1937 in Soviet football

The 1937 Soviet football championship was the 7th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.

CDKA Moscow once again avoided relegation since the format for the next 1938 season changed again.

The defending champions Spartak, while defeating their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 0–0) this season, had a poor start in the first half losing to Metallurg and Dinamo Kiev and let Dinamo Moscow outperform them.

Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Cup
Dinamo Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 5–2 in the Soviet Cup final. Hat-trick was made by Mikhail Semichastny, while two goals for Georgians were scored by Berdzenishvili brothers.

Top goalscorers
Group A
 * Vasily Smirnov (Dinamo Moscow) – 8 goals

Group B
 * Viktor Smagin (Stalinets Leningrad) – 7 goals

Republican level
Football competitions of union republics

Football championships

 * Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
 * Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
 * Belarusian SSR – Dinamo Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
 * Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi (reserves)
 * Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
 * Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
 * Russian SFSR – none
 * Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
 * Turkmen SSR – none
 * Uzbek SSR – Spartak Tashkent
 * Ukrainian SSR – Spartak Dnipropetrovsk (see 1937 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)

Football cups

 * Azerbaijan SSR – Temp Baku
 * Armenian SSR – none
 * Belarusian SSR – none
 * Georgian SSR – none
 * Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Karaganda
 * Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
 * Russian SFSR – none
 * Tajik SSR – none
 * Turkmen SSR – DKA Ashkhabad
 * Uzbek SSR – none
 * Ukrainian SSR – Dynamo Kyiv (see 1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)