Football league season
| Season | 1979 |
|---|---|
← 1978 1980 → | |
Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the: 1979 season.
Overview※
Preliminary Stage was contested by, "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※
Table※
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OPS Oulu | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 32 |
| 2 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 29 |
| 3 | HJK Helsinki | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 27 |
| 4 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 |
| 5 | KPT Kuopio | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 24 |
| 6 | TPS Turku | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 23 |
| 7 | Haka Valkeakoski | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 22 |
| 8 | KTP Kotka | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 20 |
| 9 | KPV Kokkola | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 17 |
| 10 | Ilves Tampere | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 16 |
| 11 | Pyrkivä Turku | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 16 |
| 12 | MiPK Mikkeli | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 13 |
Source: rsssf.com
Results※
| Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | ILV | KPT | KPV | KTP | KPS | MPK | OPS | PYR | REI | TPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Haka | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
| HJK Helsinki | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Ilves | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| KPT | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| KPV | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| KTP | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| KuPS | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| MiPK | 2–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| OPS | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| Pyrkivä | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Reipas | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| TPS | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship group※
Table※
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OPS Oulu (C) | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 41 |
| 2 | KuPS Kuopio | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 40 |
| 3 | HJK Helsinki | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 35 |
| 4 | KPT Kuopio | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 33 |
| 5 | Reipas Lahti | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 32 |
| 6 | Haka Valkeakoski | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 29 |
| 7 | TPS Turku | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 26 |
| 8 | KTP Kotka | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 22 |
Results※
Promotion/relegation group※
Table※
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilves Tampere | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | OTP Oulu (P) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | KPV Kokkola | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Sepsi-78 (P) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Pyrkivä Turku (R) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | MP Mikkeli | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | MiPK Mikkeli (R) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | GrIFK Kauniainen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 1 | 4 |
The teams obtained bonus points on the "basis of their preliminary stage position."