1957 Soviet Class B

Soviet Class B

Season	1957
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Following are the results of the 1957 Soviet First League football championship. FC Avangard Leningrad winning the championship.

First stage

Zone I

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	Avangard Leningrad	34	21	10	3	63	25	+38	52 [lower-alpha 1]
2	RUS	Torpedo Taganrog	34	18	10	6	61	28	+33	46
3	UKR	Avangard Kharkov	34	18	5	11	65	41	+24	41
4	RUS	Neftyanik Krasnodar	34	17	7	10	56	45	+11	41
5	RUS	Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu	34	16	8	10	69	47	+22	40
6	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Voronezh	34	15	9	10	54	40	+14	39
7	RUS	Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo	34	13	13	8	45	34	+11	39
8	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	34	14	11	9	41	34	+7	39
9	UKR	SKCF Sevastopol	34	15	5	14	72	49	+23	35 [lower-alpha 1]
10	RUS	Torpedo Gorkiy	34	12	10	12	43	45	−2	34
11	RUS	Lokomotiv Saratov	34	13	8	13	40	43	−3	34 [lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	Torpedo Stalingrad	34	12	10	12	40	46	−6	34
13	RUS	Khimik Yaroslavl	34	8	10	16	46	50	−4	26 [lower-alpha 1]
14	RUS	Neftyanik Grozny	34	11	4	19	47	70	−23	26 [lower-alpha 1]
15	RUS	Burevestnik Leningrad	34	10	2	22	38	72	−34	22 [lower-alpha 1]
16	UKR	Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad	34	6	10	18	18	55	−37	22 [lower-alpha 1]
17	UKR	Shakhtyor Kadiyevka	34	7	7	20	33	61	−28	21 [lower-alpha 1]
18	RUS	Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol	34	8	5	21	30	76	−46	21 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

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Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
13	Russian SFSR	FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Neftyanik Grozny, FC Burevestnik Leningrad, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol
5	Ukrainian SSR	FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad, FC Shakhter Kadievka

Zone II

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Spartak Stanislav	34	23	6	5	66	27	+39	52
2	UKR	SKVO Lvov	34	21	6	7	51	32	+19	48
3	RUS	Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad	34	21	5	8	68	32	+36	47 [lower-alpha 1]
4	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	34	17	8	9	65	43	+22	42
5	UKR	Pishchevik Odessa	34	16	7	11	65	48	+17	39
6	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	34	14	11	9	52	44	+8	39
7	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Stupino	34	15	8	11	44	39	+5	38
8	UKR	SKVO Kiev	34	14	9	11	42	36	+6	37
9	RUS	Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk	34	15	7	12	53	47	+6	37
10	UKR	Spartak Uzhgorod	34	12	9	13	41	40	+1	33
11	LTU	Spartak Vilnius	34	13	6	15	37	42	−5	32
12	UKR	Kolhospnik Poltava	34	12	4	18	43	57	−14	28 [lower-alpha 2]
13	UKR	Avangard Nikolayev	34	10	7	17	50	63	−13	27 [lower-alpha 2]
14	RUS	Pishchevik Kaliningrad	34	9	9	16	35	57	−22	27 [lower-alpha 2]
15	BLR	Urozhai Minsk	34	11	4	19	42	57	−15	26 [lower-alpha 2]
16	UKR	Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk	34	7	9	18	38	65	−27	23 [lower-alpha 2]
17	RUS	Avangard Sormovo	34	6	10	18	29	51	−22	22 [lower-alpha 2]
18	LVA	Daugava Riga	34	4	7	23	22	63	−41	15

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

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Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
9	Ukrainian SSR	FC Spartak Stanislav, SKVO Lvov, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa, SKVO Kiev, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Poltava, FC Avangard Nikolayev, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk
5	Russian SFSR	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk, FC Pischevik Kaliningrad, FC Avangard Sormovo
1	Estonian SSR	FC Dinamo Tallinn
1	Lithuanian SSR	FC Spartak Vilnius
1	Belarusian SSR	FC Urozhai Minsk
1	Latvian SSR	FC Daugava Riga

Zone III

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	GEO	SKVO Tbilisi	30	22	5	3	93	26	+67	49
2	ARM	Spartak Yerevan	30	21	6	3	73	22	+51	48
3	AZE	Neftyanik Baku	30	18	8	4	70	37	+33	44
4	RUS	SKVO Sverdlovsk	30	15	9	6	58	18	+40	39 [lower-alpha 1]
5	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Molotov	30	15	9	6	46	18	+28	39
6	GEO	Lokomotiv Kutaisi	30	16	6	8	54	28	+26	38 [lower-alpha 2]
7	KAZ	Kayrat Alma-Ata	30	16	5	9	49	37	+12	37
8	RUS	Avangard Sverdlovsk	30	13	5	12	44	39	+5	31
9	RUS	Dinamo Kirov	30	12	4	14	44	64	−20	28 [lower-alpha 2]
10	UZB	Pahtakor Tashkent	30	9	6	15	36	39	−3	24
11	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	30	6	10	14	22	37	−15	22 [lower-alpha 2]
12	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	30	8	5	17	26	47	−21	21
13	TKM	Kolhozchi Ashkhabad	30	8	4	18	25	59	−34	20
14	KGZ	Spartak Frunze	30	7	3	20	34	76	−42	17
15	RUS	Neftyanik Ufa	30	6	5	19	17	64	−47	17 [lower-alpha 2]
16	TJK	Urozhai Stalinabad [lower-alpha 3]	30	2	2	26	19	99	−80	6

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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3. Urozhai Stalinabad was called Kolhozchi.

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
7	Russian SFSR	SKVO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Neftyanik Ufa
2	Georgian SSR	SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Kutaisi
1	Armenian SSR	FC Spartak Yerevan
1	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Neftyanik Baku
1	Kazakh SSR	FC Kairat Alma-Ata
1	Uzbek SSR	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
1	Turkmen SSR	FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
1	Kyrgyz SSR	FC Spartak Frunze
1	Tajik SSR	FC Urozhai Stalinabad

Zone [Russia] Far East

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		SKVO Khabarovsk	22	12	8	2	34	14	+20	32 [lower-alpha 1]
2		Dinamo Vladivostok	22	12	6	4	39	25	+14	30 [lower-alpha 1]
3		Burevestnik Tomsk	22	11	6	5	49	29	+20	28 [lower-alpha 1]
4		Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk	22	10	6	6	45	26	+19	26 [lower-alpha 1]
5		Energiya Irkutsk	22	7	10	5	36	34	+2	24 [lower-alpha 1]
6		Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk	22	10	4	8	38	41	−3	24 [lower-alpha 1]
7		SKVO Chita	22	9	5	8	30	28	+2	23 [lower-alpha 1]
8		SibSelMash Novosibirsk	22	7	3	12	26	46	−20	17 [lower-alpha 1]
9		Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure	22	5	6	11	32	41	−9	16 [lower-alpha 1]
10		Metallurg Stalinsk	22	4	7	11	28	40	−12	15 [lower-alpha 1]
11		Shakhtyor Kemerovo	22	6	3	13	37	60	−23	15 [lower-alpha 1]
12		Urozhai Barnaul	22	5	4	13	30	40	−10	14 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

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Final stage

[Nov 17 – Dec 3, Tashkent] 

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Avangard Leningrad	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	0	6 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted
2	UKR	Spartak Stanislav	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	1	4
3	GEO	SKVO Tbilisi	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	1	4

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

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See also

• 1957 Soviet Class A
• 1957 Soviet Cup

References

• 1957 at rsssf.com