1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B

The 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1959 (класс «Б»)) was the tenth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the nineteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions.

Class B
Season1959
ChampionsTrud Voronezh (Group 1)
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2)
Spartak Yerevan (Group 3)
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4)
Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5)
Pamir Leninabad (Group 6)
SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7)
PromotedAdmiralteyets Leningrad (RSFSR)
Avangard Kharkov (Ukraine)
Belarus Minsk (Belarus)
Daugava Riga (Latvia)
Kalev Tallinn (Estonia)
Spartak Vilnius (Lithuania)
Spartak Yerevan (Armenia)
Neftyanik Baku (Azerbaijan)
Pakhtakor Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Kairat Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)
1958
1960

It involved participation of 101 "teams of masters" split in seven groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by seven teams. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the seven groups with three groups containing 15 teams and four groups - 14. The competition also included representation of all 15 union republics by at least one participant. In majority the season kicked off on April 18, 1959, with the Round 1 matches in five groups. Groups 5 and 7 started later.

Four out of seven groups were won by clubs from the Russian SFSR (Russian Federation), three others represented three other union republics. Initially all the winners were to qualify for the final tournament as in previous season, but it was scratched as it was decided to reorganize competitions. The 1960 Class A competitions (higher tier) were planned to be expanded from 12 to 22 teams (by 10 teams). Among the four Russian winners there was organized additional short single round-robin tournament to identify the ultimate Class B winner for the Russian SFSR.

Following this season, the Soviet Class B competitions were split based on regional principle in three main groups Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Union republics.

Teams

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Promoted to (14): Spartak Leningrad, Torpedo Vladimir, Trud Ryazan, Trud Tula, Spartak Nalchik, Arsenal Kiev, Avangard Zhitomir, Avangard Krivoi Rog, Avangard Ternopol, Shakhter Gorlovka, Lokomotiv Bendery, Lokomotiv Gomel, Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Tekstilschik Kirovobad

Relegated to (1): Admiralteyets Leningrad

First stage

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I Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RUS FC Trud Voronezh[a] 28 20 6 2 57 16 +41 46
2 RUS FC Dinamo Kirov 28 14 11 3 47 17 +30 39
3 UKR FC Avangard Nikolayev 28 14 9 5 52 28 +24 37
4 UKR FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 28 14 6 8 47 37 +10 34
5 RUS FC Iskra Kazan 28 12 9 7 36 27 +9 33
6 UKR FC Metallurg Zaporozhye 28 14 4 10 40 30 +10 32
7 RUS FC Khimik Yaroslavl 28 10 8 10 31 28 +3 28
8 RUS FC Lokomotiv Saratov 28 8 11 9 39 32 +7 27
9 RUS FC Spartak Leningrad 28 11 5 12 43 48 −5 27[b]
10 UKR FC Spartak Kherson 28 5 14 9 31 35 −4 24
11 UKR FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk 28 9 6 13 35 46 −11 24
12 RUS FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk 28 8 8 12 26 41 −15 24
13 RUS FC Torpedo Vladimir 28 6 9 13 26 36 −10 21[b]
14 RUS FC Trud Ryazan 28 4 5 19 20 53 −33 13[b]
15 MDA FC Lokomotiv Bendery 28 3 5 20 19 75 −56 11[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Trud Voronezh was called Krylya Sovetov.
  2. ^ a b c d +

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
9   Russian SFSR FC Trud Voronezh, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Iskra Kazan, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Lipetsk, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Trud Ryazan
5   Ukrainian SSR FC Avangard Nikolaev, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk
1   Moldavian SSR FC Lokomotiv Bendery

II Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad 28 19 6 3 55 19 +36 44
2 RUS FC Trud Glukhovo 28 13 11 4 41 23 +18 37
3 UKR FC Avangard Kharkov 28 13 11 4 40 26 +14 37
4 UKR FC Kolhospnik Cherkassy 28 14 8 6 36 24 +12 36
5 UKR FC Arsenal Kiev 28 13 8 7 49 37 +12 34[a]
6 UKR FC Zvezda Kirovograd 28 11 10 7 42 21 +21 32
7 BLR FC Spartak Minsk 28 13 5 10 33 28 +5 31
8 RUS FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk[b] 28 9 11 8 24 23 +1 29
9 UKR FC Avangard Zhitomir 28 9 9 10 41 34 +7 27[a]
10 RUS FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 28 9 8 11 33 39 −6 26
11 RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk 28 6 13 9 42 50 −8 25
12 UKR FC Avangard Krivoi Rog 28 7 5 16 24 51 −27 19[a]
13 RUS FC Trud Tula 28 5 8 15 26 44 −18 18[a]
14 UKR FC Kolhospnik Poltava 28 6 6 16 23 46 −23 18
15 BLR FC Lokomotiv Gomel 28 0 7 21 17 61 −44 7[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e +
  2. ^ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk was called Trud.

