title: 1989 Mestaruussarja
text: # 1989 Mestaruussarja
  
  Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1989 season. Mestaruussarja changed the name to Veikkausliiga from season 1990.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was contested by 12 teams, and Kuusysi Lahti won the championship.
  
  ## Preliminary stage
  
  ### Table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kuusysi Lahti | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 32 |
  | 2 | TPS Turku | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 32 |
  | 3 | RoPS Rovaniemi | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 30 |
  | 4 | Haka Valkeakoski | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 27 |
  | 5 | HJK Helsinki | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 25 |
  | 6 | Ilves Tampere | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 23 |
  | 7 | KuPS Kuopio | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 23 |
  | 8 | Reipas Lahti | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 20 |
  | 9 | MP Mikkeli | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 16 |
  | 10 | OTP Oulu | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 15 |
  | 11 | KePS Kemi | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 11 |
  | 12 | Jaro Jakobstad | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 10 |
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | ILV | JAR | KEM | KPS | KUU | MP | OTP | REI | RPS | TPS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FC Haka | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
  | HJK Helsinki | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
  | Ilves | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 |
  | Jaro | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
  | KePS | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–9 | 0–7 | 0–2 |
  | KuPS | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Kuusysi | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
  | MP | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 3–0 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
  | OTP | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Reipas | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–7 | 2–2 | 6–0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 |
  | RoPS | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
  | TPS | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
  
  ## Championship group
  
  ### Table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kuusysi Lahti (C) | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 41 |
  | 2 | TPS Turku | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 39 |
  | 3 | RoPS Rovaniemi | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 34 |
  | 4 | Haka Valkeakoski | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 30 |
  | 5 | HJK Helsinki | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 29 |
  | 6 | Ilves Tampere | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 26 |
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | HAK | HJK | ILV | KUU | RPS | TPS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | FC Haka | | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 |
  | HJK Helsinki | 1–3 | | | 1–1 | | |
  | Ilves | | 2–5 | | | 4–0 | |
  | Kuusysi | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | | 1–0 |
  | RoPS | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | | |
  | TPS Turku | | 1–0 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | |
  
  ## Relegation group
  
  ### Table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | KuPS Kuopio | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 29 |
  | 2 | Reipas Lahti | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 27 |
  | 3 | OTP Oulu | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 22 |
  | 4 | MP Mikkeli | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 22 |
  | 5 | KePS Kemi (Q, R) | 27 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 66 | −39 | 14 |
  | 6 | Jaro Pietarsaari (R) | 27 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 11 |
  
  ### Results
  
  | Home \ Away | JAR | KEM | KPS | MP | OTP | REI |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jaro | | 1–2 | | 0–3 | | |
  | KePS | | | 1–2 | | 1–5 | |
  | KuPS | 2–0 | | | | 1–2 | 3–2 |
  | MP | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | |
  | OTP | 4–0 | | | | | 1–3 |
  | Reipas | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | | |
  