The 1957 season was the 27th 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) ...

Overview

The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1957 season was contested by 10 teams.

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won the championship and qualified for the

1958–59 European Cup The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. This was Real ...

first round, while the two lowest placed teams of the competition,

KIF Helsinki Kronohagens Idrottsförening (abbreviated KIF or Kiffen) () is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was founded on 27 September 1908, and has been mainly known for the achievements of its association football and handball teams. In t ...

and KoRe Kotka, 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 ...

League standings

Results

Footnotes

References

Finland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1957–58 in European Football (UEFA) Mestaruussarja seasons

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