1956 Soviet Class B

Soviet Class B
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Following are the results of the 1956 Soviet First League football championship. FC Spartak Minsk and FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev winning the championship.

Final standings

Zone I

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 BLR Spartak Minsk 34 18 11 5 45 26 +19 47[a] Promoted
2 RUS Torpedo Taganrog 34 18 10 6 65 33 +32 46[b]
3 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 34 21 4 9 54 35 +19 46
4 RUS Shakhtyor Mosbass[c] 34 19 6 9 56 36 +20 44
5 UKR ODO Lvov 34 16 9 9 49 25 +24 41
6 UKR ODO Kiev 34 15 9 10 43 27 +16 39
7 RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino 34 14 10 10 51 33 +18 38
8 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 34 13 10 11 37 36 +1 36
9 LTU Spartak Vilnius 34 12 11 11 51 29 +22 35
10 UKR Avangard Kharkov 34 14 7 13 40 44 −4 35[b]
11 EST Dinamo Tallinn 34 11 10 13 36 44 −8 32
12 UKR Spartak Stanislav 34 12 6 16 49 57 −8 30[b]
13 UKR Spartak Uzhgorod 34 7 15 12 28 33 −5 29
14 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 34 10 9 15 40 58 −18 29
15 UKR Pishchevik Odessa 34 8 10 16 40 57 −17 26
16 LVA Daugava Riga 34 9 8 17 27 48 −21 26
17 RUS Spartak Kalinin 34 8 9 17 27 48 −21 25
18 KAR ODO Petrozavodsk[d] 34 2 4 28 20 89 −69 8[b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ a b c d +
  3. ^ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.
  4. ^ On 16 July 1956 the Karelo-Finnish SSR was annexed by the Russian SFSR.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
8  Ukrainian SSR FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, ODO Lvov, ODO Kiev, FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa
5  Russian SFSR FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Shakhter Mosbass, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Spartak Kalinin
1  Belarusian SSR FC Spartak Minsk
1  Lithuanian SSR FC Spartak Vilnius
1  Estonian SSR FC Dinamo Tallinn
1  Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
1  Karelo-Finnish SSR ODO Petrozavodsk

Zone II

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 34 26 5 3 84 19 +65 57[a] Promoted
2 GEO ODO Tbilisi 34 24 7 3 98 32 +66 55
3 ARM Spartak Yerevan 34 18 10 6 72 27 +45 46
4 RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar 34 19 4 11 70 52 +18 42
5 AZE Neftyanik Baku 34 16 7 11 71 53 +18 39
6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh 34 13 13 8 40 34 +6 39
7 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 34 16 6 12 55 48 +7 38
8 RUS Zenit Izhevsk 34 13 12 9 50 49 +1 38[b]
9 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 34 12 9 13 35 39 −4 33
10 RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk 34 12 7 15 37 41 −4 31
11 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 34 12 7 15 45 52 −7 31
12 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 34 11 8 15 59 50 +9 30
13 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent[c] 34 12 6 16 44 53 −9 30
14 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 34 10 10 14 40 53 −13 30
15 KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata[d] 34 9 10 15 41 52 −11 28
16 KGZ Spartak Frunze 34 6 8 20 30 75 −45 20[b]
17 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 34 6 6 22 28 75 −47 18[b]
18 TJK Kolhozchi Stalinabad 34 1 5 28 22 117 −95 7[b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ a b c d +
  3. ^ Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
  4. ^ Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
10  Russian SFSR FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk
1  Georgian SSR ODO Tbilisi
1  Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan
1  Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftyanik Baku
1  Uzbek SSR FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
1  Kazakh SSR FC Kairat Alma-Ata
1  Kyrgyz SSR FC Spartak Frunze
1  Turkmen SSR FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad
1  Tajik SSR FC Kolkhozchi Stalinabad

See also

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