title: 1973 Mestaruussarja
text: # 1973 Mestaruussarja
  
  The 1973 Mestaruussarja, the premier division of Finnish football, was contested by 12 teams, and HJK Helsinki won the championship.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | HJK Helsinki (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 33 |
  | 2 | KPV Kokkola | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 31 |
  | 3 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 30 |
  | 4 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 26 |
  | 5 | OTP Oulu | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 26 |
  | 6 | KPT Kuopio | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 25 |
  | 7 | MP Mikkeli | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 19 |
  | 8 | Kuusysi Lahti | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 18 |
  | 9 | TPS Turku | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 17 |
  | 10 | IKissat Tampere | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 17 |
  | 11 | Ponnistus Helsinki (R) | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 13 |
  | 12 | TaPa (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 9 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | HJK | IKT | KPT | KPV | KPS | LAH | MP | OTP | PON | REI | TPT | TPS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | HJK Helsinki | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
  | IKissat | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
  | KPT | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
  | KPV | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
  | KuPS | 0–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
  | Lahti-69 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
  | MP | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
  | OTP | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
  | Ponnistus | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
  | Reipas | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 6–0 | 2–0 |
  | TaPa | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
  | TPS | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |
  