| Season | 1940 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Group A | Dinamo Moscow | |
| Group B | Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad | |
| Soviet Cup | cancelled | |
| All-Union Committee Cup | cancelled | |
| ||
The 1940 Soviet football championship was the 10th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the third time.
| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Group A | Dinamo Moscow (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Group B | Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad | Spartak Leningrad |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russian SFSR | Dynamo Moscow | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 2.467 | 36 |
| 2 |  Georgian SSR | Dynamo Tbilisi | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 1.867 | 34 |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Moscow | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 1.543 | 31 |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | CDKA Moscow | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 1.314 | 29 |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Leningrad | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 44 | 1.068 | 27 |
| 6 | Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Moscow | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 52 | 0.692 | 25 |
| 7 | Russian SFSR | Traktor Stalingrad | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 1.027 | 23 |
| 8 |  Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Kiev | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 49 | 0.653 | 21 |
| 9 | Russian SFSR | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 0.765 | 19 |
| 10 | Russian SFSR | Zenit Leningrad | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 0.881 | 18 |
| 11 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Moscow | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 50 | 0.720 | 18 |
| 12 | Ukrainian SSR | Stakhanovets Stalino | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 0.744 | 16 |
| 13 | Russian SFSR | Metallurg Moscow | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 70 | 0.529 | 15 |
| 14 | Georgian SSR | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad [lower-alpha 1] (C, P) | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 36 | 1.500 | 35 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Leningrad (P) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 29 | 1.586 | 34 |
| 3 |  Azerbaijan SSR | Stroitel Baku | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 1.345 | 31 |
| 4 | Ukrainian SSR | Dinamo Kharkov | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 1.189 | 29 |
| 5 | Ukrainian SSR | Pischevik Odessa (P) | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 40 | 1.225 | 28 |
| 6 |  Byelorussian SSR | Dinamo Minsk (P) | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 26 |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Lokomotiv Kiev | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 0.971 | 26 |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Sudostroitel Nikolayev | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 0.806 | 26 |
| 9 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Gorkiy | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 47 | 0.936 | 25 |
| 10 | Russian SFSR | Burevestnik Moscow | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 0.903 | 25 |
| 11 | Russian SFSR | Avangard Leningrad [lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 25 |
| 12 | Russian SFSR | Pischevik Moscow | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 0.775 | 20 |
| 13 | Ukrainian SSR | Selmash Kharkov | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 53 | 0.774 | 17 |
| 14 |  Armenian SSR | Spartak Yerevan | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 0.595 | 17 |
Group A
Football competitions of union republics [1]
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