1931 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

The 1931 season was the second completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja. HIFK Helsinki is the defending champion.

Mestaruussarja

Season	1931
Champions	HIFK Helsinki
Relegated	HJK Helsinki ViPS Viipuri
Matches played	56
Goals scored	136 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Holger Salin, HIFK Helsinki (11)
← 1930 1932 →

Overview

The 1931 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HIFK Helsinki winning the championship which was also known as the A-sarja [‘A-Series’]. HJK Helsinki and ViPS Viipuri were relegated to the second tier which was known as the B-sarja [‘B-Series’].^[1]

Participating clubs

 

 

HIFK Helsinki
HSP Helsinki
HJK Helsinki

 

KIF Helsinki

 

ViPS Viipuri

 

Sudet Viipuri

 

TPS Turku

 

VPS Vaasa

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Location of teams in 1931 Mestaruussarja

In 1930, there were 8 participants in the Mestaruussarja:

• HIFK Helsinki
• HJK Helsinki - Promoted from B-sarja
• HPS Helsinki
• KIF Helsinki
• Sudet Viipuri - Promoted from B-sarja
• TPS Turku
• ViPS Viipuri
• VPS Vaasa

^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HIFK Helsinki (C)	7	7	0	0	29	9	+20	14
2	HPS Helsinki	7	4	2	1	22	12	+10	10
3	TPS Turku	7	3	2	2	14	13	+1	8
4	KIF Helsinki	7	3	1	3	16	20	−4	7
5	VPS Vaasa	7	2	3	2	22	19	+3	7
6	Sudet Viipuri	7	1	2	4	14	22	−8	4
7	HJK Helsinki (R)	7	0	3	4	12	16	−4	3
8	ViPS Viipuri (R)	7	0	3	4	7	25	−18	3

Source: ^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	HFK	HJK	HPS	KIF	SUD	TPS	VVI	VPS
HIFK			3–2	3–2			11–0	3–1
HJK	2–3				1–1	0–1
HPS		3–2			7–2	5–1
KIF		2–1	2–2				2–1
Sudet	1–4			4–2			1–1	3–4
TPS	1–2			6–2	3–2			0–0
ViPS		1–1	0–1			2–2
VPS		5–5	2–2	3–4			7–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. 1931. Retrieved 2012-07-07.