1949 Mestaruussarja
The Mestaruussarja 1949 was contested among twelve teams. Finnish football champions 1949 TPS Turku Vaasa PS defending champions.
Since the League for the coming season was further reduced down to two teams that went from four teams.
Participating teams
From Helsinki ( 4):
- HIFK Helsinki ( Helsingin Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna )
- KIF Helsinki ( Helsinki Kronhagens Idrottsföreningen )
- HPS Helsinki ( Helsingin Palloseura )
- HJK Helsinki ( Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi )
From Vaasa ( 2):
- VIFK Vaasa ( Vaasan Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna )
- Vaasa PS ( Vaasan Palloseura )
From Turku ( 3):
- Tuwé Turku ( Turun Weikot )
- TuTo Turku ( Turun Toverit )
- TPS Turku ( Turun Palloseura )
Other cities ( 3):
- KTP Kotka ( Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat )
- IKissat Tampere ( Tampere Ilves -Kissat )
- KuPS Kuopio ( Kuopion Palloseura )
Final Table
Movers & Shakers: Valkeakosken Haka and Helsingin Kullervo
Scorer
Yrjö Asikainen ( Tampere IKissat ) and Kaimo Lintamo (Vaasa PS ) achieved both 20 goals.