1956 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1956
Men's football
Class A	Spartak Moscow
Class B	Spartak Minsk (Group I) Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II)
Soviet Cup	none
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The 1956 Soviet football championship was the 24th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 18th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Class A	Spartak Moscow (6)	Dinamo Moscow
Class B	Spartak Minsk (Group I)	Torpedo Taganrog (Group I)
	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II)	ODO Tbilisi (Group II)
Soviet Cup	N/A	N/A

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1956 Soviet Top League

Class A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	22	15	4	3	68	28	+40	34	League champions
2	Dynamo Moscow	22	10	8	4	45	31	+14	28
3	CDSA Moscow	22	10	5	7	40	32	+8	25
4	Dynamo Kiev	22	7	10	5	32	31	+1	24
5	Torpedo Moscow	22	8	7	7	40	37	+3	23
6	Burevestnik Kishinyov	22	9	5	8	38	49	−11	23
7	Shakhtyor Stalino	22	7	7	8	30	39	−9	21
8	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	8	4	10	42	46	−4	20
9	Zenit Leningrad	22	4	11	7	27	43	−16	19
10	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	5	8	9	38	28	+10	18
11	ODO Sverdlovsk (R)	22	6	4	12	31	45	−14	16	Relegation to Class B
12	Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad (R)	22	3	7	12	25	47	−22	13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Class B

Further information: 1956 Soviet Class B

Group I

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	BLR	Spartak Minsk	34	18	11	5	45	26	+19	47 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted
2	RUS	Torpedo Taganrog	34	18	10	6	65	33	+32	46 [lower-alpha 2]
3	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	34	21	4	9	54	35	+19	46
4	RUS	Shakhtyor Mosbass [lower-alpha 3]	34	19	6	9	56	36	+20	44
5	UKR	ODO Lvov	34	16	9	9	49	25	+24	41
6	UKR	ODO Kiev	34	15	9	10	43	27	+16	39
7	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Stupino	34	14	10	10	51	33	+18	38
8	RUS	Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo	34	13	10	11	37	36	+1	36
9	LTU	Spartak Vilnius	34	12	11	11	51	29	+22	35
10	UKR	Avangard Kharkov	34	14	7	13	40	44	−4	35 [lower-alpha 2]
11	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	34	11	10	13	36	44	−8	32
12	UKR	Spartak Stanislav	34	12	6	16	49	57	−8	30 [lower-alpha 2]
13	UKR	Spartak Uzhgorod	34	7	15	12	28	33	−5	29
14	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	34	10	9	15	40	58	−18	29
15	UKR	Pishchevik Odessa	34	8	10	16	40	57	−17	26
16	LVA	Daugava Riga	34	9	8	17	27	48	−21	26
17	RUS	Spartak Kalinin	34	8	9	17	27	48	−21	25
18	RUS	ODO Petrozavodsk	34	2	4	28	20	89	−69	8 [lower-alpha 2]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. -
2. +
3. Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.

Group II

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	34	26	5	3	84	19	+65	57 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted
2	GEO	ODO Tbilisi	34	24	7	3	98	32	+66	55
3	ARM	Spartak Yerevan	34	18	10	6	72	27	+45	46
4	RUS	Neftyanik Krasnodar	34	19	4	11	70	52	+18	42
5	AZE	Neftyanik Baku	34	16	7	11	71	53	+18	39
6	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Voronezh	34	13	13	8	40	34	+6	39
7	RUS	Torpedo Gorkiy	34	16	6	12	55	48	+7	38
8	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	34	13	12	9	50	49	+1	38 [lower-alpha 2]
9	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Molotov	34	12	9	13	35	39	−4	33
10	RUS	Avangard Chelyabinsk	34	12	7	15	37	41	−4	31
11	RUS	Torpedo Stalingrad	34	12	7	15	45	52	−7	31
12	RUS	Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu	34	11	8	15	59	50	+9	30
13	UZB	Pahtakor Tashkent [lower-alpha 3]	34	12	6	16	44	53	−9	30
14	RUS	Avangard Sverdlovsk	34	10	10	14	40	53	−13	30
15	KAZ	Kayrat Alma-Ata [lower-alpha 4]	34	9	10	15	41	52	−11	28
16	KGZ	Spartak Frunze	34	6	8	20	30	75	−45	20 [lower-alpha 2]
17	TKM	Kolhozchi Ashkhabad	34	6	6	22	28	75	−47	18 [lower-alpha 2]
18	TJK	Kolhozchi Stalinabad	28	1	5	22	22	117	−95	7 [lower-alpha 2]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. -
2. +
3. Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
4. Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.

Top goalscorers

Class A

• Vasiliy Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk) – 17 goals

External links

• 1956 Soviet football championship. RSSSF