1948 Vtoraya Gruppa

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Vtoraya Gruppa
Season1948
Champions Lokomotiv Kharkov
Promoted Lokomotiv Kharkov
Shakhter Stalino
Dinamo Yerevan
Daugava Riga
Neftianik Baku
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The 1948 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 9th season of the second tier football competitions in the Soviet Union.

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The format of the competition was preserved from the previous season and included six groups, but number of participants was increased once again to total of 75. Group winners qualified to the final group, the winner of which was the ultimate winner and gained promotion to the Pervaya Gruppa (Top League).

Lokomotiv Kharkov won the championship. Five teams gained promotion to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa.

Teams

Relegated teams

Renamed teams

Qualifying stage

Central Zone

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Metallurg Moscow 2818644322+2142
2 Dynamo Riga 2817475727+3038
3 MVO Moscow 2816665228+2438
4 Spartak Vilnius 2815675430+2436
5 Sudostroitel Leningrad 2814774228+1435
6 Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 2813694133+832
7 Kalev Tallinn 28108103434028
8Daugava Riga28107113145−1427
9DO Leningrad2898112936−726
10 Spartak Minsk 2896133837+124
11VMS Moscow2895144459−1523
12 Metro Moscow 28411132739−1219
13 DO Minsk 2867152348−2519
14 Spartak Leningrad 2858152546−2118Relegation
15 Dinamo Tallinn 2847172351−2815
Source: rsssf.com

Russian SFSR Zone 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Dynamo Kazan2620337118+5343
2 Torpedo Gorky 2618358131+5039
3 Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo 2618356431+3339
4 Khimik Dzerzhynsk 2617366032+2837
5Khimik Orekhovo-Zuyevo2614755826+3235
6Dinamo Moscow Region2613495541+1430
7Zenit Kaliningrad269984539+627
8Zenit Kovrov26510113753−1620
9Dzerzhinets Kolomna2674153749−1218
10 Zenit Izhevsk 2674153560−2518
11 Dynamo Saratov 2657143763−2617
12Spartak Ivanovo2648143366−3316
13Spartak Voronezh2645171970−5113
14Spartak Penza2636173992−5312
Source: rsssf.com

Russian SFSR Zone 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 2418338027+5339
2ODO Novosibirsk2419146227+3539
3ODO Sverdlovsk2412665625+3130
4 Krylia Sovetov Molotov 2412665430+2430
5 Dynamo Sverdlovsk 2411585144+727
6 Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil 2411583232027
7 Dynamo Chelyabinsk 249693939024
8 Avangard Sverdlovsk 24103114448−423
9 Krylia Sovetov Omsk 2485114439+521
10Khimmik Kemerovo2485114245−321
11Metallurg Magnitagorsk2471163466−3215
12TsvetMet Kamensk-Uralskiy2442183391−5810
13Gornyak Kemerovo2414192080−606
Source: rsssf.com

Ukrainian Zone

The zone was expanded from 13 to 16 teams split into two subgroups. The relegated Bolshevik Zaporozhie was replaced with the best three teams of Donbas group (Group 6) including Lokomotiv Zaporozhie and the champion of the 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

FC Shakhter Stalino was promoted to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa without the need to qualify for the league's finals.

Subgroup A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q)148514010+3021
2 Stal Dnepropetrovsk (Q)149233424+1020
3 Shakhter Stalino (P)148333315+1819
4 Dynamo Voroshylovgrad 144643029+114
5Lokomotiv Zaporozhie144372230−811
6 Avanhard Kramatorsk 143472340−1710
7 Dzerzhynets Kharkov 144191637−219
8 Shakhter Kadievka 143291629−138
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for finals

Subgroup B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Bolshevik Mukachevo (Q)1410223516+1922
2 DO Kiev (Q)149412714+1322
3Spartak Lvov146532622+417
4 Spartak Uzhgorod 147253319+1416
5 Pishchevik Odessa 145541918+115
6Spartak Kherson145361822−413
7 Dynamo Kishenev 1412111135−244
8 Sudostroitel Nikolaev 140311831−233
Source: rsssf.com
(Q) Qualified for finals

Final

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q, P)321072+55
2 Stal Dnepropetrovsk 321052+35
3 ODO Kiev 310236−32
4 Bolshevik Mukachevo 300316−50
Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for finals
1st place play-off

Lokomotiv Kharkov - Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3:1

Southern Zone

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Dynamo Yerevan 1813414812+3630
2ODO Tbilisi1812514016+2429
3 Spartak Tbilisi 1811345224+2825
4 Neftyanik Baku 188552719+821
5 Lokomotiv Tbilisi 188374037+319
6 Dynamo Rostov-on-Don 186574033+717
7 Dynamo Baku 187292628−216
8 Spartak Yerevan 1835102135−1411
9Traktor Taganrog1833121947−289
10Pishchevik Astrakhan1811161072−623
Source: rsssf.com

Central-Asian Zone

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1ODO Tashkent12822379+2818
2 Dynamo Alma-Ata 12732229+1317
3 Lokomotiv Ashkhabad 125342113+813
4 Zenit Frunze 124351221−911
5 Dynamo Tashkent 124171625−99
6 Dynamo Stalinabad 123361321−89
7 Spartak Alma-Ata 123181538−237
Source: rsssf.com

Final stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (H, C)5311113+87
2 Metallurg Moscow 530242+26
3 Dinamo Yerevan 5221107+36
4 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 530298+16
5Dinamo Kazan512246−25 [lower-alpha 1]
6ODO Tashkent5014719−121
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1 bonus point?

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
38Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR FC Metallurg Moscow, MVO Moscow, FC Sudostroitel Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow, DO Leningrad, VMS Moscow, FC Metro Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad
FC Dinamo Kazan, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Khimik Orekhovo-Zuevo, FC Dinamo Moscow Oblast, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Zenit Kovrov, FC Dzerzhinets Kolomna, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Dinamo Saratov, FC Spartak Ivanovo, FC Spartak Voronezh, FC Spartak Penza, FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, ODO Novosibirsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil, FC Dinamo Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Omsk, FC Khimik Kemerovo, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Tsvetmet Kamensk-Uralskiy, FC Gornyak Kemerovo, FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Traktor Taganrog, FC Pischevik Astrakhan
15Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Dinamo Voroshilovgrad, FC Lokomotiv Zaporozhye, FC Avangard Kramatorsk, FC Dzerzhinets Kharkov, FC Shakhter Kadeevka, FC Bolshevik Mukachevo, DO Kiev, FC Spartak Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev
3Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR FC Spartak Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, ODO Tbilisi
2Flag of Latvian SSR.svg  Latvian SSR FC Dinamo Riga, FC Daugava Riga
2Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Belarusian SSR FC Spartak Minsk, DO Minsk
2Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Estonian SSR FC Kalev Tallinn, FC Dinamo Tallin
2Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftianik Baku, FC Dinamo Baku
2Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan, FC Spartak Yerevan
2Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR ODO Tashkent, FC Dinamo Tashkent
2Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg  Kazakh SSR FC Dinamo Alma-Ata, FC Spartak Alma-Ata
1Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR FC Spartak Vilnius
1Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavian SSR FC Dinamo Kishinev
1Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Turkmen SSR FC Lokomotiv Ashkhabat
1Flag of Kyrgyz SSR.svg  Kyrgyz SSR FC Zenit Frunze
1Flag of Tajik SSR.svg  Tajik SSR FC Dinamo Stalinabad

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