1961 Mestaruussarja
# 1961 Mestaruussarja

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1961 season.

## Overview

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

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HIFK Helsinki (C) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 31 |
| 2 | KIF Helsinki | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 30 |
| 3 | Haka Valkeakoski | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 29 |
| 4 | TPS Turku | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 24 |
| 5 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | HJK Helsinki | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 21 |
| 7 | HPS Helsinki | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 20 |
| 8 | TaPa Tampere | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 20 |
| 9 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 19 |
| 10 | VIFK Vaasa (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 18 |
| 11 | PPojat Helsinki (R) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 17 |
| 12 | TuTo Turku (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 13 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | HAK | HFK | HJK | HPS | KIF | KPS | PP | REI | TPT | TPS | TTT | VIF |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Haka | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| HIFK | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| HJK Helsinki | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| HPS | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 6–3 | 5–4 |
| KIF | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| KuPS | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| PPojat | 1–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Reipas | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| TaPa | 0–2 | 0–3 | 6–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| TPS | 6–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | 1–6 | 3–0 |
| TuTo | 0–3 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | | 2–4 |
| VIFK | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
