Defunct football competition
Championship of the Ukrainian SSR among cities teams (Ukrainian : Чемпіонати УРСР для команд міст ) was a football competition of the Ukrainian SSR before the formal establishing of the Soviet Union . The competition lost its importance with introduction of the Soviet Top League (All Soviet competitions Group A) in 1936 being converted to a regional championship of sports societies and departments.
Until transfer of capital of Ukraine from Kharkiv to Kiev in 1934, the Kharkiv city team was the winner almost every season expect of one. Sometimes at that time frame the western Ukraine became involved in league competitions that were established in Poland in 1927, Polish Football League (1927–1939) .
Winners
Season
Group
Champion
Runner-Up
3rd Position
1921
Kharkiv
Odessa
?
1922
Kharkiv
Odessa
?
1923
Kharkiv
Yuzivka
?
1924
Kharkiv
Odessa
Donbas
1927
Kharkiv
Mykolaiv
Odessa
1928
Kharkiv
Horlivka
Mykolaiv
1931
Kyiv
Kharkiv
?
1932
Kharkiv
Donbas
Dnipropetrovsk
1934
Kharkiv
Kyiv
1935
Dnipropetrovsk
Kyiv
Kharkiv
Results by year
1921. Final tournament (Kharkiv) Quarterfinals
Kharkiv - Kherson 5:0
Tahanroh - Kiev 1:0
Odessa - Katerynoslav 5:1
Mykolaiv - Poltava 7:0 Semifinals
Kharkiv - Tahanroh 2:1
Odessa - Mykolaiv 1:0 Final
Kharkiv: Vinnykov, Levin, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Bem, Bizyayev, Alfyorov, Kapustin, Varzhenynov, Makeyev, Ordin, Kazakov, Romanenko, Lazunenko.
1922. Final tournament (Kharkiv) Quarterfinals
Kharkiv - Katerynoslav 2:0
Kiev - Poltava 3:0
Odessa - Crimea +:-
Mykolaiv - Druzhkivka 2:1 Semifinals
Kharkiv - Mykolaiv 4:0
Odessa - Kiev 5:2 Final
Kharkiv: Romanenko, Kolotukhin, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Romatovsky, Privalov, Bandurin, Kapustin, Varzhenynov, Krotov, Kazakov.
1923. Final tournament (Kharkiv) Group 1
Kharkiv - Mykolaiv +:-
Odessa - Kiev +:- Group finals
Group 2
Druzhkivka - Poltava 5:1
Crimea - Katerynoslav 2:1 Group finals
Group 3
Yuzovka - Chernihiv +:-
Vinnytsia - Zhytomyr 2:1 Group finals
Semifinal
Final
Kharkiv - Yuzovka 1:1, 5:1 (replay) 1924. Final tournament (Kharkiv) Preliminaries
Stalino - Katerynoslav 5:0
Odessa - Podillya +:-
Kharkiv - Poltava 1:0
Kiev - Chernihiv +:- Final tournament (Kiev forfeited)
Kharkiv - Donbas 2:0
Kharkiv - Odessa 1:0
Odessa - Donbas 6:1 Final group. 1) Kharkiv, 2) Odessa, 3) Donbas
1925-1926. ?
1927. Final tournament (Kharkiv) A mass tournament with participation of some 41 teams took place. To the finals qualified Katerynoslav, Odessa, Mykolaiv, and Stalino. To the finals were also allowed Kharkiv and Kadiyevka, although they were defeated by Mykolaiv and Stalino, respectively.
1
Kharkiv
4
1
0
24-5
9
2
Mykolaiv
4
0
1
14-14
8
3
Odessa
3
1
1
13-5
7
4
Dnipropetrovsk
1
0
4
13-17
2
5
Kadiyevka
0
1
4
4-14
1
6
Stalino
0
1
4
2-15
1
Games
Kharkiv: Mykolaiv 10:2, Odessa 1:1, Dnipropetrovsk 4:2, Kadiyevka 4:0, Stalino 5:0
Mykolaiv: Odessa 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 5:3, Kadiyevka 3:0, Stalino 2:0
Odessa: Dnipropetrovsk 4:0, Kadiyevka 3:1, Stalino 4:1
Dnipropetrovsk: Kadiyevka 4:3, Stalino 4:1
Kadiyevka: Stalino 0:0 Kharkiv: Kravchenko, Kladko, Krotov, K.Fomin, Privalov, V.Fomin, Semenov, Lesny, Andreyev, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Myshchenko, Us, Sorokin, Bem, M.Fomin, Hubaryev.
