List of Soviet football teams of masters

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The Soviet football championship was composed of professional teams that were known as "teams of masters".[ citation needed ]

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The first professional football competitions in the Soviet Union started in 1936. The format of Soviet football championship was not consisted and was changing almost every year.[ citation needed ]

Officially professional sports in the Soviet Union was prohibited [1] as any other private form of business. As anything else in the country, football also was controlled by Soviet government and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The best "teams of masters" were Dynamo controlled by Soviet secret police, Army and Armed Forces clubs, and Spartak which officially represented "industrial cooperation" but was actually directed by the young communists of Komsomol. [2] Following the so-called "liberation of Europe by the Red Army" in 1944–45, numerous Dynamos, CSKA, and Spartaks were set up in countries of the Warsaw Pact. These teams were also instantaneously created with occupation of eastern Poland, Baltics and eastern Romania in 1939–1940.[ citation needed ]

Officially all footballers were employed because unemployment was illegal. So, footballers were playing football, while on the books working and getting paid as a regular worker. Unlike professional athletes in the West who were becoming rich celebrities, in the Soviet Union notable sports athletes were transitioning to their new career as an "apparatchik", or Communist official, whether in coaching or administrative positions.[ citation needed ]

Teams of masters

ClubUnion republicFirst League
season		Last League
season		Status
Spartak Moscow Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Dynamo Moscow Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine19361991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia19361989Joined Georgian competitions
Torpedo Moscow Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
CSKA Moscow Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Zenit Leningrad Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine19361991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Dinamo Minsk Belarus19401991Joined Belarusian competitions
Ararat Yerevan Armenia19371991Joined Armenian competitions
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan19371991Joined Azerbaijani competitions
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine19361991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Kairat Alma-Ata Kazakhstan19471991Joined Kazakhstani competitions
SKA Rostov-na-Donu Russia19581991Joined Russian competitions
Pakhtakor Tashkent Uzbekistan19471991Joined Uzbekistani competitions
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine19371991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev Russia19451991Joined Russian competitions
Dinamo Leningrad Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine19361991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine19391991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Metalurh Odesa Ukraine19531954Joined Ukrainian competitions
Trudovi Rezervy Voroshilovgrad Ukraine19491963Joined Ukrainian competitions
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia19491989Joined Georgian competitions
Zalgiris Vilnius Lithuania19471991Joined Lithuanian competitions
Rotor Volgograd Russia19361991Joined Russian competitions
Nistru Kishinev Moldova19471991Joined Moldovan competitions
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine19631991Joined Ukrainian competitions
VVS Moscow Russia19451952Dissolved
Daugava Riga Latvia19481990Dissolved
Serp i Molot Moscow Russia19361969Dissolved
Krylia Sovetov Moscow Russia19361969Dissolved
Lokomotyv Kharkiv Ukraine19451955Dissolved
Kuban Krasnodar Russia19491991Joined Russian competitions
Admiralteyets Leningrad Russia19391961Dissolved
Pamir Dushanbe Tajikistan19471991Joined Tajikistani competitions
Elektrosila Leningrad Russia19361946Dissolved
Fakel Voronezh Russia19541991Joined Russian competitions
Spartak Tbilisi Georgia19471977Dissolved
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad Russia19541959Dissolved
Spartak Vladikavkaz Russia19601991Joined Russian competitions
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine19471991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Torpedo Gorky Russia19361962Dissolved
Volga Gorky Russia19631984Dissolved
Avtomobilist Leningrad Russia19361966Dissolved
Tavria Simferopol Ukraine19581991Joined Ukrainian competitions
SKA Odesa Ukraine19581991Replaced with SC Odesa
Silmash Kharkiv Ukraine19371940Dissolved
VMS Moscow Russia19461953Dissolved
Stalinets Moscow Russia19361939Dissolved
Lokomotyv Kyiv Ukraine19361940Dissolved
Uralmash Sverdlovsk Russia19451991Joined Russian competitions
Spartak Kharkiv Ukraine19361941Dissolved
Kalev Tallinn Estonia19471962Dissolved
Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu Russia19361949Dissolved
Shinnik Yaroslavl Russia19471991Joined Russian competitions
Temp Baku Azerbaijan19361939Dissolved
Kapaz Ganja Azerbaijan19591991Joined Azerbaijani competitions
Lokomotivi Tbilisi Georgia19361986Joined Georgian competitions
Guria Lanchkhuti Georgia19671989Joined Georgian competitions
ODO Sverdlovsk Russia19461959Dissolved
Pischevik Moscow Russia19381947Dissolved
KalininRussia19451953Dissolved
Burevestnik Moscow Russia19371947Dissolved
Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow Russia19411941Dissolved
Profsoyuzy-2 Moscow Russia19411941Dissolved
Kuzbass Kemerevo Russia19481991Joined Russian competitions
Tekstilschik Ivanovo Russia19391991Joined Russian competitions
SKA Lviv Ukraine19491991Turned into FC Halychyna Drohobych
Zvezda Perm Russia19451991Joined Russian competitions
Kopetdag Ashgabat Turkmenistan19471991Joined Turkmenistani competitions
Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Russia19531991Joined Russian competitions
SKA Khabarovsk Russia19571991Joined Russian competitions
Alga Frunze Kyrgyzstan19471991Joined Kyrgyzstani competitions
Dynamo Stavropol Russia19571991Joined Russian competitions
SKA Kyiv Ukraine19471991Turned into CSKA Kyiv
Shakhter Karaganda Kazakhstan19581991Joined Kazakhstani competitions
Terek Grozny Russia19571991Joined Russian competitions
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine19561991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Ukraine19391991Turned into Evis Mykolaiv
Rubin Kazan Russia19581991Joined Russian competitions
Dinamo Batumi Georgia19391989Joined Georgian competitions
Volga Kalinin Russia19491991Joined Russian competitions
Sokol Saratov Russia19471991Joined Russian competitions
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk Russia19571987Joined Russian competitions
Kolos Nikopol Ukraine19621991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Spartak Nalchik Russia19591991Joined Russian competitions
SKA Tbilisi Georgia19461959Joined Georgian competitions
SKA Novosibirsk Russia19451968Joined Russian competitions
Irtysh Omsk Russia19471991Joined Russian competitions
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine19581991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Avtomobilist Leningrad Russia19361966Dissolved
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Ukraine19471991Joined Ukrainian competitions
Torpedo Taganrog Russia19481991Joined Russian competitions

References

  1. ↑ J. N. Washburn. Soviet Amateur Athlete: A Real Pro . New York Times. July 21, 1974
  2. ↑ Stalinism – Football and Culture in the Interwar Soviet Union. www.futbolgrad.com
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