The 1952 Soviet football championship was the 20th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 14th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fourth time and the first after World War II, the Spartak's main rivals Dinamo again had a difficult season struggling only for the second.
| Season | 1952 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Class A | Spartak Moscow | |
| Class B | Lokomotiv Kharkov | |
| Soviet Cup | Torpedo Moscow | |
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The defending champions CDSA were expelled from the league for the poor performance of the USSR national football team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The Class A started late mid-summer consisting only of a single round-robin with almost all games played in Moscow.
Honours edit
| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Class A | Spartak Moscow (4) | Dinamo Kiev |
| Class B | Lokomotiv Kharkov | Spartak Vilnius |
| Soviet Cup | Torpedo Moscow (2) | Spartak Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship edit
Class A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spartak Moscow (C)
|
13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 20 | League champions |
| 2 |  Dynamo Kiev
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13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 17 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow
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13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 17 | |
| 4 |  Dynamo Tbilisi
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13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 16 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Leningrad
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13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | |
| 6 | Kalinin
|
13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 14 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad
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13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
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13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 13 | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moscow
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13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 12 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Moscow
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13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 11 | VVS Moscow (R)
|
13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |
| 12 |  Daugava Riga (R)
|
13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 9 | |
| 13 | Shakhtyor Stalino (R)
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13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 8 | |
| 14 |  Dinamo Minsk (R)
|
13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 5 |
Class B (second stage) edit
For places 1-9 edit
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 21 | Promoted |
| 2 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 19 | |
| 3 | GEO | DO Tbilisi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 17[a] | |
| 4 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 17 | |
| 5 | RUS | VMS Leningrad[b] | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 16[c] | |
| 6 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 16[c] | |
| 7 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 15 | |
| 8 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 15 | |
| 9 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 8 |
Notes:
For places 10-18 edit
Played in Rostov-na-Donu
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 14 | |
| 11 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 11 | |
| 12 | RUS | DO Sverdlovsk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9[a] | |
| 13 | RUS | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 9 | |
| 14 | UKR | DO Kiev (O, R) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8[a] | Relegation play-off |
| 15 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | |
| 16 | UZB | DO Tashkent | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 7 | |
| 17 | TJK | Dinamo Stalinabad | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 6 | |
| 18 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 |
Relegation play-off edit
To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1952 Soviet Class B.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODO Kiev | 6–1 | Metallurg Zaporozhie | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Top goalscorers edit
Class A
- Andrei Zazroyev (Dinamo Kiev) – 11 goals