1928. Final tournament (Kharkiv) There were 30 teams participating in the qualifiers.
1
Kharkiv
3
0
0
9-3
6
2
Horlivka
1
1
1
4-5
3
3
Mykolaiv
1
0
2
4-4
2
4
Dnipropetrovsk
0
1
2
2-7
1
Games
Kharkiv: Horlivka 3:1, Mykolaiv 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 4:1
Horlivka: Mykolaiv 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 1:1
Mykolaiv: Dnipropetrovsk 2:0 Kharkiv: Norov, Kladko, Moskvin, K.Fomin, Privalov, V.Fomin, Semenov, Volodymyrsky, Alfyorov, Kapustin, Shpakovsky, Myshchenko, Hubaryev.
1929-1930. ?
1931. Final tournament (Kiev) Quarterfinals
Kiev - Dnipropetrovsk 4:0
Kadiyevka - Horlivka 2:1
Stalino - Kharkiv 2:6
Mykolaiv - Odessa 3:2 Semifinals
Kiev - Kadiyevka 3:1
Kharkiv - Mykolaiv 5:2 Final
Kiev: Idzkovsky, Denysov, Vesen'yev, Dolhov, Piontkowski, Tyutchev, Sadovsky, Korotkykh, Schultz-Serdyuk, Malkhasov, Svyrydovsky.
1932. Final tournament (Dnipropetrovsk / Zaporizhia) Preliminaries
Stalino - Moldavian Autonomy 17:0
Kharkiv - Stalino +:-
Dnipropetrovsk - Odessa Region +:-
Vinnytsia - Kiev 3:1
1
Kharkiv
2
0
1
11-3
4
2
Donbas
2
0
1
8-7
4
3
Dnipropetrovsk
1
0
2
4-11
2
4
Vinnytsia
1
0
2
5-7
2
Games
Kharkiv: Donbas 4:1, Dnipropetrovsk 6:0, Vinnytsia 1:2
Donbas: Dnipropetrovsk 4:1, Vinnytsia 3:2
Dnipropetrovsk: Vinnytsia 3:1 1933. Holodomor
1934. Quarterfinals
Kiev - Dnipropetrovsk 6:0
Moldavian Autonomy - Vinnytsia 0:7
Khakriv - Chernihiv 10:2
Odessa - Donbas 5:2 Semifinals
Vinnytsia - Kiev 0:4
Kharkiv - Odessa 7:0 Final
Kharkiv: Moskvin, Kyryllov, K.Fomin, M.Fomin, V.Fomin, Shvedov, Kulykov, Lesny, Zub, Parovyshnykov, Privalov.
1935. Group 1
1
Dnipropetrovsk
2
1
1
9-6
9
2
Kiev
2
1
1
8-6
9
3
Kharkiv
1
2
1
7-8
8
4
Odessa
1
1
2
5-6
7
5
Stalino
1
1
2
5-8
7
Games
Dnipropetrovsk: Kiev 3:3, Kharkiv 1:2, Odessa 2:1, Stalino 3:0
Kiev: Kharkiv 3:2, Odessa 1:0, Stalino 0:1
Kharkiv: Odessa 1:1, Stalino 2:2
Odessa: Stalino 3:2 Dnipropetrovsk: Makhovsky, Hutaryev, Aleksopolski, Chyzhov, Belov, V.Kryvosheyev, Butenko, Hreber, Andreyev, Borodin, Bily, Laiko, Korchanynov, Kornylov, Zabuha, Shpynyov, P.Kryvosheyev, Starostin
1936. (part of the Cup of the Ukrainian SSR ) Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Dynamo Kyiv: Trusevych, Pravoverov, Klymenko, Tyutchev, Kuzmenko, Putystin, Honcharenko, Shylovsky, Shehodsky, Komarov, Korotkykh, Makhynya. Coach: Moisei Tovarovsky.
Team
Winners
Runners-Up
Years
Kharkiv
8
1
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934
Kiev
1
2
1931
Dnipropetrovsk
1
0
1935
Odessa
0
3
Donbas (Horlivka)
0
2
Stalino
0
1
Mykolaiv
0
1
External links
KFK(amateurs)
Masters(professionals)
Note: in 1970, Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR included competitions in both Soviet Class A Second Group (upper level) and Soviet Class B (lower level). Next year 1971, Class B was disbanded, while Class A Second Group was changed to the Soviet Second League .