1946 Soviet First League

The 1946 Vtoraya Gruppa was the 7th season of the Soviet second tier football competitions and the 2nd following the War.

In the 1946 season, VVS Moscow finished top of the Southern Group, and FC Pishchevik Moscow finished top of the Eastern Group. VVS won the two-leg playoff.

The number of participating teams was increased from 18 to 26 and split into two groups of 13.

Relegated teams

 * FC Lokomotiv Moscow – placed last (12th) in the 1945 Soviet Top League (debut)

Promoted teams

 * FC Burevestnik Moscow – (returning, last competed in 1940)
 * FC Pischevik Moscow – (returning, last competed in 1940)
 * FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev – (returning, last competed in 1940)
 * FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – (returning, last competed in 1939)
 * FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi – (returning, last competed in 1939)
 * FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (returning, last competed in 1939)
 * DO Sverdlovsk – (debut)
 * FC Elektrosila Leningrad – (debut)
 * FC Neftyanik Baku – (debut)
 * FC Pischevik Leningrad – (debut)
 * FC VMS Moscow – (debut)

Eastern Group
All Russia Russian SFSR

Play off
VVS - Pishchevik 3:2 1:0 (first game on September 18, second - September 22, all in Moscow)