1939 Soviet First League

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Soviet First League
Season1939
Champions Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Promoted
Relegated11 teams
1937
1940

The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.

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Teams

Relegated

There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.

League standings

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P)2217235219+3336
2Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P)2213724423+2133
3Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R)2211744328+1529
4Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Pischevik Moscow 2212465329+2428
5Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku 2212462919+1028
6Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 2211564627+1927
7Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov 2210754331+1227
8Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Burevestnik Moscow 2210663828+1026
9Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev 229764038+225
10Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov 2210483825+1324
11Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotiv Kiev 2211294033+724
12Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Torpedo Gorkiy 229673738124
13Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Dinamo Batumi (R)228773732+523
14Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan 2293102633721
15Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R)2267927371019
16Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R)22831137511419
17Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow (R)22661032421018
18Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkov (R)22811335451017
19Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Osnova Ivanovo (R)22621434451114
20Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Avangard Leningrad 22541326441814
21Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR Spartak Minsk (R)22431528704211
22Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Zenit Leningrad [lower-alpha 1] 22341528461810
23Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Dinamo Kazan (R)2241172050309
Source: [ citation needed ]
(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 scorers

RankScorerTeamGoals
(Pen.)
1 Nikolai Korzunov Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu 19
2 Aleksei Kasimov Pischevik Moscow 16
3 Viktor Osminkin Krylya Sovetov Moscow 14
4 Vasiliy Makarov Dinamo Kharkov 13
5 Aleksandr Andrenko Selmash Kharkov 11
Yevgeniy Shelagin Spartak Leningrad 11
Matvei Yenushkov Krylya Sovetov Moscow 11
Pyotr Yurchenko Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad 11

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
11Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Stalinets Moscow, FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Zenit Leningrad
FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Osnova Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan
7Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Dinamo Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Selmash Kharkov, FC Lokomotiv Kiev, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad, FC Spartak Kharkov
2Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi
1Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR FC Temp Baku
1Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan
1Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Belarusian SSR FC Spartak Minsk

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