1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship
# 1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

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.

## 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:

* ÅIFK Turku
* HIFK Helsinki
* HPS Helsinki
* KIF Helsinki
* Stjärnan Helsinki
* TPS Turku
* ViPS Viipuri
* VPS Vaasa

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HIFK Helsinki(O) (C) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 12 | Finnish Champions |
| 2 | TPS Turku (O) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 12 | Participated in championship replay |
| 3 | HPS Helsinki | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 9 | |
| 4 | ViPS Viipuri | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 7 | |
| 5 | VPS Vaasa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 7 | |
| 6 | KIF Helsinki | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Stjärnan Helsinki (R) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 35 | −26 | 2 | Relegated to Suomensarja |
| 8 | ÅIFK Turku (R) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 1 | Relegated to Suomensarja |

* ↑ 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.

## Results

| Home \ Away | HFK | HPS | KIF | STJ | TPS | VVI | VPS | ÅIF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HIFK | | | 4–0 | 8–1 | 1–1 | | | |
| HPS | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 5–2 | | | | 2–1 |
| KIF | | | | 4–0 | 3–3 | | 4–4 | |
| Stjärnan | | | | | | 0–5 | | 1–1 |
| TPS | | 3–2 | | 9–2 | | | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| ViPS | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–0 | | 2–5 | | | |
| VPS | 2–2 | 2–9 | | 3–3 | | 5–3 | | 5–3 |
| ÅIFK | 1–2 | | 3–4 | | | 0–4 | | |

## 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.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
