1939 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

Mestaruussarja
Season	1939
Champions	TPS Turku
Relegated	KPT Kuopio Viipurin Reipas
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Top goalscorer	Aatos Lehtonen, HJK Helsinki (15)
← 1938 1940 →

Finnish football 1939

Mestaruussarja (Tier 1)

Suomensarja (Tier 2)

Maakuntasarja (Tier 3)

The 1939 season was the tenth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Overview

The 1939 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with TPS Turku winning the championship. KPT Kuopio and Viipurin Reipas were relegated to the second tier which was known as the Suomensarja.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	TPS Turku (C)	12	9	2	1	38	17	20
2	HJK Helsinki	13	7	4	2	40	18	18
3	HT Helsinki	12	6	1	5	27	21	13
4	HIFK Helsinki	13	5	3	5	31	32	13
5	HPS Helsinki	13	5	3	5	20	22	13
6	VPS Vaasa	12	3	4	5	20	21	10
7	KPT Kuopio (R)	12	2	3	7	17	29	7
8	Viipurin Reipas (R)	11	2	0	9	18	51	4

The league was abandoned due to the Winter War (14 rounds having been scheduled). The above table was declared final.^[1]

Footnotes

1 2 "Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.com". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-12-05.

References

"Finnish Football Tables - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.com". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-05.

Top division football seasons in Finland

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Football in Finland

1938–39 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales

International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39

1939–40 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland

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