1957 Soviet Class B
Football league season
Soviet Class B Season 1957 Champions Avangard Leningrad(final group winner) Promoted Avangard Leningrad Relegated Krylia Sovetov Stupino (dissolved) Dinamo Vladivostok (dissolved)
The 1957 Soviet Football Championship in Class B (Russian : Первенство СССР 1957 года в классе «Б» ) was the 17th season of the Soviet second tier football league competition and the 8th since the formation of Class B. The competition consisted of two stages and involved participation of some 64 teams that were split in four groups. The three group winners advanced to the second stage as the final group of three, winner of which received promotion to the 1958 Class A . The fourth group winner (Russian Far East) were given a separate award by the Soviet Government.
The league's newcomer Avangard Leningrad won the championship.
Compared to the 1956 season, the competition expanded from 36 participants to 64 having two more groups added. Number of teams from the Russian SFSR increased substantially by adding the whole Russian Far East region to the tier.
Teams
Relegated
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad
SKVO Sverdlovsk
Russian SFSR (23): Avangard Leningrad (returned), Lokomotiv Saratov (returned), Khimik Yaroslavl (debut), Neftyanik Grozny (debut), Burevestnik Leningrad (debut), Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol (debut), Pischevik Kaliningrad (debut), Avangard Sormovo (debut), Dinamo Kirov (debut), Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk (debut), Neftianik Ufa (debut), SKVO Khabarovsk (debut), Dinamo Vladivostok (debut), Burevestnik Tomsk (debut), Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk (returned), Energiya Irkutsk (debut), Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (returned), SKVO Chita (debut), Sibselmash Novosibirsk (debut), Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure (debut), Metallurg Stalinsk (debut), Shakhter Kemerovo (returned), Urozhai Barnaul (debut)
Ukrainian SSR (6): SKCF Sevastopol (returned), Trudovye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad (returned), Shakhtar Kadiyevka (returned), Kolhospnyk Poltava (debut), Avangard Mykolaiv (returned), Khimik Dniprodzerzhinsk (debut)
Belarusian SSR: Urozhai Minsk (debut)
Georgian SSR: Lokomotiv Kutaisi (debut)
Withdrew
Krylya Sovetov Stupino
Dinamo Vladivostok
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[ a]
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[ a]
10
RUS
Torpedo Gorkiy
34
12
10
12
43
45
−2
34
11
RUS
Lokomotiv Saratov
34
13
8
13
40
43
−3
34[ a]
12
RUS
Torpedo Stalingrad
34
12
10
12
40
46
−6
34
13
RUS
Khimik Yaroslavl
34
8
10
16
46
50
−4
26[ a]
14
RUS
Neftyanik Grozny
34
11
4
19
47
70
−23
26[ a]
15
RUS
Burevestnik Leningrad
34
10
2
22
38
72
−34
22[ a]
16
UKR
Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad
34
6
10
18
18
55
−37
22[ a]
17
UKR
Shakhtyor Kadiyevka
34
7
7
20
33
61
−28
21[ a]
18
RUS
Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol
34
8
5
21
30
76
−46
21[ a]
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[ a]
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[ b]
13
UKR
Avangard Nikolayev
34
10
7
17
50
63
−13
27[ b]
14
RUS
Pishchevik Kaliningrad
34
9
9
16
35
57
−22
27[ b]
15
BLR
Urozhai Minsk
34
11
4
19
42
57
−15
26[ b]
16
UKR
Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk
34
7
9
18
38
65
−27
23[ b]
17
RUS
Avangard Sormovo
34
6
10
18
29
51
−22
22[ b]
18
LVA
Daugava Riga
34
4
7
23
22
63
−41
15
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[ a]
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[ b]
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[ b]
10
UZB
Pahtakor Tashkent
30
9
6
15
36
39
−3
24
11
RUS
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
30
6
10
14
22
37
−15
22[ b]
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[ b]
16
TJK
Urozhai Stalinabad[ c]
30
2
2
26
19
99
−80
6
^ -
^ a b c d +
^ Urozhai Stalinabad was called Kolhozchi.
Number of teams by republics
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[ a]
2
Dinamo Vladivostok
22
12
6
4
39
25
+14
30[ a]
3
Burevestnik Tomsk
22
11
6
5
49
29
+20
28[ a]
4
Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk
22
10
6
6
45
26
+19
26[ a]
5
Energiya Irkutsk
22
7
10
5
36
34
+2
24[ a]
6
Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk
22
10
4
8
38
41
−3
24[ a]
7
SKVO Chita
22
9
5
8
30
28
+2
23[ a]
8
SibSelMash Novosibirsk
22
7
3
12
26
46
−20
17[ a]
9
Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure
22
5
6
11
32
41
−9
16[ a]
10
Metallurg Stalinsk
22
4
7
11
28
40
−12
15[ a]
11
Shakhtyor Kemerovo
22
6
3
13
37
60
−23
15[ a]
12
Urozhai Barnaul
22
5
4
13
30
40
−10
14[ a]
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[ a]
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
See also
References
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