1939 Soviet First League
The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.
Teams
Relegated
There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.
- Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
- Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)
- Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
- Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
- Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
- Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
- Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
- Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
- Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
- Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
- Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
- Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
Promoted
- Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
- Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
- Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)
- Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
- Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
- Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
- Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
- Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
- Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
- Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
- Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
League Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD | Pts |
Rpblc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 19 | 33 | 36 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 33 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 3 | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R) | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 29 | |
| 4 | Pischevik Moscow | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 28 | |
| 5 | Temp Baku | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 28 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 6 | Spartak Leningrad | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 27 | |
| 7 | Dinamo Kharkov | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 27 |  |
| 8 | Burevestnik Moscow | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 26 | |
| 9 | FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 25 | |
| 10 | Selmash Kharkov | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 24 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Kiev | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 24 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Gorkiy | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 38 | -1 | 24 | |
| 13 | Dinamo Batumi (R) | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 23 | |
| 14 | Spartak Yerevan | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 21 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 15 | Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R) | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 37 | -10 | 19 | |
| 16 | Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 51 | -14 | 19 | |
| 17 | Stalinets Moscow (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 42 | -10 | 18 | |
| 18 | Spartak Kharkov (R) | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 45 | -10 | 17 | |
| 19 | Osnova Ivanovo (R) | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 45 | -11 | 14 | |
| 20 | Avangard Leningrad | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 14 | |
| 21 | Spartak Minsk (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 70 | -42 | 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 22 | Zenit Leningrad | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 46 | -18 | 10 | |
| 23 | Dinamo Kazan (R) | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 50 | -30 | 9 | |
Notes:
- FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai Korzunov | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu | 19 |
| 2 | Aleksei Kasimov | Pischevik Moscow | 16 |
| 3 | Viktor Osminkin | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 14 |
| 4 | Vasiliy Makarov | Dinamo Kharkov | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Andrenko | Selmash Kharkov | 11 |
| Yevgeniy Shelagin | Spartak Leningrad | 11 | |
| Matvei Yenushkov | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 11 | |
| Pyotr Yurchenko | Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad | 11 | |
See also
External links
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