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Soviet Class B
Season	1953
Champions	Dinamo Minsk (Final)Spartak Tbilisi (Group 1); Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo (Group 2); Shakhter Stalino (Group 3)
Promoted	Dinamo Minsk; Torpedo Gorkiy
	← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Soviet Class B was the fourth season in Soviet Class B and 14th in second tier. It involved a participation of 27 teams. Started on May 2, it continued to September 27, 1953.

FC Dinamo Minsk has won the competition.

The competition consisted of two stages. At the first stage, teams were split in three groups playing each other home-away double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, teams played with their counterparts from other two groups however the top two teams from each group formed the first pool which was the only one consisting of 6 teams, while other consisted of 3 teams.

Teams

Relegated teams

Four teams were relegated from the 1952 Soviet Class A (top tier).

VVS Moscow (return after a six-year absence)
FC Daugava Riga (return after a four-year absence)
FC Shakhter Donetsk (return after a four-year absence)
FC Dinamo Minsk (return after a year absence)

Promoted teams

Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu – debut
Zenit Kaliningrad – return after a three-year absence, Champion of the 1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR (as "Zavod imeni Kalinina")^[1]^[2]
Spartak Kalinin – return after a three-year absence
Avangard Chelyabinsk – return after a two-year absence
Krylia Sovetov Molotov – return after a three-year absence, placed 9th in the 1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR (as "SC imeni Stalina")^[3]^[4]
Avangard Sverdlovsk – return after a three-year absence
KBF Tallinn – debut, Champion of the 1952 Estonian SSR Football Championship, replaced with Kalev Tallinn
Metallurg Zaporozhye – return after a three-year absence, Champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk – return after a three-year absence
Metallurg Odessa – debut, placed 8th in Group 3 of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (results are counted for Chornomorets Odesa relegated in 1950)
Spartaki Tbilisi – return after a three-year absence
Gornyak Leninabad – debut
Iskra Frunze – return after a year absence

Withdrawn teams

After death of Joseph Stalin, several teams that represented Soviet Armed Forces were dissolved on orders of Minister of Defense Nikolay Bulganin:^[5]

VVS Moscow
VMS Moscow – replaced with Khimik Moscow
DO Tashkent – replaced with Spartak Tashkent
DO Tbilisi – temporary
DO Kiev – temporary
DO Sverdlovsk

First stage

Zone I

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	GEO	Spartak Tbilisi	15	10	4	1	41	12	3.417	24^[a]
2	ARM	Dinamo Yerevan	15	9	3	3	24	7	3.429	21

3	RUS	Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu	15	8	3	4	33	18	1.833	19^[a]
4	AZE	Neftyanik Baku	15	7	3	5	36	17	2.118	17
5	KAZ	Dinamo Alma-Ata	15	7	2	6	27	18	1.500	16
6	TKM	Spartak Ashkhabad	15	7	0	8	21	38	0.553	14
7	UZB	Spartak Tashkent	8	3	1	4	8	11	0.727	7^[a]
8	KGZ	Iskra Frunze	15	3	0	12	16	53	0.302	6^[a]
9	TJK	Gornyak Leninabad	15	1	2	12	14	46	0.304	4^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e +

Zone II

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	RUS	Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo	17	10	4	3	27	9	3.000	24
2	BLR	Dinamo Minsk	17	9	6	2	25	12	2.083	24^[a]

3	UKR	Metallurg Odessa	17	6	8	3	20	12	1.667	20^[b]
4	RUS	Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)	17	7	5	5	19	18	1.056	19^[b]
5	LVA	Daugava Riga	17	6	5	6	24	22	1.091	17^[a]
6	MDA	Burevestnik Kishinev	17	4	8	5	14	20	0.700	16
7	EST	Kalev Tallinn	17	4	6	7	9	19	0.474	14
8	RUS	Spartak Kalinin	17	4	3	10	20	25	0.800	11^[b]
9	RUS	Khimik Moskva	9	4	1	4	17	13	1.308	9^[b]
10	KAR	Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk	17	2	4	11	15	40	0.375	8

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b -
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d +

