Vtoraya Gruppa
Season1948
ChampionsLokomotiv Kharkov
PromotedLokomotiv Kharkov
Shakhter Stalino
Dinamo Yerevan
Daugava Riga
Neftianik Baku
1947
1949

The 1948 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 9th season of the second tier football competitions in the Soviet Union.

The format of the competition was preserved from the previous season and included six groups, but number of participants was increased once again to total of 75. Group winners qualified to the final group, the winner of which was the ultimate winner and gained promotion to the Pervaya Gruppa (Top League).

Lokomotiv Kharkov won the championship. Five teams gained promotion to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa.

Teams

Relegated teams

  • none
  • With the asterisk identified teams that may have been created just before the start of the season.

Renamed teams

  • Spartak Vilnius last season was known as Dinamo Vilnius

Qualifying stage

Central Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Metallurg Moscow 28 18 6 4 43 22 +21 42
2 Dynamo Riga 28 17 4 7 57 27 +30 38
3 MVO Moscow 28 16 6 6 52 28 +24 38
4 Spartak Vilnius 28 15 6 7 54 30 +24 36
5 Sudostroitel Leningrad 28 14 7 7 42 28 +14 35
6 Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 28 13 6 9 41 33 +8 32
7 Kalev Tallinn 28 10 8 10 34 34 0 28
8 Daugava Riga 28 10 7 11 31 45 14 27
9 DO Leningrad 28 9 8 11 29 36 7 26
10 Spartak Minsk 28 9 6 13 38 37 +1 24
11 VMS Moscow 28 9 5 14 44 59 15 23
12 Metro Moscow 28 4 11 13 27 39 12 19
13 DO Minsk 28 6 7 15 23 48 25 19
14 Spartak Leningrad 28 5 8 15 25 46 21 18 Relegation
15 Dinamo Tallinn 28 4 7 17 23 51 28 15
Source: rsssf.com

Russian SFSR Zone 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dynamo Kazan 26 20 3 3 71 18 +53 43
2 Torpedo Gorky 26 18 3 5 81 31 +50 39
3 Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo 26 18 3 5 64 31 +33 39
4 Khimik Dzerzhynsk 26 17 3 6 60 32 +28 37
5 Khimik Orekhovo-Zuyevo 26 14 7 5 58 26 +32 35
6 Dinamo Moscow Region 26 13 4 9 55 41 +14 30
7 Zenit Kaliningrad 26 9 9 8 45 39 +6 27
8 Zenit Kovrov 26 5 10 11 37 53 16 20
9 Dzerzhinets Kolomna 26 7 4 15 37 49 12 18
10 Zenit Izhevsk 26 7 4 15 35 60 25 18
11 Dynamo Saratov 26 5 7 14 37 63 26 17
12 Spartak Ivanovo 26 4 8 14 33 66 33 16
13 Spartak Voronezh 26 4 5 17 19 70 51 13
14 Spartak Penza 26 3 6 17 39 92 53 12
Source: rsssf.com

Russian SFSR Zone 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 24 18 3 3 80 27 +53 39
2 ODO Novosibirsk 24 19 1 4 62 27 +35 39
3 ODO Sverdlovsk 24 12 6 6 56 25 +31 30
4 Krylia Sovetov Molotov 24 12 6 6 54 30 +24 30
5 Dynamo Sverdlovsk 24 11 5 8 51 44 +7 27
6 Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil 24 11 5 8 32 32 0 27
7 Dynamo Chelyabinsk 24 9 6 9 39 39 0 24
8 Avangard Sverdlovsk 24 10 3 11 44 48 4 23
9 Krylia Sovetov Omsk 24 8 5 11 44 39 +5 21
10 Khimmik Kemerovo 24 8 5 11 42 45 3 21
11 Metallurg Magnitagorsk 24 7 1 16 34 66 32 15
12 TsvetMet Kamensk-Uralskiy 24 4 2 18 33 91 58 10
13 Gornyak Kemerovo 24 1 4 19 20 80 60 6
Source: rsssf.com

Ukrainian Zone

The zone was expanded from 13 to 16 teams split into two subgroups. The relegated Bolshevik Zaporozhie was replaced with the best three teams of Donbas group (Group 6) including Lokomotiv Zaporozhie and the champion of the 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

FC Shakhter Stalino was promoted to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa without the need to qualify for the league's finals.

