Football in the Soviet Union
Season1939
Men's football
Group ASpartak Moscow
Group BKrylia Sovetov Moscow
Soviet CupSpartak Moscow
Soviet Union

The 1939 Soviet football championship was the 9th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 5th among teams of sports societies and factories. FC Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the third time.

The defending champions Spartak Moscow, while struggling in the first half of season, they made a great run in the second half and successfully defended their domestic title.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Group ASpartak Moscow (3*)Dinamo Tbilisi
Group BKrylia Sovetov MoscowLokomotiv Tbilisi
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (2*) Stalinets Leningrad

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

Organization

The 1938 USSR football championship competitions are conducted by the All-Union Committee on sports and physical culture under rules adopted in 1939.[1] Matches between teams are played in double round-robin tournament: on own and opponents' turf fields.[1] Number of players for each team should not exceed more than 18.[1] Players who are on the roster to play in Soviet championship cannot participate for teams of their society in local city competitions.[1] The team that receives the most points in the Soviet championship is awarded with the title of champion and the All-Union Committee banner.[1] Players as well as politruks and coaches are given tokens and certificates of the All-Union Committee.[1]

Teams are obligated to participate until end of the season's calendar.[1] Team that were withdrawn from competition on decision of the All-Union Committee or other reasons are barred to compete in 1940.[1] Results (points) that were received by all teams in matches with the withdrawn team are zeroed.[1] Players of the withdrawn team don't have a right to play for other sports organizations that compete in the Soviet championship this season without permission of the Central Sports Inspecition.[1]

On equal points among teams, the order of their placement is determined by a coefficient of scored and allowed goals (goal ratio).[1]

Undisciplined players who were ejected out of the field by a referee for a foul are barred from other matches until the decisions of the Disciplinary and Conflict Commission and the Central Sports Inspection.[1]

The last three teams of the 1939 championship are relegated from the first group to the second for the 1940 season.[1] The top two teams of the Second Group of the 1939 championship are promoted to the First Group for the 1940 season.[1]

Soviet Cup

Spartak Moscow beat Stalinets Leningrad 3–1 in the Soviet Cup final. As in the last season, the decisive goal was scored by Viktor Semyonov.

Soviet Union football championship

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 26 14 9 3 58 23 2.522 37
2 Dynamo Tbilisi 26 14 5 7 60 41 1.463 33
3 CDKA Moscow 26 14 4 8 68 43 1.581 32
4 Traktor Stalingrad 26 13 4 9 50 39 1.282 30
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 26 12 6 8 42 39 1.077 30
6 Metallurg Moscow 26 12 5 9 53 50 1.060 29
7 Dynamo Moscow 26 12 4 10 60 46 1.304 28
8 Dynamo Kiev 26 9 8 9 39 44 0.886 26
9 Torpedo Moscow 26 8 7 11 51 51 1.000 23
10 Dynamo Leningrad 26 8 6 12 41 56 0.732 22
11 Stalinets Leningrad 26 7 7 12 30 46 0.652 21
12 Stakhanovets Stalino 26 5 10 11 40 55 0.727 20
13 Elektrik Leningrad (R) 26 6 5 15 32 49 0.653 17
14 Dynamo Odessa (R) 26 7 2 17 25 67 0.373 16
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P) 22 17 2 3 52 19 2.737 36
2  Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P) 22 13 7 2 44 23 1.913 33
3  Russian SFSR Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R) 22 11 7 4 43 28 1.536 29
4  Russian SFSR Pischevik Moscow 22 12 4 6 53 29 1.828 28
5  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku 22 12 4 6 29 19 1.526 28
6  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 22 11 5 6 46 27 1.704 27
7  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov 22 10 7 5 43 31 1.387 27
8  Russian SFSR Burevestnik Moscow 22 10 6 6 38 28 1.357 26
9  Ukrainian SSR FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev 22 9 7 6 40 38 1.053 25
10  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov 22 10 4 8 38 25 1.520 24
11  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotiv Kiev 22 11 2 9 40 33 1.212 24
12  Russian SFSR Torpedo Gorkiy 22 9 6 7 37 38 0.974 24
13  Georgian SSR Dinamo Batumi (R) 22 8 7 7 37 32 1.156 23
14  Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan 22 9 3 10 26 33 0.788 21
15  Ukrainian SSR Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R) 22 6 7 9 27 37 0.730 19
16  Ukrainian SSR Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R) 22 8 3 11 37 51 0.725 19
17  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow (R) 22 6 6 10 32 42 0.762 18
18  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkov (R) 22 8 1 13 35 45 0.778 17
19  Russian SFSR Osnova Ivanovo (R) 22 6 2 14 34 45 0.756 14
20  Russian SFSR Avangard Leningrad 22 5 4 13 26 44 0.591 14
21  Byelorussian SSR Spartak Minsk (R) 22 4 3 15 28 70 0.400 11
22  Russian SFSR Zenit Leningrad[lower-alpha 1] 22 3 4 15 28 46 0.609 10
23  Russian SFSR Dinamo Kazan (R) 22 4 1 17 20 50 0.400 9
Source:
(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 goalscorers

Group A

Group B

  • Nikolai Korzunov (Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu) – 19 goals

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics[2]

Football championships

Football cups

  • Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
  • Armenian SSR – Dinamo Leninakan
  • Belarusian SSR – IFK Minsk
  • Georgian SSR – Nauka Tbilisi
  • Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
  • Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
  • Russian SFSR – Dinamo Voronezh
  • Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
  • Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
  • Uzbek SSR – Dinamo Tashkent
  • Ukrainian SSR – Avanhard Kramatorsk (see 1939 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References

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