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
7   Ukrainian SSR FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Kolgospnik Cherkassy, FC Arsenal Kiev, FC Zirka Kirovograd, FC Avangard Zhitomir, FC Avangard Krivoi Rog, FC Kolgospnik Poltava
6   Russian SFSR FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Trud Glukhovo, FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk, FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk, FC Trud Tula
2   Belarusian SSR FC Spartak Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel

III Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 ARM FC Spartak Yerevan 26 16 9 1 41 18 +23 41
2 RUS FC Terek Grozny 26 14 7 5 35 23 +12 35
3 RUS FC Torpedo Taganrog 26 14 5 7 35 25 +10 33
4 ARM FC Shirak Leninakan 26 10 8 8 32 27 +5 28
5 RUS FC Kuban Krasnodar 26 10 8 8 35 32 +3 28
6 GEO FC Torpedo Kutaisi[a] 26 11 6 9 36 34 +2 28
7 GEO FC SKVO Tbilisi 26 12 3 11 51 41 +10 27
8 RUS FC RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 26 10 5 11 46 38 +8 25
9 RUS FC Spartak Stavropol 26 9 5 12 30 35 −5 23
10 RUS FC Spartak Nalchik 26 8 6 12 30 40 −10 22[b]
11 GEO FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi 26 8 5 13 39 45 −6 21[b]
12 AZE FC Neftyanik Baku 26 7 6 13 25 38 −13 20
13 RUS FC Temp Makhachkala 26 5 7 14 20 38 −18 17
14 AZE FC Textilshchik Kirovabad 26 7 2 17 31 52 −21 16[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Torpedo Kutaisi was called Lokomotiv.
  2. ^ a b c +

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
7   Russian SFSR FC Terek Grozny, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Spartak Stavropol, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Temp Makhachkala
3   Georgian SSR FC Torpedo Kutaisi, SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
2   Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan, FC Shirak Leninakan
2   Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftianik Baku, FC Tekstilschik Kirovobad

IV Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UKR FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa 28 17 7 4 59 30 +29 41
2 RUS FC Baltika Kaliningrad 28 17 6 5 58 27 +31 40
3 UKR SKVO Odessa 28 16 4 8 41 26 +15 36
4 UKR FC Chernomorets Odessa 28 15 4 9 40 25 +15 34
5 LTU Spartak Vilnius 28 14 6 8 38 31 +7 34
6 UKR SKVO Lvov 28 14 5 9 48 27 +21 33
7 UKR FC Spartak Uzhgorod 28 12 5 11 34 34 0 29
8 EST Dinamo Tallinn 28 11 6 11 37 35 +2 28
9 UKR FC Kolhospnyk Rovno 28 8 8 12 49 49 0 24
10 UKR SKCF Sevastopol 28 9 5 14 31 46 −15 23
11 LVA FC Daugava Riga 28 7 7 14 32 44 −12 21
12 UKR FC Avangard Simferopol 28 6 9 13 20 38 −18 21
13 BLR FC Urozhai Minsk 28 7 6 15 25 46 −21 20
14 UKR FC Spartak Stanislav 28 7 4 17 26 53 −27 18
15 UKR FC Avangard Ternopol 28 6 6 16 23 50 −27 18[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
10   Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, SKVO Odessa, FC Chernomorets Odessa, SKVO Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Rovno, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Avangard Simferopol, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Avangard Ternopol
1   Russian SFSR FC Baltika Kaliningrad
1   Lithuanian SSR FC Spartak Vilnius
1   Estonian SSR FC Dinamo Tallinn
1   Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
1   Belarusian SSR FC Urozhai Minsk

V Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RUS FC Admiralteyets Leningrad 26 13 10 3 53 27 +26 36[a]
2 RUS FC Volga Kalinin 26 15 6 5 58 31 +27 36
3 RUS FC Zenit Izhevsk 26 14 6 6 48 33 +15 34
4 UKR FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk 26 15 3 8 55 31 +24 33
5 UKR FC Lokomotiv Stalino 26 15 3 8 58 42 +16 33
6 UKR FC Shakhtyor Kadiyevka 26 10 8 8 29 28 +1 28
7 RUS FC Traktor Stalingrad 26 10 6 10 46 39 +7 26
8 RUS FC Torpedo Gorkiy 26 9 7 10 39 37 +2 25
9 RUS FC Raketa Gorkiy 26 7 8 11 33 39 −6 22
10 RUS FC Spartak Ulyanovsk[b] 26 9 3 14 36 53 −17 21
11 RUS FC Textilshchik Ivanovo 26 5 9 12 29 45 −16 19
12 UKR FC Shakhtyor Gorlovka 26 7 5 14 25 47 −22 19[c]
13 RUS FC Energiya Volzhskiy 26 6 7 13 24 50 −26 19
14 RUS FC Shakhtyor Shakhty 26 5 3 18 29 60 −31 13
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ Spartak Ulyanovsk was called Dinamo.
  3. ^ +

