1950 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1950
Men's football
Class A CDKA Moscow
Class B VMS Moscow
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow
  1949 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1951  

The 1950 Soviet football championship was the 18th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 12th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fourth time and continuing the post-war feud against Dinamo.

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The championship went through second rebranding and since 1950 the First Group was named as Class A and the Second Group was named as Class B.

The defending champions Dinamo lost eight games this season allowing their main rivals CDKA to retake the title.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Class A CDKA Moscow (4) Dinamo Moscow
Class B VMS MoscowTorpedo Gorkiy
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (5*) Dinamo Moscow

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

Soviet Union football championship

Class A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg CDKA Moscow (C)36201339131+6053League champions
2 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Dynamo Moscow 3622688836+5250
3 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1951).svg Dynamo Tbilisi 3620797850+2847
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg VVS Moscow 36205117852+2645
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Spartak Moscow 36171097740+3744
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Zenit Leningrad 36195127059+1143
7 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 361510114444040
8 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Dynamo Leningrad 361410126350+1338
9 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937-1951).svg Spartak Tbilisi 36149135053337
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Torpedo Moscow 361310135760336
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtyor Stalino 361371649631433
12 Flag of Latvian SSR (1940).svg Daugava Riga 36128163745832
13 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kiev 3610111539531431
14 Flag of Armenian SSR (1940-1952).svg Dynamo Yerevan (R)3610111539571831Relegation to Class B
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Lokomotiv Moscow (R)361181741733230
16 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Kharkov (R)361242033521928
17 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk (R)36952244732923
18 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-1954).svg Torpedo Stalingrad (R)36862226775122
19 Flag of Azerbaijan SSR (1940-1952).svg Neftyanik Baku (R)36692137733621
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Class B

PosREPTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1RUSVMS Moskva2618626015+4542Promoted
2RUSTorpedo Gorkiy26111233718+1934
3LTUSpartak Vilnius (O)2613675337+1632Relegation play-off
4RUSKrasnoye Znamya Ivanovo2613673122+932
5UZBDO Tashkent (O)2610884327+1628Relegation play-off
6MDABurevestnik Kishinev [lower-alpha 1] (O)2611694141028
7RUSDzerzhinets Chelyabinsk (R)26115104950127
8UKRPishchevik Odessa (R)2681083332+126
9KAZDinamo Alma-Ata (O)2679103637123
10KARLokomotiv Petrozavodsk (O)266101016271122 [lower-alpha 2]
11KGZTrudoviye Rezervy Frunze [lower-alpha 3] (O)26681231501920
12ESTKalev Tallinn (O)263111225391417
13TKMSpartak Ashkhabad [lower-alpha 4] (O)26731619614217
14TJKBolshevik Stalinabad (O)26481419371816 [lower-alpha 5]
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Burevestnik Kishinev was called Dinamo.
  2. +
  3. Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze was called Zenit.
  4. Spartak Ashkhabad was called Lokomotiv.
  5. +

Top goalscorers

Class A

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