1937 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

Football Championship of UkrSSR

Season	1937
Champions	FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk
Runner up	FC Zenit Stalino
← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1937 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine.

Persha Hrupa

• Promoted: Kryla Rad Zaporizhia (Druha Hrupa), Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv (Druha Hrupa),
• Debut: Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Vympel Kyiv, Zenit Stalino

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation		FZS	DNI	FSK	FAK	KRZ	S2M	FVK
1	FC Zenit Stalino	6	4	1	1	12	5	2.400	15			—	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	3–2
2	FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk	6	3	3	0	8	5	1.600	15				—	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	+/-
3	FC Stalinets Kharkiv [a]	6	3	1	2	9	4	2.250	13	Withdrew				—	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–0
4	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk [b]	6	2	2	2	9	6	1.500	12						—	0–0	3–0	5–1
5	FC Kryla Rad Zaporizhia [c]	6	1	3	2	9	10	0.900	11							—	2–2	3–1
6	FC Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv	6	1	2	3	6	14	0.429	10	Withdrew							—	2–4
7	FC Vympel Kyiv	6	1	0	5	8	14	0.571	7 [d]									—

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Notes:

1. Last season played as KhEMZ Kharkiv
2. Last season played as z-d im. Ordzhonikidze Kramatorsk
3. Last season played as Zaporizhia
4. 1 point deducted from Vympel Kyiv points tally for no show to the match with Spartak Dnipropetrovsk

Championship play-off

• FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk – FC Zenit Stalino 2:0

Druha Hrupa

Promoted: Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (Tretia Hrupa), Rot-Front Kryvyi Rih (Tretia Hrupa)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation		DZV	STL	RFK	AVH	SHS	SPV	SCH
1	Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad [a]	5	4	1	0	21	6	3.500	14	Promoted		—	2–1	7–0	4–4	5–1	3–0
2	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk [b]	5	3	1	1	17	7	2.429	12				—	2–2	3–1	7–1	4–1
3	Rot-Front Kryvyi Rih [c]	5	3	1	1	6	10	0.600	12					—	2–1	1–0	1–0
4	Avanhard Horlivka [d]	5	2	1	2	13	12	1.083	10						—	2–0	5–3
5	Stakhanovets Serho [e]	5	1	0	4	2	15	0.133	7	Withdrew						—	+/-
6	Spartak Vinnytsia [f]	5	0	0	5	4	13	0.308	4 [g]								—	3–2
7	Spartak Chernihiv [h]	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0									—

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Notes:

1. Last season played as Voroshylovhrad
2. Last season played as Dniprodzerzhynsk
3. Last season played as Kryvyi Rih
4. Last season played as Horlivka
5. Last season played as Kadiivka
6. Last season played as Vinnytsia
7. 1 point deducted for no show
8. Last season played as Chernihiv

Tretia Hrupa

• Promoted: Voroshylovsk (Chetverta Hrupa), Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Chetverta Hrupa),
• Debut: Tiraspol (debut)

1/4 final

• Voroshylovsk — Kupiansk 7 : 1 (or 7 : 0)
• Poltava — Kherson 4 : 0
• Tiraspol — Zhytomyr 4 : 1
• Kamianets-Podilsk — Mohyliv-Podilskyi + : - (no show)

Consolation matches

1/2 finals

• Kherson — Kupiansk + : — (no show)

Match for 5th place

• Zhytomyr — Kherson 4 : 1 (or 5 : 1)

1/2 finals

• Voroshylovsk — Poltava + : - (no show)
• Tiraspol — Kamianets-Podilskyi 4 : 1

Final

• Voroshylovsk — Tiraspol 4 : 2

Chetverta Hrupa

Debut: Shostka, Konotop

1/4 finals

• Berdychiv — Shostka + : - (no show)
• Sumy — Konotop 1 : 2
• Stal Makiivka — Chystiakove 2 : 1
• Ordzhonikidze — Kremenchuk 5 : 1

Consolation matches

1/2 finals

• Chystiakove — Kremenchuk 1 : 4

Match for the 5th place

• Sumy — Kremenchuk + : - (no show)