Play-Off for 1st place

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[in Rostov-na-Donu]
  • Admiralteyets Leningrad 4-1 Volga Kalinin

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
10   Russian SFSR FC Admiralteyets Leningrad, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Traktor Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Raketa Gorkiy, FC Spartak Ulyanovsk, FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Energia Volzhskiy, FC Shakhter Shakhty
4   Ukrainian SSR FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Lokomotiv Stalino, FC Shakhter Kadievka, FC Shakhter Gorlovka

VI Zone

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 TJK FC Pamir Leninabad 26 16 4 6 41 34 +7 36
2 RUS FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk 26 13 6 7 51 29 +22 32
3 RUS FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk 26 15 2 9 46 31 +15 32
4 UZB FC Pahtakor Tashkent 26 13 6 7 40 33 +7 32
5 RUS FC Zvezda Perm 26 13 5 8 41 31 +10 31
6 KAZ FC Kayrat Alma-Ata 26 11 8 7 46 37 +9 30
7 UZB FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent 26 11 7 8 33 28 +5 29
8 KGZ FC Spartak Frunze 26 8 10 8 36 36 0 26
9 RUS FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil 26 9 6 11 44 36 +8 24
10 RUS FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 26 7 6 13 34 40 −6 20
11 KAZ FC Shakhtyor Karaganda 26 8 4 14 36 49 −13 20
12 TKM FC Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 26 9 2 15 36 51 −15 20
13 RUS FC Stroitel Ufa[a] 26 7 5 14 25 39 −14 19
14 TJK FC Hosilot Stalinabad 26 6 1 19 26 61 −35 13
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Stroitel Ufa was called Devon.

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
6   Russian SFSR FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Stroitel Ufa
2   Tajik SSR FC Pamir Leninabad, FC Khosilot Stalinabad
2   Uzbek SSR FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent
2   Kazakh SSR FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda
1   Kyrgyz SSR FC Spartak Frunze
1   Turkmen SSR FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad

VII Zone

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[All teams are from Russian Federation] 

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC SKVO Sverdlovsk 26 17 5 4 64 24 +40 39
2 FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 26 17 5 4 50 20 +30 39
3 FC SKVO Khabarovsk 26 14 8 4 39 23 +16 36
4 FC Khimik Kemerovo 26 14 5 7 56 38 +18 33
5 FC SibSelMash Novosibirsk 26 12 6 8 47 37 +10 30
6 FC Irtysh Omsk 26 11 5 10 35 44 −9 27
7 FC Metallurg Stalinsk 26 10 6 10 33 35 −2 26
8 FC Urozhai Barnaul 26 11 3 12 43 39 +4 25
9 FC SibElectroMotor Tomsk[a] 26 9 6 11 41 50 −9 24
10 FC Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure 26 7 9 10 21 31 −10 23
11 FC Energiya Irkutsk 26 8 6 12 30 34 −4 22
12 FC SKVO Chita 26 6 3 17 22 52 −30 15
13 FC Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 26 5 4 17 23 52 −29 14
14 FC Luch Vladivostok 26 5 1 20 25 50 −25 11
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ SibElectroMotor Tomsk was called Tomich.

Play-Off for 1st place

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[in Rostov-na-Donu]
  • SKVO Sverdlovsk 4-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk

Promotion

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RSFSR

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One team was to be promoted so all four group winners contested it in short tournament.

[for Russian Federation]
[Nov 6-10, Grozny] 

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Admiralteyets Leningrad 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 5[a]
2 FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
3 FC Trud Voronezh 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 3
4 FC SKVO Sverdlovsk 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -

Other union republics

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Ukraine
Belarus
  • There was formed new team Belarus based on better players from all Class B teams.
Estonia
  • The new team Kalev Tallinn promoted ahead of Dinamo Tallinn.
Latvia
  • Daugava Riga gained direct promotion.
Lithuania
  • Spartak Vilnius gained direct promotion.
Armenia
  • Spartak Yerevan gained direct promotion.
Azerbaijan
  • Neftyanik Baku gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.
Uzbekistan
  • Pakhtakor Tashkent gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.
Kazakhstan
  • Kairat Alma-Ata gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.

See also

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