1956 Mestaruussarja

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| season = 1956

| winners = KuPS Kuopio

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| relegated = VIFK Vaasa
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| prevseason = 1955

| nextseason = 1957

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The 1956 season was the 26th completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.

Overview

The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1956 season was contested by 10 teams. KuPS Kuopio won the championship and the two lowest placed teams of the competition, VIFK Vaasa and Pyrkivä Turku, were relegated to the Suomensarja.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finhist.html|title= Finland - List of League First Level Tables - rsssf.org |work=Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF|access-date=2012-01-10}}

League standings

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

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|sortable_table=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=KPS|name_KPS=KuPS Kuopio

|team2=HJK|name_HJK=HJK Helsinki

|team3=KIF|name_KIF=KIF Helsinki

|team4=IKT|name_IKT=IKissat Tampere

|team5=HAK|name_HAK=Haka Valkeakoski

|team6=VPS|name_VPS=VPS Vaasa

|team7=KTP|name_KTP=KTP Kotka

|team8=HPS|name_HPS=HPS Helsinki

|team9=VIFK|name_VIFK=VIFK Vaasa

|team10=PYR|name_PYR=Pyrkivä Turku

|win_KPS=11|draw_KPS=5|loss_KPS=2|gf_KPS=31|ga_KPS=12|status_KPS=C

|win_HJK=9|draw_HJK=3|loss_HJK=6|gf_HJK=39|ga_HJK=28

|win_KIF=7|draw_KIF=6|loss_KIF=5|gf_KIF=32|ga_KIF=18

|win_IKT=9|draw_IKT=2|loss_IKT=7|gf_IKT=33|ga_IKT=36

|win_HAK=6|draw_HAK=5|loss_HAK=7|gf_HAK=18|ga_HAK=18

|win_VPS=7|draw_VPS=3|loss_VPS=8|gf_VPS=29|ga_VPS=30

|win_KTP=7|draw_KTP=3|loss_KTP=8|gf_KTP=28|ga_KTP=29

|win_HPS=7|draw_HPS=2|loss_HPS=9|gf_HPS=28|ga_HPS=34

|win_VIFK=6|draw_VIFK=1|loss_VIFK=11|gf_VIFK=25|ga_VIFK=32|status_VIFK=R

|win_PYR=6|draw_PYR=0|loss_PYR=12|gf_PYR=20|ga_PYR=46|status_PYR=R

|col_C=gold|text_C=

|result1=C

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|result9=R|result10=R

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Results

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|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=HAK|team2=HJK|team3=HPS|team4=IK|team5=KIF

|team6=KTP|team7=KPS|team8=PYR|team9=VIF|team10=VPS

|name_KPS=KuPS

|match_KPS_HJK=2–3

|match_KPS_KIF=0–0

|match_KPS_IK=4–0

|match_KPS_HAK=3–0

|match_KPS_VPS=3–2

|match_KPS_KTP=3–0

|match_KPS_HPS=1–1

|match_KPS_VIF=2–1

|match_KPS_PYR=2–1

|name_HJK=HJK

|match_HJK_KPS=0–2

|match_HJK_KIF=4–1

|match_HJK_IK=2–3

|match_HJK_HAK=0–0

|match_HJK_VPS=2–1

|match_HJK_KTP=2–2

|match_HJK_HPS=0–2

|match_HJK_VIF=1–0

|match_HJK_PYR=3–1

|name_KIF=KIF

|match_KIF_KPS=0–0

|match_KIF_HJK=0–0

|match_KIF_IK=6–3

|match_KIF_HAK=0–0

|match_KIF_VPS=7–1

|match_KIF_KTP=1–1

|match_KIF_HPS=3–1

|match_KIF_VIF=3–0

|match_KIF_PYR=4–0

|name_IK=IKissat

|match_IK_KPS=1–0

|match_IK_HJK=4–3

|match_IK_KIF=0–0

|match_IK_HAK=1–2

|match_IK_VPS=1–1

|match_IK_KTP=2–0

|match_IK_HPS=5–3

|match_IK_VIF=3–2

|match_IK_PYR=3–1

|name_HAK=FC Haka

|match_HAK_KPS=0–0

|match_HAK_HJK=0–2

|match_HAK_KIF=2–1

|match_HAK_IK=3–1

|match_HAK_VPS=3–1

|match_HAK_KTP=1–2

|match_HAK_HPS=0–1

|match_HAK_VIF=0–1

|match_HAK_PYR=4–1

|name_VPS=VPS

|match_VPS_KPS=1–1

|match_VPS_HJK=3–2

|match_VPS_KIF=1–0

|match_VPS_IK=5–0

|match_VPS_HAK=1–0

|match_VPS_KTP=4–1

|match_VPS_HPS=1–0

|match_VPS_VIF=0–2

|match_VPS_PYR=1–2

|name_KTP=KTP

|match_KTP_KPS=1–2

|match_KTP_HJK=1–2

|match_KTP_KIF=1–0

|match_KTP_IK=3–1

|match_KTP_HAK=0–0

|match_KTP_VPS=1–3

|match_KTP_HPS=1–2

|match_KTP_VIF=1–0

|match_KTP_PYR=3–0

|name_HPS=HPS

|match_HPS_KPS=0–2

|match_HPS_HJK=2–4

|match_HPS_KIF=3–2

|match_HPS_IK=1–0

|match_HPS_HAK=1–1

|match_HPS_VPS=2–3

|match_HPS_KTP=0–4

|match_HPS_VIF=2–1

|match_HPS_PYR=0–1

|name_VIF=VIFK

|match_VIF_KPS=0–2

|match_VIF_HJK=4–3

|match_VIF_KIF=1–2

|match_VIF_IK=0–4

|match_VIF_HAK=1–0

|match_VIF_VPS=1–1

|match_VIF_KTP=2–3

|match_VIF_HPS=4–1

|match_VIF_PYR=2–3

|name_PYR=Pyrkivä

|match_PYR_KPS=1–2

|match_PYR_HJK=0–6

|match_PYR_KIF=0–2

|match_PYR_IK=0–1

|match_PYR_HAK=2–1

|match_PYR_VPS=1–0

|match_PYR_KTP=4–3

|match_PYR_HPS=1–6

|match_PYR_VIF=1–3

|update=complete|source=

}}

See also

Footnotes

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References

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finhist.html Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)]

{{Veikkausliiga seasons}}

{{1955–56 in European Football (UEFA)}}

{{1956–57 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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