1/2 finals

• Berdychiv — Konotop 2 : 1
• Stal Makiivka — Ordzhonikidze 2 : 1

Match for the 3rd place

• Ordzhonikidze — Konotop 7 : 0

Final

• Berdychiv — Stal Makiivka 1 : 5

Hrupa Pyat A

• Relegated: Starobilsk (Chetverta Hrupa), Kirovo (Chetverta Hrupa), Krasnyi Luch (Chetverta Hrupa)
• Debut: Druzhkivka, Sloviansk, Mariupol

1/4 finals

• Sloviansk — Starobilsk 1:2
• Voznesensk — Kirovo 1:0
• Berdyansk — Mariupol +:- (no show)
• Druzhkivka — Krasnyi Luch 3:1

Consolation matches

1/2 finals

• Kirovo — Sloviansk + : - (no show)

Match for the 5th place

• Krasnyi Luch — Kirovo + : - (no show)

1/2 finals

• Starobilsk — Voznesensk 1:2
• Berdyansk — Druzhkivka 2:1

Match for the 3rd place

• Starobilsk — Druzhkivka 0:3

Final

• Voznesensk — Berdyansk 1:0

Hrupa Pyat B

• Relegated: Postysheve (Chetverta Hrupa), Melitopol (Chetverta Hrupa), Korosten (Chetverta Hrupa)
• Debut: Synelnykove, Rubizhne, Koziatyn, Uman

1/4 finals

• Postysheve — Rubizhne 2:1
• Synelnykove — Melitopol +:- (no show)
• Koziatyn — Korosten 1:3
• Novohrad-Volynskyi — Uman 4:2

Consolation matches

1/2 finals

• Uman — Koziatyn + : - (no show)

Match for the 5th place

• Uman — Rubizhne + : - (no show)

1/2 finals

• Postysheve — Synelnykove 7:1
• Korosten — Novohrad-Volynskyi 0:1

Match for the 3rd place

• Korosten — Synelnykove + : - (no show)

Final

• Postysheve — Novohrad-Volynskyi 2:1

Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

• Group A (1): Dynamo Kyiv
• Group V (8): Dynamo Odesa, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Stakhanovets Stalino, Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, Traktor Kharkiv (↑), Spartak Kharkiv, Silmash Kharkiv, Dynamo Kharkiv
• Group G (2): z-d im. Frunze Kostiantynivka, Stal Dnipropetrovsk (debut)
• Group D (3): Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk (debut), Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (debut), Spartak Kyiv (debut)

Withdrawn

• (all-Union level) Stal (z-d im. Lenina) Dnipropetrovsk (1936)
• (Republican) UDKA Kiev (1936), z-d im. Stalina Stalino (1936), z-d KinAp Odesa (1936), Artemivsk (1936)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
		Ukrainian SSR	All-Union
2-3-1-2-7 (2)	Donetsk Oblast	Zenit Stalino, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Dzerzhynets Voroshilovhrad, Avanhard Horlvika, Stakhanovets Serho, Voroshylovsk, Stal Makiivka, Chystiakove, Postysheve, Druzhkivka, Starobilsk, Krasnyi Luch, Mariupol, Sloviansk, Rubizhne	Ugolschiki Stalino, Stal Kostiantynivka
2-2-0-1-3 (3)	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Kryla Rad Zaporizhia, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Rot Front Kryvyi Rih, Ordzhonikidze, Berdiansk, Melitopol	Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, Stal Dnipropetrovsk, Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk
1-0-2-2-0 (4)	Kharkiv Oblast	Stalinets Kharkiv, Poltava, Kupiansk, Kremenchuk, Sumy	Silmash Kharkiv, Dynamo Kharkiv, Spartak Kharkiv, Traktornyi z-d Kharkiv
1-0-1-1-3 (3)	Kyiv Oblast	Vympel Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten, Uman	Dynamo Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kyiv
1-0-1-0-2 (2)	Odesa Oblast	Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv, Kherson, Voznesensk, Kirovo	Dynamo Odesa, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
0-1-2-0-1 (0)	Vinnytsia Oblast	Spartak Vinnytsia, Kamianets-Podilsk, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Koziatyn	–
0-1-0-2-0 (0)	Chernihiv Oblast	Spartak Chernihiv, Konotop, Shostka	–
0-0-1-0-0 (0)	Moldavian ASSR	Tiraspol	–

See also

• 1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

External links

• 1937. Football Championship of the UkrSSR (1937. Первенство УССР.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.
• 1937 (1937 год). History of Soviet championships among KFK.