1946 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1946
Men's football
1st GroupCDKA Moscow
2nd GroupVVS Moscow
Soviet CupSpartak Moscow
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The 1946 Soviet football championship was the 14th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 8th among teams of sports societies and factories. Among the worst teams of the top tier before World War II, CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

The defending champions Dinamo once again had a slow start in the first half and were not able to regain their champion pace in the second half as well, almost placing third behind clubmates from Tbilisi.

In 1946 there was reintroduced the third tier for a season, status of which is not determined and data for which is sparse.

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-up
1st Group CDKA Moscow (1) Dinamo Moscow
2nd Group VVS Moscow Pischevik Moscow
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (3*) Dinamo Tbilisi

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1946 Soviet Top League

First Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 CDKA Moscow 22 17 3 2 55 13 +42 37
2 Dynamo Moscow 22 16 1 5 68 17 +51 33
3 Dynamo Tbilisi 22 15 3 4 47 26 +21 33
4 Torpedo Moscow 22 11 5 6 44 29 +15 27
5 Dynamo Leningrad 22 10 4 8 37 35 +2 24
6 Spartak Moscow 19 8 5 6 38 40 −2 21
7 Krylia Sovetov Moscow 22 5 8 9 14 24 −10 18
8 Traktor Stalingrad 22 6 4 12 22 40 −18 16
9 Zenit Leningrad 22 5 5 12 22 45 −23 15
10 Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 22 3 8 11 16 52 −36 14
11 Dynamo Minsk 22 3 7 12 22 43 −21 13
12 Dynamo Kiev 22 4 5 13 18 39 −21 13
Source: rsssf.com

Second Group

Subgroup South

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR VVS Moscow 42 25 12 5 68 31 +37 62
2  Georgian SSR DO Tbilisi 42 23 13 6 59 26 +33 58[a]
3  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 42 19 15 8 65 35 +30 50[b]
4  Ukrainian SSR FC Pishchevik Odessa 42 19 8 15 55 45 +10 46
5  Ukrainian SSR FC Shakhtyor Stalino 42 17 12 13 62 46 +16 46
6  Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi 42 16 14 12 46 36 +10 44[c]
7  Russian SFSR FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 42 16 12 14 47 44 +3 44
8  Russian SFSR FC Lokomotiv Moscow 42 15 9 18 45 54 −9 39
9  Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftyanik Baku 42 15 10 17 58 63 −5 40
10  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan 42 14 12 16 54 53 +1 40
11  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Rostov-on-Donu 42 14 13 15 49 55 −6 40[d]
12  Ukrainian SSR FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk 42 16 7 19 40 56 −16 39
13  Ukrainian SSR FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev 42 15 8 19 55 59 −4 38
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted?
  2. ^ 3 points deducted?
  3. ^ 2 points deducted?
  4. ^ 1 point deducted?

Subgroup East

All Russia  Russian SFSR

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Pishchevik Moscow 42 25 12 5 68 31 +37 62
2 FC Torpedo Gorky 42 23 13 6 59 26 +33 58[a]
3 MVO Moscow 42 19 15 8 65 35 +30 50[b]
4 FC Spartak Leningrad 42 19 8 15 55 45 +10 46
5 DO Novosibirsk 42 17 12 13 62 46 +16 46
6 VMS Moscow 42 16 14 12 46 36 +10 44[c]
7 FC Burevestnik Moscow 42 16 12 14 47 44 +3 44
8 FC Dynamo Ivanovo 42 15 9 18 45 54 −9 39
9 FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 42 15 10 17 58 63 −5 40
10 FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk 42 14 12 16 54 53 +1 40
11 FC Elektrosila Leningrad 42 14 13 15 49 55 −6 40[d]
12 DO Sverdlovsk 42 16 7 19 40 56 −16 39
13 FC Pishchevik Leningrad 42 15 8 19 55 59 −4 38
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted?
  2. ^ 3 points deducted?
  3. ^ 2 points deducted?
  4. ^ 1 point deducted?

Tier final

[Sep 18, 22] 

VVS Moskva   3-2 1-0 Pishchevik Moskva

Top goalscorers

1st Group

2nd Group

Republican level

The top level of republican football competitions was proclaimed as the "Third Group" (Tretia Gruppa). There were two separate winners one from the Russian SFSR and the other from the union republics.

The competition was organized in eight Russian SFSR groups, four Ukrainian SSR groups, Belarusian SSR tournament, Transcaucasian tournament, and Central Asian tournament. The football competition in the "Third Group" involved participation of some 118 football teams.

Third Group (Russian SFSR)

West

  • Dinamo Riga (1945 Latvian Champions)
  • Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad
  • DO Leningrad
  • Spartak Kaunas (1945 Lithuanian Champions)
  • Dinamo Tallinn (1945 Estonian Champions)
  • Stroitel Moscow
  • Energiya Moscow
  • Aeroflot Moscow
  • DO Petrozavodsk

Center

Lower Volga

Volga

Ural

Sibir

Northern Caucasus

Far East

Play-offs for the Final group

Final

Third Group (Union republics)

Ukraine

Further information: 1946 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

Belarus

Caucasus

Central Asia

Final

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics[1]

Football championships

Football cups

  • Azerbaijan SSR – none
  • Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
  • Belarusian SSR – ODO Minsk
  • Estonian SSR – Dinamo Tallin
  • Georgian SSR – Burevestnik Tbilisi
  • Kazakh SSR – none
  • Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
  • Kirgiz SSR – none
  • Latvian SSR – Daugava Liepaja
  • Lithuanian SSR – none
  • Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
  • Russian SFSR – Dinamo Sverdlovsk
  • Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
  • Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
  • Uzbek SSR – DO Tashkent
  • Ukrainian SSR – FC Dynamo Kyiv (see 1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References

  1. ^ 1946 год. regional-football.ru