Zone III

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	UKR	Shakhtyor Stalino	14	9	4	1	33	9	3.667	22^[a]
2	RUS	Torpedo Gorkiy	14	10	1	3	38	23	1.652	21

3	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	14	6	3	5	34	26	1.308	15^[b]
4	RUS	Torpedo Stalingrad	14	7	1	6	25	22	1.136	15
5	RUS	Avangard Chelyabinsk	14	5	4	5	18	22	0.818	14^[b]
6	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Molotov	14	4	3	7	18	29	0.621	11^[b]
7	RUS	Avangard Sverdlovsk	14	3	2	9	19	33	0.576	8^[b]
8	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	14	2	2	10	14	35	0.400	6^[b]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ -
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e +

Second stage

For places 1-6

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	BLR	Dinamo Minsk	5	4	1	0	11	1	11.000	9^[a]	Promoted
2	RUS	Torpedo Gorkiy	5	3	1	1	9	4	2.250	7	Promoted

3	UKR	Shakhtyor Stalino	5	3	0	2	6	5	1.200	6^[a]
4	RUS	Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo	5	2	0	3	6	10	0.600	4
5	ARM	Dinamo Yerevan	5	0	3	2	2	5	0.400	3
6	GEO	Spartak Tbilisi	5	0	1	4	1	10	0.100	1^[b]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b -
^ +

Sep 13-27, Gorkiy

For places 7-9

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
7	UKR	Metallurg Odessa	2	2	0	5	1	5.000	4^[a]
8	RUS	Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu	2	1	1	5	5	1.000	2^[a]
9	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	2	0	2	5	9	0.556	0^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c +

For places 10-12

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
10	RUS	Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)	2	2	0	3	1	3.000	4^[a]
11	AZE	Neftyanik Baku	2	1	1	3	3	1.000	2
12	RUS	Torpedo Stalingrad	2	0	2	3	5	0.600	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ +

Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku

For places 13-15

11 October 1953

Daugava Riga	2 – 0	Avangard Chelyabinsk
	[ Report]

Riga

Notes: Dinamo Alma-Ata withdrew.

For places 16-18

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
16	MDA	Burevestnik Kishinev	2	1	1	0	5	2	2.500	3
17	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Molotov	2	1	0	1	2	4	0.500	2^[a]
18	TKM	Spartak Ashkhabad	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.500	1

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ +

Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev

For places 19-21

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
19	RUS	Avangard Sverdlovsk	2	2	0	9	1	9.000	4^[a]
20	EST	Kalev Tallinn	2	1	1	2	2	1.000	2
21	UZB	Spartak Tashkent	2	0	2	1	9	0.111	0^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b +

Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk

For places 22-24

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
22	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	2	2	0	5	0	—	4^[a]
23	RUS	Spartak Kalinin	2	1	1	9	5	1.800	2^[a]
24	KGZ	Iskra Frunze	2	0	2	2	11	0.182	0^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c +

Sep 26-29, Dnepropetrovsk

For places 25-27

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
25	RUS	Khimik Moskva	2	1	1	0	8	1	8.000	3^[a]
26	RUS	Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk	2	1	1	0	6	2	3.000	3
27	TJK	Gornyak Leninabad	2	0	0	2	1	12	0.083	0^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ ^a ^b +

Sep 25-29, Moskva

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
10	Russian SFSR	FC Khimik Moscow FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk
4	Ukrainian SSR	FC Metallurg Odessa, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
1	Georgian SSR	FC Spartaki Tbilisi
1	Armenian SSR	FC Dinamo Yerevan
1	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Neftianik Baku
1	Kazakh SSR	FC Dinamo Alma-Ata
1	Turkmen SSR	FC Spartak Asgabat
1	Uzbek SSR	FC Spartak Tashkent
1	Kirghiz SSR	FC Iskra Frunze
1	Tajik SSR	FC Gornyak Leninabad
1	Belarusian SSR	FC Dinamo Minsk
1	Latvian SSR	FC Daugava Riga
1	Moldavian SSR	FC Burevestnik Kishinev
1	Estonian SSR	FC Kalev Tallinn
1	Karelo-Finnish SSR	FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk