ilves	2: 5	Turku PS	2: 1	0: 4

Play for 3rd place

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tampereen Ilves	3: 1	Haka Valkeakoski	2: 1	1-0

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kuusysi Lahti	8: 4	Turku PS	4-0	4: 4

Relegation round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kuopion Elo	2: 3	Kokkolan Palloveikot	2: 1	0: 2

Champions team

The following players belonged to the championship team Kuusysi Lahti :

• Ismo Korhonen , Jyrki Hännikäinen , Ari Inkeroinen , Esa Pekonen , Ilkka Remes , Raimo Kumpulainen , Kenneth Mitchell , Jari Rinne , Ilpo Talvio , Petri Tiainen , Keith Armstrong , Jarmo Kaivonurmi , Keijo Kousa , Ismo Lius , Markus Törnvall , Arto Viljanen . Coach: Keijo Voutilainen .

Top scorer

Mika Lipponen from Turku PS was the top scorer in the main round of Mestaruussarja in 1984 with 23 goals.

Soccer cup

In the final of the Finnish Football Cup in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on October 20, 1984, last year's finalists Lahden Kuusysi and Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi faced each other. Helsinki returned the favor with a 2-1 win for the loss in the previous season.

International performance

• Master Kuusysi Lahti ( national championship cup )
  • 1st round: 2: 1 and 2: 1 against FK Sarajevo
  • 2nd round: 1: 2 and 3: 1 n.V. against Zenit Leningrad
  • Quarter-finals: 0-0 and 0-2 against Steaua Bucharest
• Runner-up Turku PS ( UEFA Cup )
  • 1st round: 0: 1 and 1: 3 against Spartak Moscow
• Cup winners HJK Helsinki ( Cup winners cup )
  • 1st round: 3: 2 and 2: 1 against Flamurtari Vlora
  • 2nd round: 1: 0 and 2: 7 against Dynamo Dresden

Web links

• Finland - List of League First Level Tables RSSSF
• Championship 1984

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved March 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Finland - List of Topscorers (Mestaruussarja / Veikkausliiga) RSSSF