1937 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship
The 1937 season was the eighth completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja. Overview The 1937 Mestaruussarja was contested by 8 teams, with HIFK Helsinki winning the championship. VIFK Vaasa and UL Turku were relegated to the second tier which was known as the Suomensarja. League table Results See also * 1937 Suomensarja ''(Tier 2)'' Footnotes References

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Mestaruussarja
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 Footboll 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. The last Mestaruussarja season was 1989 and FC Kuusysi was crowned as the last champions. The new top level division was at first cal ...
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