The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star on a red field.
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League, served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow were the defending 11-times champions.
In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top League – the top tier of football in the Soviet Union – was won by Spartak Moscow. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending 12-times champions and failed to qualify for the European competitions, while their rivals Dynamo Moscow placed only 10th.
The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.
1991 Soviet Second League was the last edition of the Soviet Second League competition. There were three groups with 66 teams in total. Competitions in the last year "Baltic League" were not held as the Soviet Union was crumbling down.
The 1991–92 Soviet Cup was the last edition of an already non-existing political entity, the Soviet Union.
The 1950 Soviet football championship Class B was the 10th season of the Soviet football championship second tier and inaugural season of the Class B. In 1950 the Soviet football championship rebranded its both tiers from groups First and Second to Classes A and B.
The Republican football championships in the Soviet Union were part of the Soviet football league pyramid located at about 4th-5th tiers. Those championships were part of the competitions among "collectives of physical culture" (KFK) which was a conditional status of amateur footballers in the Soviet Union. In contrast to the "KFK competitions" there were competitions among "teams of masters" which were competitions in higher 1-3 tiers.
The 1936 Soviet football championship was the 6th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union split into two halves. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship in spring and FC Spartak Moscow won it in fall. In the fall the defending champions Dynamo were going neck-in-neck with their main rivals Spartak, but just a round away from the finish line they tied with weaker Dynamo Leningrad which costed them the title.
The 1937 Soviet football championship was the 7th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.
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 1946 Soviet football championship was the 14th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 8th among teams of sports societies and factories. Among the worst teams of the top tier before the World War II, CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.
The 1947 Soviet football championship was the 15th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 9th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDKA Moscow again won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.
The 1990 Soviet football championship was the 59th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the thirteenth time.
The 1991 Soviet football championship was the 60th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. With the ongoing armed conflicts throughout the former Soviet Union, the Army main football team, CSKA Moscow, won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the seventh time. It became de facto the last full-scale season of the falling apart Soviet Union.
The 1938 Soviet football championship was the 8th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.
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.
The 1941 Soviet football championship was the 11th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Moscow was a leader of the championship in Group A. The whole season in the Soviet Union was interrupted due to the Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union and opening of the Eastern Front. All of the All-Union competitions were suspended, while some Republican level competitions continued in states that were away from open hostilities.
The 1944 Soviet football championship was the 12th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union. The season consisted of a short Olympic-style (elimination) tournament played in August.
