1941 FC Traktor Stalingrad season

Traktor Stalingrad
1941 season
Manager	Aleksandr Keller
Stadium	Traktor, Stalingrad
Group A	not completed
Top goalscorer	League: Viktor Matveyev (8); All: Viktor Matveyev (8)
Highest home attendance	12,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
Average home league attendance	7,000
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1940 1945 →

Last updated August 11, 2025

The 1941 Traktor Stalingrad season was the 6th season in USSR championships.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	URS	Vasili Yermasov
—	GK	URS	Arkadi Usov
—	DF	URS	Konstantin Belikov (captain)
—	DF	URS	Sergei Plonski
—	DF	URS	Nikolai Pokrovski
—	DF	URS	Ivan Tyazhlov
—	MF	URS	Aleksandr Grigoryev
—	MF	URS	Aleksandr Rudin
—	MF	URS	Yevgeni Shpinev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URS	Khanon Diner
—	FW	URS	Valentin Liventsev
—	FW	URS	Vasili Makarov
—	FW	URS	Viktor Matveyev
—	FW	URS	Sergei Papkov
—	FW	URS	Ivan Serov
—	FW	URS	Viktor Shvedchenko
—	FW	URS	Leonid Sheremet
—	FW	URS	Mikhail Yanovski

Transfers

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	URS	Sergei Plonski (from Torpedo Gorky)
—	MF	URS	Yevgeni Shpinev (from Torpedo Gorky)
—	FW	URS	Leonid Sheremet (from Sudostroitel Mykolaiv)
—	FW	URS	Sergei Papkov (from Metallurg Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Khanon Diner (from Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk)
—	FW	URS	Vasili Makarov (from Dynamo Kharkiv)
—	FW	URS	Viktor Shvedchenko (from Zenit Stalingrad)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	URS	Yegor Borisov
—	FW	URS	Georgi Ivanov (to Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Sergei Kolesnikov
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Ponomarev (to Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Vasili Provornov (to Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Sergei Protsenko (to Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Sapronov
—	FW	URS	Boris Terentyev

Competitions

Friendlies

14 April 1941

Sudostroitel Mykolaiv

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Traktor Stalingrad

Mykolaiv

24 April 1941	Traktor Stalingrad	4 – 2	Dynamo Stalingrad	Stalingrad
	1:0 Matveyev 7' 2:1 Shvedchenko 3:2 Liventsev ?' (pen.) 4:2 Yanovski 90'		1:1 Kireyev 2:2 ?	Stadium: Traktor

USSR Championship. Group A

27 April 19411	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 3	Dynamo Kyiv	Stalingrad
	1:0 Liventsev 26' (pen.) 2:1 Liventsev 45'	Summary	1:1 Balakin 32' 2:2 Onishchenko 56' 2:3 Onishchenko 60'	Stadium: Metallurg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vyacheslav Morgunov (Moscow)

3 May 19412	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 1	Zenit Leningrad	Stalingrad
	1:0 Matveyev 37' 2:0 Matveyev 49'	Summary	2:1 Levin-Kogan 65'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kirillov (Stalingrad)

11 May 19413	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Spartak Leningrad	Stalingrad
	1:0 Diner 80'	Summary	1:1 Smagin 82'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Viktor Arkhipov (Moscow)

18 May 19414	Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Tbilisi
	1:0 Paichadze 13'	Summary	Matveyev 27' 1:1 Matveyev 80'	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Ivan Privalov (Kharkiv)

25 May 19415	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow	Stalingrad
	1:1 Papkov 9'	Summary	0:1 Stupakov 4'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Viktor Arkhipov (Moscow)

28 May 19416	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Spartak Odessa	Stalingrad
	1:1 Matveyev 82'	Summary	0:1 Shatski 30'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mikhail Dmitriev (Moscow)

1 June 19417	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Dynamo Leningrad	Stalingrad
	1:1 Sheremet 68'	Summary	0:1 Viktorov 10'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sergei Rudnev (Moscow)

5 June 19418	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 3	Spartak Moscow	Stalingrad
	1:0 Serov 6'	Summary	1:1 A.Sokolov 38' 1:2 Morozov 53' 1:3 Kornilov 58'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 9,000 Referee: G.Gritsuk (Kharkiv)

10 June 19419	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 0	Spartak Kharkiv	Stalingrad
	1:0 Matveyev 72' (pen.)	Summary		Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 4,000 Referee: K.Terekhov (Moscow)