Subgroup A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q) 14 8 5 1 40 10 +30 21
2 Stal Dnepropetrovsk (Q) 14 9 2 3 34 24 +10 20
3 Shakhter Stalino (P) 14 8 3 3 33 15 +18 19
4 Dynamo Voroshylovgrad 14 4 6 4 30 29 +1 14
5 Lokomotiv Zaporozhie 14 4 3 7 22 30 8 11
6 Avanhard Kramatorsk 14 3 4 7 23 40 17 10
7 Dzerzhynets Kharkov 14 4 1 9 16 37 21 9
8 Shakhter Kadievka 14 3 2 9 16 29 13 8
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for finals

Subgroup B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bolshevik Mukachevo (Q) 14 10 2 2 35 16 +19 22
2 DO Kiev (Q) 14 9 4 1 27 14 +13 22
3 Spartak Lvov 14 6 5 3 26 22 +4 17
4 Spartak Uzhgorod 14 7 2 5 33 19 +14 16
5 Pishchevik Odessa 14 5 5 4 19 18 +1 15
6 Spartak Kherson 14 5 3 6 18 22 4 13
7 Dynamo Kishenev 14 1 2 11 11 35 24 4
8 Sudostroitel Nikolaev 14 0 3 11 8 31 23 3
Source: rsssf.com
(Q) Qualified for finals

Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q, P) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 5
2 Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
3 ODO Kiev 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 2
4 Bolshevik Mukachevo 3 0 0 3 1 6 5 0
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for finals
1st place play-off

Lokomotiv Kharkov - Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3:1

Southern Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dynamo Yerevan 18 13 4 1 48 12 +36 30
2 ODO Tbilisi 18 12 5 1 40 16 +24 29
3 Spartak Tbilisi 18 11 3 4 52 24 +28 25
4 Neftyanik Baku 18 8 5 5 27 19 +8 21
5 Lokomotiv Tbilisi 18 8 3 7 40 37 +3 19
6 Dynamo Rostov-on-Don 18 6 5 7 40 33 +7 17
7 Dynamo Baku 18 7 2 9 26 28 2 16
8 Spartak Yerevan 18 3 5 10 21 35 14 11
9 Traktor Taganrog 18 3 3 12 19 47 28 9
10 Pishchevik Astrakhan 18 1 1 16 10 72 62 3
Source: rsssf.com

Central-Asian Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 ODO Tashkent 12 8 2 2 37 9 +28 18
2 Dynamo Alma-Ata 12 7 3 2 22 9 +13 17
3 Lokomotiv Ashkhabad 12 5 3 4 21 13 +8 13
4 Zenit Frunze 12 4 3 5 12 21 9 11
5 Dynamo Tashkent 12 4 1 7 16 25 9 9
6 Dynamo Stalinabad 12 3 3 6 13 21 8 9
7 Spartak Alma-Ata 12 3 1 8 15 38 23 7
Source: rsssf.com

Final stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (H, C) 5 3 1 1 11 3 +8 7
2 Metallurg Moscow 5 3 0 2 4 2 +2 6
3 Dinamo Yerevan 5 2 2 1 10 7 +3 6
4 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 6
5 Dinamo Kazan 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 5[lower-alpha 1]
6 ODO Tashkent 5 0 1 4 7 19 12 1
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 bonus point?

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
38  Russian SFSRFC Metallurg Moscow, MVO Moscow, FC Sudostroitel Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow, DO Leningrad, VMS Moscow, FC Metro Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad
FC Dinamo Kazan, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Khimik Orekhovo-Zuevo, FC Dinamo Moscow Oblast, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Zenit Kovrov, FC Dzerzhinets Kolomna, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Dinamo Saratov, FC Spartak Ivanovo, FC Spartak Voronezh, FC Spartak Penza, FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, ODO Novosibirsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil, FC Dinamo Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Omsk, FC Khimik Kemerovo, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Tsvetmet Kamensk-Uralskiy, FC Gornyak Kemerovo, FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Traktor Taganrog, FC Pischevik Astrakhan
15  Ukrainian SSRFC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Dinamo Voroshilovgrad, FC Lokomotiv Zaporozhye, FC Avangard Kramatorsk, FC Dzerzhinets Kharkov, FC Shakhter Kadeevka, FC Bolshevik Mukachevo, DO Kiev, FC Spartak Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev
3  Georgian SSRFC Spartak Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, ODO Tbilisi
2  Latvian SSRFC Dinamo Riga, FC Daugava Riga
2  Belarusian SSRFC Spartak Minsk, DO Minsk
2  Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn, FC Dinamo Tallin
2  Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku, FC Dinamo Baku
2  Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan, FC Spartak Yerevan
2  Uzbek SSRODO Tashkent, FC Dinamo Tashkent
2  Kazakh SSRFC Dinamo Alma-Ata, FC Spartak Alma-Ata
1  Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius
1  Moldavian SSRFC Dinamo Kishinev
1  Turkmen SSRFC Lokomotiv Ashkhabat
1  Kyrgyz SSRFC Zenit Frunze
1  Tajik SSRFC Dinamo Stalinabad

See also

References

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