1939 Soviet Top League

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Group A
Season1939
Champions FC Spartak Moscow
Relegated FC Elektrik Leningrad
FC Dynamo Odessa
Matches played182
Goals scored649 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer(21) Grigory Fedotov (CDKA)
Biggest home win Spartak 8–0 Dynamo Od. (July 8)
Biggest away win Dynamo Od. 0–6 Dynamo M. (October 12)
Highest scoring Dynamo L. 3–7 CDKA (June 15)
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1939 Soviet Top League was the fifth season of the Soviet Top League known at that time as Group A.

Contents

It started on May 12 with six games of the first round. The main calendar was scheduled to be finished on October 19 with the Moscow derby between Lokomotiv and Dynamo. However, due to numerous protests and postponed games the championship finished on November 30 in Tbilisi with game between Dynamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Odessa. The new champions became Spartak Moscow with two teams being relegated: Elektrik Leningrad and Dynamo Odessa. This was the first full season championship with each team playing over 25 games.

The last year defending champions were Spartak Moscow. There were no newly promoted teams and initially was decided to conduct the championship with 12 teams. However the Soviet sport committee allowed for two Leningrad teams Stalinets and Elektrik to remain in the league.

Spartak once again won the cup competition that started in summer with final played in mid-September. That was the last edition of the cup before World War II.

Representation by republic

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Spartak Moscow (C)2614935823+3537
2 Dynamo Tbilisi 2614576041+1933
3 CDKA Moscow 2614486843+2532
4 Traktor Stalingrad 2613495039+1130
5 Lokomotiv Moscow 2612684239+330
6 Metallurg Moscow 2612595350+329
7 Dynamo Moscow 26124106046+1428
8 Dynamo Kiev 269893944−526
9 Torpedo Moscow 2687115151023
10 Dynamo Leningrad 2686124156−1522
11 Stalinets Leningrad 2677123046−1621
12 Stakhanovets Stalino 26510114055−1520
13 Elektrik Leningrad (R)2665153249−1717
14 Dynamo Odessa (R)2672172567−4216
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CDK DYK DLE DYN DOD DTB ELE LOK MTM STS STL SPA TOR TRA
CDKA Moscow 0–22–26–23–24–56–13–06–12–23–10–12–22–0
Dinamo Kiev 1–14–53–12–13–21–02–12–21–10–02–20–20–2
Dinamo Leningrad 3–71–10–33–23–22–21–21–02–21–21–35–32–1
Dinamo Moscow 4–12–11–35–13–21–10–12–01–24–21–14–12–3
Dynamo Odessa 0–12–01–00–63–20–21–41–12–31–00–02–11–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–12–24–14–11–00–13–03–13–23–10–03–01–1
Elektrik Leningrad 2–01–21–03–16–02–50–31–22–22–21–20–00–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–01–21–11–62–03–12–04–32–20–02–24–01–4
Metallurg Moscow 2–34–11–23–46–20–33–22–13–23–03–34–31–1
Stakhanovets Stalino 0–23–11–11–30–22–42–11–22–31–01–13–32–3
Stalinets Leningrad 1–51–12–01–02–02–23–02–20–11–11–41–53–0
Spartak Moscow 0–13–12–00–08–03–03–12–00–15–04–02–23–1
Torpedo Moscow 4–32–14–12–20–10–14–00–11–12–23–11–34–1
Traktor Stalingrad 2–42–32–03–16–02–21–01–10–23–00–13–13–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

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