15 June 194110	Krasnaya Armiya Moscow	1 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	1:0 Karchevski 13'	Summary	1:1 Matveyev 38' Matveyev	Stadium: Dynamo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: I.Averkin (Leningrad)

19 June 194111	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	1:0 Yakushin 34' Solovyov 55'	Summary	1:1 Liventsev 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Dynamo Attendance: 30,000 Referee: T.Soshenko (Kharkiv)

24 June 194112	Stakhanovets Stalino	2 – 3	Traktor Stalingrad	Stalino
	1:0 Bikezin 8' (pen.) 2:2 Nesmekha 56'	Summary	1:1 Matveyev 23' 1:2 Matveyev 49' 2:3 Rudin 82'	Stadium: Stakhanovets Attendance: 10,000

Note: The championship was not completed because of the Great Patriotic War.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dynamo Moscow	10	6	3	1	28	12	+16	15
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	10	6	3	1	22	13	+9	15
3	Dynamo Leningrad	11	5	4	2	20	11	+9	14
4	Traktor Stalingrad	12	3	7	2	16	16	0	13
5	Stakhanovets Stalino	11	6	0	5	13	13	0	12
6	Krasnaya Armiya Moscow	9	5	1	3	15	13	+2	11
7	Spartak Moscow	9	4	2	3	17	12	+5	10
8	Dynamo Kyiv	9	4	2	3	16	14	+2	10
9	Profsoyuzy-2 Moscow	10	3	4	3	11	10	+1	10
10	Spartak Odessa	10	3	2	5	16	22	−6	8
11	Zenit Leningrad	8	2	3	3	12	14	−2	7
12	Spartak Leningrad	9	1	4	4	8	16	−8	6
13	Dinamo Minsk	10	3	0	7	10	21	−11	6
14	Spartak Kharkiv	9	2	1	6	7	19	−12	5
15	Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow	9	1	2	6	10	15	−5	4

Statistics

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USSR Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	URS	Vasili Yermasov	8	-9	8	-9
	GK	URS	Arkadi Usov ^{[ ru ]}	5	-7	5	-7
	DF	URS	Sergei Plonski ^{[ ru ]}	10	0	10	0
	DF	URS	Konstantin Belikov	9	0	9	0
	DF	URS	Ivan Tyazhlov ^{[ ru ]}	9	0	9	0
	MF	URS	Aleksandr Rudin ^{[ ru ]}	11	1	11	1
	MF	URS	Aleksandr Grigoryev ^{[ ru ]}	11	0	11	0
	MF	URS	Nikolai Pokrovski ^{[ ru ]}	10	0	10	0
	MF	URS	Yevgeni Shpinev	3	0	3	0
	FW	URS	Leonid Sheremet	12	1	12	1
	FW	URS	Viktor Matveyev ^{[ ru ]}	11	8	11	8
	FW	URS	Vasili Makarov	11	0	11	0
	FW	URS	Ivan Serov	9	1	9	1
	FW	URS	Sergei Papkov	9	1	9	1
	FW	URS	Valentin Liventsev ^{[ ru ]}	6	3	6	3
	FW	URS	Khanon Diner	5	1	5	1
	FW	URS	Viktor Shvedchenko ^{[ ru ]}	3	0	3	0
	FW	URS	Mikhail Yanovski	2	0	2	0

Top scorers

Player	USSR Championship	Total
Viktor Matveyev	8	8
Valentin Liventsev	3	3
Khanon Diner	1	1
Sergei Papkov	1	1
Ivan Serov	1	1
Aleksandr Rudin	1	1
Leonid Sheremet	1	1
Total	16	16

General statistics

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	YC	RC	Pts
USSR Championship	12	3	7	2	16	16	0	?	?	13/24 (54,2 %)
Всего	12	3	7	2	16	16	0	?	?	13/24 (54,2 %)

Sources

Летопись областного футбола. Царицын. Сталинград. Волгоград. 1909-1962[Chronicles of the regional football. Tsaritsyn. Stalingrad. Volgograd. 1909-1962] (in Russian). 2000. p. 238.
Sklyarenko, Aleksandr (2000). "РОТОР" от сталинградского "Трактора" до наших дней. Футбольные хроники [Rotor from Traktor Stalingrad to this day. Football chronicles] (in Russian). Volgograd: Volgogradskaya pravda. p. 288. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-22.

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