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

Results

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

References

• Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen (‘The Little Giant Book of Finnish Football’).