1946 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1946
Men's football
1st Group CDKA Moscow
2nd Group VVS Moscow
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow
  1945 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1947  

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 World War II, CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

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The defending champions Dinamo once again had a slow start in the first half and were not able to regain their champion pace in the second half as well, almost placing third behind clubmates from Tbilisi.

In 1946 there was reintroduced the third tier for a season, status of which is not determined and data for which is sparse.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
1st Group CDKA Moscow (1) Dinamo Moscow
2nd Group VVS Moscow Pischevik Moscow
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (3*) Dinamo Tbilisi

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

Soviet Union football championship

First Group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 CDKA Moscow 2217325513+4237
2 Dynamo Moscow 2216156817+5133
3 Dynamo Tbilisi 2215344726+2133
4 Torpedo Moscow 2211564429+1527
5 Dynamo Leningrad 2210483735+224
6 Spartak Moscow 198563840221
7 Krylia Sovetov Moscow 2258914241018
8 Traktor Stalingrad 22641222401816
9 Zenit Leningrad 22551222452315
10 Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 22381116523614
11 Dynamo Minsk 22371222432113
12 Dynamo Kiev 22451318392113
Source: rsssf.com

Second Group

Subgroup South

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Russian SFSR VVS Moscow 42251256831+3762
2Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Georgian SSR DO Tbilisi 42231365926+3358 [a]
3Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 42191586535+3050 [b]
4Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Ukrainian SSR FC Pishchevik Odessa 42198155545+1046
5Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Ukrainian SSR FC Shakhtyor Stalino 421712136246+1646
6Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi 421614124636+1044 [c]
7Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Russian SFSR FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 421612144744+344
8Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Russian SFSR FC Lokomotiv Moscow 42159184554939
9Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftyanik Baku 421510175863540
10Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan 421412165453+140
11Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Rostov-on-Donu 421413154955640 [d]
12Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Ukrainian SSR FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk 421671940561639
13Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Ukrainian SSR FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev 42158195559438
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted?
  2. 3 points deducted?
  3. 2 points deducted?
  4. 1 point deducted?

Subgroup East

All Russia Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Russian SFSR

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Pishchevik Moscow 42251256831+3762
2 FC Torpedo Gorky 42231365926+3358 [a]
3 MVO Moscow 42191586535+3050 [b]
4 FC Spartak Leningrad 42198155545+1046
5 DO Novosibirsk 421712136246+1646
6 VMS Moscow 421614124636+1044 [c]
7 FC Burevestnik Moscow 421612144744+344
8 FC Dynamo Ivanovo 42159184554939
9 FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 421510175863540
10 FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk 421412165453+140
11 FC Elektrosila Leningrad 421413154955640 [d]
12 DO Sverdlovsk 421671940561639
13 FC Pishchevik Leningrad 42158195559438
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted?
  2. 3 points deducted?
  3. 2 points deducted?
  4. 1 point deducted?

Tier final

[Sep 18, 22]   VVS Moskva   3-2 1-0 Pishchevik Moskva 

Top goalscorers

1st Group

2nd Group

Republican level

The top level of republican football competitions was proclaimed as the "Third Group" (Tretia Gruppa). There were two separate winners one from the Russian SFSR and the other from the union republics.

The competition was organized in eight Russian SFSR groups, four Ukrainian SSR groups, Belarusian SSR tournament, Transcaucasian tournament, and Central Asian tournament. The football competition in the "Third Group" involved participation of some 118 football teams.

Third Group (Russian SFSR)

West

  • Dinamo Riga (1945 Latvian Champions)
  • Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad
  • DO Leningrad
  • Spartak Kaunas (1945 Lithuanian Champions)
  • Dinamo Tallinn (1945 Estonian Champions)
  • Stroitel Moscow
  • Energiya Moscow
  • Aeroflot Moscow
  • DO Petrozavodsk

Center

Lower Volga

Volga

Ural

Sibir

Northern Caucasus

Far East

Play-offs for the Final group

Final

Third Group (Union republics)

Ukraine

Belarus

Caucasus

Central Asia

Final

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics [1]

Football championships

Football cups

References

  1. 1946 год. regional-football.ru