title: 1956 Mestaruussarja
text: # 1956 Mestaruussarja
  
  The 1956 season was the 26th completed season of Finnish Football League Championship, known as the Mestaruussarja.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The Mestaruussarja was administered by the Finnish Football Association and the competition's 1956 season was contested by 10 teams. KuPS Kuopio won the championship and the two lowest placed teams of the competition, VIFK Vaasa and Pyrkivä Turku, were relegated to the Suomensarja.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | KuPS Kuopio (C) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 27 |
  | 2 | HJK Helsinki | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 21 |
  | 3 | KIF Helsinki | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 20 |
  | 4 | IKissat Tampere | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 20 |
  | 5 | Haka Valkeakoski | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 17 |
  | 6 | VPS Vaasa | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 17 |
  | 7 | KTP Kotka | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 17 |
  | 8 | HPS Helsinki | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 16 |
  | 9 | VIFK Vaasa (R) | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 13 |
  | 10 | Pyrkivä Turku (R) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 46 | −26 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | HPS | IK | KIF | KTP | KPS | PYR | VIF | VPS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FC Haka | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
  | HJK | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
  | HPS | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
  | IKissat | 1–2 | 4–3 | 5–3 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
  | KIF | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 |
  | KTP | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
  | KuPS | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
  | Pyrkivä | 2–1 | 0–6 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | VIFK | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 |
  | VPS | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
  