1979 Mestaruussarja

Mestaruussarja

Season	1979
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Finnish football 1979
Mestaruussarja (Tier 1) Ykkönen (Tier 2) Kakkonen (Tier 3) Kolmonen (Tier 4) Nelonen (Tier 5) Suomen Cup 1979

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1979 season.

Overview

Preliminary Stage is performed in 12 teams, and higher 8 teams go into Championship Group. Lower 4 teams fought in Promotion/Relegation Group with higher 4 teams of Ykkönen.

OPS Oulu won the championship.

Preliminary stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	OPS Oulu	22	11	10	1	39	15	32
2	KuPS Kuopio	22	12	5	5	38	25	29
3	HJK Helsinki	22	10	7	5	34	24	27
4	Reipas Lahti	22	10	5	7	33	36	25
5	KPT Kuopio	22	10	4	8	31	23	24
6	TPS Turku	22	9	5	8	36	27	23
7	Haka Valkeakoski	22	9	4	9	48	42	22
8	KTP Kotka	22	8	4	10	27	44	20
9	KPV Kokkola	22	5	7	10	25	27	17
10	Ilves Tampere	22	6	4	12	31	41	16
11	Pyrkivä Turku	22	5	6	11	17	31	16
12	MiPK Mikkeli	22	4	5	13	23	47	13

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	OPS Oulu (C)	29	15	11	3	53	25	41
2	KuPS Kuopio	29	17	6	6	58	33	40
3	HJK Helsinki	29	14	7	8	48	36	35
4	KPT Kuopio	29	13	7	9	47	33	33
5	Reipas Lahti	29	12	8	9	46	49	32
6	Haka Valkeakoski	29	11	7	11	58	52	29
7	TPS Turku	29	9	8	12	46	43	26
8	KTP Kotka	29	9	4	16	33	68	22

Promotion/Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Ilves Tampere	7	4	3	0	16	5	14 (3)
2	OTP Oulu (P)	7	5	0	2	18	11	13 (3)
3	KPV Kokkola	7	2	3	2	9	11	11 (4)
4	Sepsi-78 (P)	7	2	4	1	8	5	10 (2)
5	Pyrkivä Turku (R)	7	2	3	2	9	8	9 (2)
6	MP Mikkeli	7	2	0	5	7	11	8 (4)
7	MiPK Mikkeli (R)	7	2	2	3	7	14	7 (1)
8	GrIFK Kauniainen	7	1	1	5	11	20	4 (1)

The teams obtained bonus points on the basis of their preliminary stage position. Those points are given in parentheses.

References

• Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)