| Season | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Minsk (Final) Spartak Tbilisi (Group 1) Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo (Group 2) Shakhter Stalino (Group 3) |
| Promoted | Dinamo Minsk Torpedo Gorkiy |
← 1952 1954 → | |
The 1953 Soviet Class B was the fourth season in Soviet Class B and 14th in second tier. It involved a participation of 27 teams. Started on May 2, it continued to September 27, 1953.
FC Dinamo Minsk has won the competition.
The competition consisted of two stages. At the first stage, teams were split in three groups playing each other home-away double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, teams played with their counterparts from other two groups however the top two teams from each group formed the first pool which was the only one consisting of 6 teams, while other consisted of 3 teams.
Four teams were relegated from the 1952 Soviet Class A (top tier).
After death of Joseph Stalin, several teams that represented Soviet Armed Forces were dissolved on orders of Minister of Defense Nikolay Bulganin: [5]
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEO | Spartak Tbilisi | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 3.417 | 24 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 3.429 | 21 |
| 3 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 1.833 | 19 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 2.118 | 17 |
| 5 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 1.500 | 16 |
| 6 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 0.553 | 14 |
| 7 | UZB | Spartak Tashkent | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0.727 | 7 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 8 | KGZ | Iskra Frunze | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 0.302 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 9 | TJK | Gornyak Leninabad | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 0.304 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 3.000 | 24 |
| 2 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2.083 | 24 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | UKR | Metallurg Odessa | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 1.667 | 20 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 4 | RUS | Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 1.056 | 19 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 5 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 1.091 | 17 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0.700 | 16 |
| 7 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 0.474 | 14 |
| 8 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 0.800 | 11 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 9 | RUS | Khimik Moskva | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1.308 | 9 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 10 | KAR | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 0.375 | 8 |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKR | Shakhtyor Stalino | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 3.667 | 22 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 1.652 | 21 |
| 3 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 1.308 | 15 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 4 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 1.136 | 15 |
| 5 | RUS | Avangard Chelyabinsk | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 0.818 | 14 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 6 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 0.621 | 11 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 7 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 0.576 | 8 [lower-alpha 2] |
| 8 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 0.400 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11.000 | 9 [lower-alpha 1] | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 7 | |
| 3 | UKR | Shakhtyor Stalino | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 4 | |
| 5 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 3 | |
| 6 | GEO | Spartak Tbilisi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0.100 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] |
Sep 13-27, Gorkiy
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | UKR | Metallurg Odessa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.000 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 8 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 9 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 0 [lower-alpha 1] |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | RUS | Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.000 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 11 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 |
| 12 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 0 |
Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku
| Daugava Riga | 2 – 0 | Avangard Chelyabinsk |
|---|---|---|
| [ Report] |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 3 |
| 17 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 18 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 1 |
Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 20 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 2 |
| 21 | UZB | Spartak Tashkent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 0 [lower-alpha 1] |
Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 23 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 24 | KGZ | Iskra Frunze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.182 | 0 [lower-alpha 1] |
Sep 26-29, Dnepropetrovsk
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | RUS | Khimik Moskva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.000 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 26 | RUS | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 3 |
| 27 | TJK | Gornyak Leninabad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0.083 | 0 [lower-alpha 1] |
Sep 25-29, Moskva
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