1978 Mestaruussarja
# 1978 Mestaruussarja

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1978 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and HJK Helsinki won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HJK Helsinki (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 33 |
| 2 | KPT Kuopio | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 32 |
| 3 | Haka Valkeakoski | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 31 |
| 4 | TPS Turku | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 26 |
| 5 | OPS Oulu | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 26 |
| 6 | MiPK Mikkeli | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 25 |
| 7 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 21 |
| 8 | KPV Kokkola | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 21 |
| 9 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 19 |
| 10 | Pyrkivä Turku | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 17 |
| 11 | Kiffen Helsinki (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 58 | −45 | 7 |
| 12 | OTP Oulu (R) | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 52 | −37 | 6 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | KIF | KPT | KPV | KPS | MPK | OPS | OTP | PYR | REI | TPS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Haka | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| HJK Helsinki | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–5 |
| Kiffen | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| KPT | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| KPV | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| KuPS | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| MiPK | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| OPS | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| OTP | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Pyrkivä | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Reipas | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–5 |
| TPS | 1–1 | 2–4 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | |
