1939 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1939
Champions	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Promoted	Krylya Sovetov Moscow; Lokomotiv Tbilisi;
Relegated	11 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[edit]

Relegated[edit]

There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.

Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
FC Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)

Promoted[edit]

Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)

League standings[edit]

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:

^ FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).

Top scorers[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

1939 Gruppa B. RSSSF

[table_note_ZNL0.60476010041533-1] FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).

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v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1939 in Soviet football
Domestic leagues (Groups)	A B
Domestic cups	Cup
National teams	National team
Club seasons
Group A	Spartak Moscow Dynamo Tbilisi CDKA Moscow Traktor Stalingrad Lokomotiv Moscow Metallurg Moscow Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Kiev Torpedo Moscow Dynamo Leningrad Stalinets Leningrad Stakhanovets Stalino Elektrik Leningrad Dynamo Odessa