1938 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship

Mestaruussarja

Season	1938
Champions	HJK Helsinki
Relegated	Sudet Viipuri
Top goalscorer	Aatos Lehtonen, HJK Helsinki (14)
← 1937 1939 →

The 1938 season was the ninth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Overview

The 1938 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HJK Helsinki winning the championship. Sudet Viipuri were relegated to the second tier which was known as the Suomensarja.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HJK Helsinki (C)	14	8	4	2	43	24	+19	20
2	TPS Turku	14	7	2	5	37	25	+12	16
3	VPS Vaasa	14	7	2	5	30	22	+8	16
4	HT Helsinki	14	7	2	5	28	28	0	16
5	HPS Helsinki	14	6	2	6	22	33	−11	14
6	HIFK Helsinki	14	4	3	7	27	31	−4	11
7	KPT Kuopio (O)	14	4	3	7	21	41	−20	11
8	Sudet Viipuri (R)	14	4	0	10	26	30	−4	8

Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	HFK	HJK	HPS	HT	KPT	SUD	TPS	VPS
HIFK		3–5	2–3	3–4	0–1	4–2	2–2	1–2
HJK	4–1		2–3	4–1	2–2	4–0	4–4	1–1
HPS	1–0	1–4		1–2	4–2	0–5	1–0	3–0
HT	0–2	2–2	2–2		2–1	4–3	2–1	3–1
KPT	1–1	1–5	2–2	3–2		3–1	1–5	3–1
Sudet	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–3	7–0		0–3	0–3
TPS	3–4	0–3	7–0	2–0	3–1	2–1		4–2
VPS	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	6–0	1–0	4–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1938 Suomensarja (Tier 2)

References

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