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Mestaruussarja 1930

Mestaruussarja
Season 1930
Champions HIFK Helsinki (1st Finnish Championship)
Relegated Stjärnan Helsinki
ÅIFK Turku
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Matches played 56
Goals scored 151 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Holger Salin, HIFK Helsinki
Olof Strömsten, KIF Helsinki (9)
1931

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.

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.

In 1930, there were 8 participants in the Mestaruussarja:


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