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1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

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Season
  
1930

Goals scored
  
151 (2.7 per match)

Matches played
  
56

1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

Champions
  
HIFK Helsinki (1st Finnish Championship)

Relegated
  
Stjärnan Helsinki ÅIFK Turku

Top goalscorer
  
Holger Salin, HIFK Helsinki Olof Strömsten, KIF Helsinki (9)

The 1930 Mestaruussarja season was the first completed season of Finnish Football Championship played in a league format, known locally as the Mestaruussarja, ‘Championship Series’. Prior to this, from 1908 to 1929, the championship had been decided in a cup competition, which was NOT called the Finnish Cup.

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Overview

The 1930 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HIFK Helsinki claiming the inaugural championship, which was also known as the A-sarja, by winning a tiebreaker match with the scoreline of 4–1 over TPS Turku. Stjärnan Helsinki and ÅIFK Turku were relegated to the second tier, which was known as the B-sarja.

Participating clubs

In 1930, there were 8 participants in the Mestaruussarja:

League table

  • Because of the tie between two top teams, a replay match was played between HIFK Helsinki and TPS Turku. HIFK Helsinki won the match 4–1.

    • Members of the HIFK champions’ team

  • Charles Holmberg; Frans Karjagin, Gösta Lesch; Alfons Nylund, Torsten Lindholm, Axel Lindbäck; Gunnar Åström, Jarl Malmgren, Torsten Svanström, Holger Salin, Ragnar Lindbäck.

    • References

    1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship Wikipedia
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