1936 Group B (Soviet football championship)

Group B
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The 1936 Soviet First League spring season was the first second tier tournament of the Soviet official football competitions. The season started on May 22, 1936, and stretched through July 15, 1936. The only game between the capital's teams Stalinets and Serp i Molot took place at the Stalinets Stadium (used to stand where today Lokomotiv Stadium stands).

Spring 1936

Teams

In the beginning it was expected that Lokomotiv Tbilisi would be playing in Group B, but later they switched with Dinamo Tbilisi taking their place in the lower Group V.

Competition format

The winner was planned to play off against the poorest performer of the Group A. The bottom team was planned to be relegated. Wins were accounted for 3 points, draws - 2 points, losses - 1 point, and no-show - no points.

Final standings

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi (P) 6 5 1 0 19 4 +15 17 Promoted
2  Russian SFSR Zavod imeni Stalina Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 13
3  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad 6 2 3 1 9 9 0 13
4  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow 6 1 4 1 8 9 −1 12
5  Russian SFSR Serp i Molot Moscow 6 1 2 3 7 8 −1 10
6  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 6 1 2 3 8 17 −9 10
7  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk (R) 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 9
8  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov (R) 0 - - - - - — 0 Withdrew - results annulled
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Withdrawn teams

Dynamo Kharkiv

Dynamo Kharkiv withdrew from the competition due to health problems of its players. The club had played against Stalinets Moscow, Stalinets Leningrad, and ZiS Moscow having on record 3 games with 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, and goals ratio 3 - 9. All the records were annulled.

Top goalscorers

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Boris Paichadze
7
 Dinamo Tbilisi
2 Viktor Semyonov
5
 Stalin Factory Moscow
3 Mikhail Aslamov
4
 Dinamo Tbilisi
Mikhail Berdzenishvili
Grigoriy Fedotov Serp i Molot Moscow
Viktor Krivosheyev FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk

1936 Fall

Overview

This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.

League standings

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Russian SFSR Serp i Molot Moscow (P) 7 6 0 1 25 6 +19 19 Promoted
2  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku 7 5 1 1 16 7 +9 18
3  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow 7 4 1 2 13 10 +3 16
4  Russian SFSR Torpedo Moscow 7 4 0 3 11 7 +4 15
5  Russian SFSR Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu 7 3 0 4 13 18 −5 13
6  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad 7 2 1 4 6 13 −7 12
7  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad 7 1 2 4 8 13 −5 11
8  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov (R) 7 0 1 6 6 24 −18 8 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also