The 1956 season was the 26th completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the
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) ...
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Overview
The Mestaruussarja was administered by the
Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1956 season was contested by 10 teams.
KuPS Kuopio
Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium.
KuPS ha ...
won the championship and the two lowest placed teams of the competition,
VIFK Vaasa and
Pyrkivä Turku, were relegated to the
Suomensarja
Suomensarja (sometimes also ''Suomi-sarja'') (‘Finland Series’) was the second highest level of league format association football in Finland from 1936 to 1972.
Before the inauguration of the Suomensarja, there had been, in 1930–1935, spec ...
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League standings
Results
See also
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Suomen Cup 1956
Footnotes
References
Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1956–57 in European Football (UEFA)
Mestaruussarja seasons
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