1939 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

Mestaruussarja

Season	1939
Champions	TPS Turku
Relegated	KPT Kuopio Viipurin Reipas
Top goalscorer	Aatos Lehtonen, HJK Helsinki (15)
← 1938 1940 →

The 1939 season was the tenth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Overview

The 1939 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with TPS Turku winning the championship. KPT Kuopio and Viipurin Reipas were relegated to the second tier which was known as the Suomensarja.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TPS Turku (C)	12	9	2	1	38	17	+21	20
2	HJK Helsinki	13	7	4	2	40	18	+22	18
3	HT Helsinki	12	6	1	5	27	21	+6	13
4	HIFK Helsinki	13	5	3	5	31	32	−1	13
5	HPS Helsinki	13	5	3	5	20	22	−2	13
6	VPS Vaasa	12	3	4	5	20	21	−1	10
7	KPT Kuopio (R)	12	2	3	7	17	29	−12	7
8	Viipurin Reipas (R)	11	2	0	9	18	51	−33	4

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

The league was abandoned due to the Winter War (14 rounds having been scheduled). The above table was declared final.

Results

Home \ Away	HFK	HJK	HPS	HT	KPT	REI	TPS	VPS
HIFK		1–5	3–0	2–5		6–2	1–5	1–0
HJK	3–3		1–1	5–0	1–0	7–3	3–4	3–0
HPS	0–0	3–1		1–3	3–3	3–2	5–1
HT	2–3	0–1	0–1		8–0		1–1	2–1
KPT	2–1	2–2	0–1			5–1	0–3	1–1
Reipas	3–8	0–7	2–0	2–3	2–1
TPS	3–0		2–0	4–1	4–2	6–0		3–2
VPS	2–2	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• "Finnish Football Tables - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-05.