1936 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1936
Men's football
Group A Dinamo Moscow (spring)
Spartak Moscow (fall)
Group B Dinamo Tbilisi (spring)
Serp i Molot Moscow (fall)
Soviet Cup Lokomotiv Moscow
←  1935 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1937  →

The 1936 Soviet football championship was the 6th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union split into two halves. It was also the inaugural competition for the Soviet league format (round-robin) transitioning from the cities football competition format that was grandfathered from the Imperial Russian sports events.

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FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship in spring and FC Spartak Moscow won it in fall. Between both championships in the summer there was held the first Soviet Cup competition.

In the fall the defending champions Dynamo were going neck-in-neck with their main rivals Spartak, but just a round away from the finish line they tied with weaker Dynamo Leningrad which costed them the title.

Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad avoided relegation from the Group A in spring, while CDKA Moscow avoided relegation in fall.

Honours

CompetitionWinner (spring)Runner-up (spring)Winner (fall)Runner-up (fall)
Group A Dinamo Moscow (1*) Dinamo Kiev Spartak Moscow (1) Dinamo Moscow
Group B Dinamo Tbilisi ZiS Moscow Serp i Molot Moscow Temp Baku
Group V Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu Stroiteli BakuDinamo KazanSpartak Kharkov
Group G KhTZ Kharkov Krylia Sovetov Moscow KhTZ KharkovStal Dnepropetrovsk
Soviet Cup WinnerRunner-up
Lokomotiv Moscow (1*) Dinamo Tbilisi

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

Soviet Cup

Lokomotiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 in the Soviet Cup final. Goals were scored by Aleksei Sokolov and Viktor Lavrov. The Georgian side was coached by a foreign head coach out of France Jules Limbeck.

Soviet Union spring football championship

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsRepublic
1 Dynamo Moscow 66002254.40018Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
2 Dynamo Kiev 640218111.63614Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1927-1937).svg  Ukrainian SSR
3 Spartak Moscow 63121271.71413Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
4 CDKA Moscow 621313180.72211Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 62047110.63610Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
6 Dynamo Leningrad 61145120.4179Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
7 Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad 61148210.3819Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Classification is done by points and then goal ratio.

Group B

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi (P)65101944.75017Promoted
2Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Zavod imeni Stalina Moscow 63121071.42913
3Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad 6231991.00013
4Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow 6141890.88912
5Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Serp i Molot Moscow 6123780.87510
6Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 61238170.47110
7Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk (R)61147140.5009
8Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov (R)0-----—0Withdrew - results annulled
Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group V

PosRepTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu (P)751119121.58318Promoted
2Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR Stroiteli Baku (P)741218101.80016
3Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Odessa 73221591.66715
4Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dynamo Kazan 732214150.93315
5Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Lokomotivi Tbilisi 723214111.27314
6Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkiv 71338160.50012
7Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Ugolschiki Staline 721414240.58312
8Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotyv Kyiv (R)71157120.58310Relegated
Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group G

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Traktor Plant Kharkiv 4310933.00011
2Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow 4211541.2509
3Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Piatigorsk 42021181.3758
4Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 4202350.6008
5Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Molotov Automobile Plant Gorky 40045130.3853 [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Gorky's Club was docked a point for a failure to play a scheduled game against the Dnipropetrovsk's club.

Top goalscorers

Group A

Group B

Soviet Union fall football championship

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsRepublic
1 Spartak Moscow (C)742119101.90017Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
2 Dynamo Moscow 733121121.75016Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
3 Dynamo Tbilisi 73311491.55616Flag of the Transcaucasian SFSR.svg  Transcaucasian SFSR
4 Lokomotiv Moscow [lower-alpha 1] 740318141.28615Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
5 Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad 730413180.72213Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
6 Dynamo Kiev 713316190.84212Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1927-1937).svg  Ukrainian SSR
7 Dynamo Leningrad 71337150.46712Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
8 CDKA Moscow [lower-alpha 2] (R)72059200.45011Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Classification is done by points and then goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Lokomoyiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi in the Cup final 2:0. The first Soviet Cup edition took place exactly between the spring and the fall parts of 1936 seasons.
  2. ↑ CDKA Moscow was relegated to the Group B (second tier) for the next season, however, soon after playing only 3 games in the 1937 season, the team was returned back to the top tier for the next 1937 season.

Group B

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Serp i Molot Moscow (P)76012564.16719Promoted
2Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku 75111672.28618
3Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow 741213101.30016
4Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Torpedo Moscow 74031171.57115
5Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu 730413180.72213
6Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad 72146130.46212
7Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 61238130.6159 [lower-alpha 1]
8Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov (R)70166240.2508Relegated
Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1 point deducted?

Group V

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dynamo Kazan (P)75111892.00018
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkiv 742115111.36417
3Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 740314141.00015
4Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Odessa 7313971.28613 [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Lokomotivi Tbilisi 730414150.93313
6Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Ugolschiki Staline 730411140.78613
7Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kharkiv 71336140.42912
8Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dynamo Pyatigorsk (R)71158110.7277 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: [ citation needed ]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ −1 point
  2. ↑ −3 points

Group G

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Traktor Plant Kharkiv 5311961.50012
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 521213101.30010
3Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 5131761.16710
4Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Gorky 5212560.83310
5Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Traktor Stalingrad 5212590.55610
6Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Frunze Plant Kostiantynivka [lower-alpha 1] 5113350.6007
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1 point deducted?

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics [1]

Football championships

Football cups

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References

  1. ↑ 1936 год. regional-football.ru
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