1939 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1939
Men's football
Group A	Spartak Moscow
Group B	Krylia Sovetov Moscow
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow
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The 1939 Soviet football championship was the 9th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 5th among teams of sports societies and factories. FC Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the third time.

The defending champions Spartak Moscow, while struggling in the first half of season, they made a great run in the second half and successfully defended their domestic title.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Group A	Spartak Moscow (3*)	Dinamo Tbilisi
Group B	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow (2*)	Stalinets Leningrad

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

Organization

The 1938 USSR football championship competitions are conducted by the All-Union Committee on sports and physical culture under rules adopted in 1939. ^[1] Matches between teams are played in double round-robin tournament: on own and opponents' turf fields. ^[1] Number of players for each team should not exceed more than 18. ^[1] Players who are on the roster to play in Soviet championship cannot participate for teams of their society in local city competitions. ^[1] The team that receives the most points in the Soviet championship is awarded with the title of champion and the All-Union Committee banner. ^[1] Players as well as politruks and coaches are given tokens and certificates of the All-Union Committee. ^[1]

Teams are obligated to participate until end of the season's calendar. ^[1] Team that were withdrawn from competition on decision of the All-Union Committee or other reasons are barred to compete in 1940. ^[1] Results (points) that were received by all teams in matches with the withdrawn team are zeroed. ^[1] Players of the withdrawn team don't have a right to play for other sports organizations that compete in the Soviet championship this season without permission of the Central Sports Inspecition. ^[1]

On equal points among teams, the order of their placement is determined by a coefficient of scored and allowed goals (goal ratio). ^[1]

Undisciplined players who were ejected out of the field by a referee for a foul are barred from other matches until the decisions of the Disciplinary and Conflict Commission and the Central Sports Inspection. ^[1]

The last three teams of the 1939 championship are relegated from the first group to the second for the 1940 season. ^[1] The top two teams of the Second Group of the 1939 championship are promoted to the First Group for the 1940 season. ^[1]

Soviet Cup

Main article: 1939 Soviet Cup

Spartak Moscow beat Stalinets Leningrad 3–1 in the Soviet Cup final. As in the last season, the decisive goal was scored by Viktor Semyonov.

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1939 Soviet Top League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	26	14	9	3	58	23	2.522	37
2	Dynamo Tbilisi	26	14	5	7	60	41	1.463	33
3	CDKA Moscow	26	14	4	8	68	43	1.581	32
4	Traktor Stalingrad	26	13	4	9	50	39	1.282	30
5	Lokomotiv Moscow	26	12	6	8	42	39	1.077	30
6	Metallurg Moscow	26	12	5	9	53	50	1.060	29
7	Dynamo Moscow	26	12	4	10	60	46	1.304	28
8	Dynamo Kiev	26	9	8	9	39	44	0.886	26
9	Torpedo Moscow	26	8	7	11	51	51	1.000	23
10	Dynamo Leningrad	26	8	6	12	41	56	0.732	22
11	Stalinets Leningrad	26	7	7	12	30	46	0.652	21
12	Stakhanovets Stalino	26	5	10	11	40	55	0.727	20
13	Elektrik Leningrad (R)	26	6	5	15	32	49	0.653	17
14	Dynamo Odessa (R)	26	7	2	17	25	67	0.373	16

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Republic	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Russian SFSR	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P)	22	17	2	3	52	19	2.737	36
2	Georgian SSR	Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P)	22	13	7	2	44	23	1.913	33
3	Russian SFSR	Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R)	22	11	7	4	43	28	1.536	29
4	Russian SFSR	Pischevik Moscow	22	12	4	6	53	29	1.828	28
5	Azerbaijan SSR	Temp Baku	22	12	4	6	29	19	1.526	28
6	Russian SFSR	Spartak Leningrad	22	11	5	6	46	27	1.704	27
7	Ukrainian SSR	Dinamo Kharkov	22	10	7	5	43	31	1.387	27
8	Russian SFSR	Burevestnik Moscow	22	10	6	6	38	28	1.357	26
9	Ukrainian SSR	FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev	22	9	7	6	40	38	1.053	25
10	Ukrainian SSR	Selmash Kharkov	22	10	4	8	38	25	1.520	24
11	Ukrainian SSR	Lokomotiv Kiev	22	11	2	9	40	33	1.212	24
12	Russian SFSR	Torpedo Gorkiy	22	9	6	7	37	38	0.974	24
13	Georgian SSR	Dinamo Batumi (R)	22	8	7	7	37	32	1.156	23
14	Armenian SSR	Spartak Yerevan	22	9	3	10	26	33	0.788	21
15	Ukrainian SSR	Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R)	22	6	7	9	27	37	0.730	19
16	Ukrainian SSR	Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R)	22	8	3	11	37	51	0.725	19
17	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Moscow (R)	22	6	6	10	32	42	0.762	18
18	Ukrainian SSR	Spartak Kharkov (R)	22	8	1	13	35	45	0.778	17
19	Russian SFSR	Osnova Ivanovo (R)	22	6	2	14	34	45	0.756	14
20	Russian SFSR	Avangard Leningrad	22	5	4	13	26	44	0.591	14
21	Byelorussian SSR	Spartak Minsk (R)	22	4	3	15	28	70	0.400	11
22	Russian SFSR	Zenit Leningrad [lower-alpha 1]	22	3	4	15	28	46	0.609	10
23	Russian SFSR	Dinamo Kazan (R)	22	4	1	17	20	50	0.400	9

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 goalscorers

Group A

• Grigoriy Fedotov (CDKA Moscow) – 21 goals

Group B

• Nikolai Korzunov (Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu) – 19 goals

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics ^[2]

Football championships

• Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
• Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
• Belarusian SSR – Dinamo Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
• Georgian SSR – Nauka Tbilisi
• Kazakh SSR – none
• Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
• Russian SFSR – none
• Tajik SSR – none
• Turkmen SSR – none
• Uzbek SSR – Dinamo Tashkent
• Ukrainian SSR – Lokomotyv zavodiv Zaporizhia (see 1939 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)

Football cups

• Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
• Armenian SSR – Dinamo Leninakan
• Belarusian SSR – IFK Minsk
• Georgian SSR – Nauka Tbilisi
• Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
• Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
• Russian SFSR – Dinamo Voronezh
• Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
• Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
• Uzbek SSR – Dinamo Tashkent
• Ukrainian SSR – Avanhard Kramatorsk (see 1939 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References

1. Out of regulation about competitions of the 1939 USSR football championship (ИЗ ПОЛОЖЕНИЯ О СОРЕВНОВАНИЯХ НА ПЕРВЕНСТВО СССР ПО ФУТБОЛУ 1939 г. (Группа "А")). football.lg.ua
2. 1939 год. regional-football.ru

External links

• 1939 Soviet football championship. RSSSF