Mestaruussarja
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Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990.
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It is catalogued under topics including Defunct football leagues in Finland, Former top-level association football leagues in Europe and Mestaruussarja.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Finland
- Sport
- association football
- Organizer
- Football Association of Finland
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- inception
- 1930-00-00
- event interval
- 1
- replaced by
- Veikkausliiga
- sports league level
- 1
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1989-00-00
- competition class
- men's association football
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Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990.
In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that (1908-1929) the championship was decided by cup competition. The league was dominated by clubs from Helsinki, Turku and Vyborg. The first champion was HIFK Football from Helsinki. In 1935, the four best clubs were from Helsinki; and in 1934 and 1936 the top three clubs also came from Helsinki. From 1908 to 1940, the championship went outside Helsinki on only six occasions. Kuopio was the first inland city to get into the league when Pallotoverit were promoted in 1938. During World War II years the league was sometimes cut short, abandoned or decided with cup competition instead. In 1940s TUL clubs also participated.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mestaruussarja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.