1939 Soviet First League

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Soviet First League
Season1939
ChampionsKrylya Sovetov Moscow
Promoted
Relegated11 teams
← 1937
1940 →

The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.

Teams

Relegated

There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.

League standings

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P) 22 17 2 3 52 19 +33 36
2  Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P) 22 13 7 2 44 23 +21 33
3  Russian SFSR Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R) 22 11 7 4 43 28 +15 29
4  Russian SFSR Pischevik Moscow 22 12 4 6 53 29 +24 28
5  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku 22 12 4 6 29 19 +10 28
6  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 22 11 5 6 46 27 +19 27
7  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov 22 10 7 5 43 31 +12 27
8  Russian SFSR Burevestnik Moscow 22 10 6 6 38 28 +10 26
9  Ukrainian SSR FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev 22 9 7 6 40 38 +2 25
10  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov 22 10 4 8 38 25 +13 24
11  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotiv Kiev 22 11 2 9 40 33 +7 24
12  Russian SFSR Torpedo Gorkiy 22 9 6 7 37 38 −1 24
13  Georgian SSR Dinamo Batumi (R) 22 8 7 7 37 32 +5 23
14  Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan 22 9 3 10 26 33 −7 21
15  Ukrainian SSR Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R) 22 6 7 9 27 37 −10 19
16  Ukrainian SSR Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R) 22 8 3 11 37 51 −14 19
17  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow (R) 22 6 6 10 32 42 −10 18
18  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkov (R) 22 8 1 13 35 45 −10 17
19  Russian SFSR Osnova Ivanovo (R) 22 6 2 14 34 45 −11 14
20  Russian SFSR Avangard Leningrad 22 5 4 13 26 44 −18 14
21  Byelorussian SSR Spartak Minsk (R) 22 4 3 15 28 70 −42 11
22  Russian SFSR Zenit Leningrad[a] 22 3 4 15 28 46 −18 10
23  Russian SFSR Dinamo Kazan (R) 22 4 1 17 20 50 −30 9
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Nikolai Korzunov Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu 19
2 Aleksei Kasimov Pischevik Moscow 16
3 Viktor Osminkin Krylya Sovetov Moscow 14
4 Vasiliy Makarov Dinamo Kharkov 13
5 Aleksandr Andrenko Selmash Kharkov 11
Yevgeniy Shelagin Spartak Leningrad 11
Matvei Yenushkov Krylya Sovetov Moscow 11
Pyotr Yurchenko Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad 11

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
11  Russian SFSR FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Stalinets Moscow, FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Zenit Leningrad
FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Osnova Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan
7  Ukrainian SSR FC Dinamo Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Selmash Kharkov, FC Lokomotiv Kiev, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad, FC Spartak Kharkov
2  Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi
1  Azerbaijan SSR FC Temp Baku
1  Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan
1  Belarusian SSR FC Spartak Minsk

See also