1938 Suomensarja – Finnish League Division 2

Suomensarja
Season	1938
Champions	Reipas Viipuri SP Sortavala KIF Helsinki Drott Pietarsaari
Promoted	Reipas Viipuri
Relegated	JoPS Joensuu YVP Hyvinkää
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Finnish football 1938

Mestaruussarja (Tier 1)

Suomensarja (Tier 2)

Maakuntasarja (Tier 3)

These are statistics for the first season of the Suomensarja held in 1938.

Overview

The 1938 Suomensarja was contested by 26 teams divided into 4 regional sections. The top teams from each section then participated in a promotion play-offs with Reipas Viipuri eventually gaining promotion andfinishing as champions.^[1]

League tables

Itäsarja, Eteläinen lohko (Eastern League, Southern Section)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Reipas Viipuri (O)	12	9	0	3	46	14	18
2	Ilves Viipuri	12	6	3	3	32	20	15
3	ViPS Viipuri	12	4	3	3	33	33	14
4	YVPS Imatra	12	4	4	4	27	22	12
5	KUP Kouvola	12	3	5	4	23	33	11
6	SiU Simpele	12	4	2	6	32	31	10
7	KoPS Kotka	12	2	0	10	16	56	4

^[1]

Itäsarja, Pohjoinen lohko (Eastern League, Northern Section)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	SP Sortavala (O)	8	4	3	1	19	8	11
2	WP-35 Varkaus	8	5	0	3	24	8	10
3	KuPS Kuopio	8	4	2	2	20	11	10
4	SoPS Sortavala	8	3	2	3	12	14	8
5	JoPS Joensuu (R)	8	0	1	7	8	42	1

^[1]

Länsisarja, Eteläinen lohko (Western League, Southern Section)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	KIF Helsinki (O)	12	9	1	2	49	12	19
2	ÅIFK Turku	12	9	0	3	52	19	18
3	Akilles Porvoo	12	7	0	5	27	29	14
4	UL Turku	12	5	2	5	25	26	12
5	HBK Hanko	12	5	2	5	21	24	12
6	EIF Tammisaari	12	4	0	8	18	40	8
7	YVP Hyvinkää (R)	12	0	1	11	15	57	1

^[1]

Länsisarja, Pohjoinen lohko (Western League, Northern Section)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Drott Pietarsaari (O)	12	9	2	1	45	19	20
2	VIFK Vaasa	12	8	1	3	48	22	17
3	GBK Kokkola	12	7	0	5	31	26	14
4	TaPa Tampere	12	5	3	4	28	24	13
5	Iirot Rauma	12	3	4	5	30	30	10
6	Haka Valkeakoski	12	4	1	7	29	52	9
7	PoPa Pori	12	0	1	11	15	53	1

^[1]

Nousukarsinnat (Promotion Playoffs)

Semi-finals

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	Reipas Viipuri	10–0	SP Sortavala
2	SP Sortavala	1–3	Reipas Viipuri

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	KIF Helsinki	4–1	Drott Pietarsaari
2	Drott Pietarsaari	1–2	KIF Helsinki

Finals

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	Reipas Viipuri	3–2	KIF Helsinki
2	KIF Helsinki	1–2	Reipas Viipuri

Reipas Viipuri were promoted and KIF Helsinki were required to undertake a further round of play offs.^[1]

Mestaruussarja/Suomensarja Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

Tie no	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1	KPT Kuopio	4–2	KIF Helsinki
2	KIF Helsinki	2–3	KPT Kuopio

KIF Helsinki remained in the Suomensarja and KPT Kuopio were not relegated from the Mestaruussarja.^[1]

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables - rsssf.com". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-12-06.

References

"Finnish Football Tables - List of League Second Level Tables - rsssf.com". Heikki Pietarinen - RSSSF. 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-06.

Second level football seasons in Finland

Mestaruussarja karsinta (B-sarja)	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

Suomensarja (II divisioona)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

II divisioona	1970 1971 1972

Ykkönen (I divisioona)	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Football in Finland

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