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.

• Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
• Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
• Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
• Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
• Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
• Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
• Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
• Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
• Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
• FC Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
• Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
• Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)

Promoted

• Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
• Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
• Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
• Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
• Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
• Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
• Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
• Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
• Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
• Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
• Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)

League standings

Pos	Republic	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russian SFSR	Krylya Sovetov Moscow (P)	22	17	2	3	52	19	+33	36
2	Georgian SSR	Lokomotiv Tbilisi (P)	22	13	7	2	44	23	+21	33
3	Russian SFSR	Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (R)	22	11	7	4	43	28	+15	29
4	Russian SFSR	Pischevik Moscow	22	12	4	6	53	29	+24	28
5	Azerbaijan SSR	Temp Baku	22	12	4	6	29	19	+10	28
6	Russian SFSR	Spartak Leningrad	22	11	5	6	46	27	+19	27
7	Ukrainian SSR	Dinamo Kharkov	22	10	7	5	43	31	+12	27
8	Russian SFSR	Burevestnik Moscow	22	10	6	6	38	28	+10	26
9	Ukrainian SSR	FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev	22	9	7	6	40	38	+2	25
10	Ukrainian SSR	Selmash Kharkov	22	10	4	8	38	25	+13	24
11	Ukrainian SSR	Lokomotiv Kiev	22	11	2	9	40	33	+7	24
12	Russian SFSR	Torpedo Gorkiy	22	9	6	7	37	38	−1	24
13	Georgian SSR	Dinamo Batumi (R)	22	8	7	7	37	32	+5	23
14	Armenian SSR	Spartak Yerevan	22	9	3	10	26	33	−7	21
15	Ukrainian SSR	Stal Dnepropetrovsk (R)	22	6	7	9	27	37	−10	19
16	Ukrainian SSR	Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad (R)	22	8	3	11	37	51	−14	19
17	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Moscow (R)	22	6	6	10	32	42	−10	18
18	Ukrainian SSR	Spartak Kharkov (R)	22	8	1	13	35	45	−10	17
19	Russian SFSR	Osnova Ivanovo (R)	22	6	2	14	34	45	−11	14
20	Russian SFSR	Avangard Leningrad	22	5	4	13	26	44	−18	14
21	Byelorussian SSR	Spartak Minsk (R)	22	4	3	15	28	70	−42	11
22	Russian SFSR	Zenit Leningrad[a]	22	3	4	15	28	46	−18	10
23	Russian SFSR	Dinamo Kazan (R)	22	4	1	17	20	50	−30	9

Top scorers

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
11	Russian SFSR	FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Stalinets Moscow, FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Zenit Leningrad FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Osnova Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan
7	Ukrainian SSR	FC Dinamo Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Selmash Kharkov, FC Lokomotiv Kiev, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad, FC Spartak Kharkov
2	Georgian SSR	FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi
1	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Temp Baku
1	Armenian SSR	FC Spartak Yerevan
1	Belarusian SSR	FC Spartak Minsk

See also

• 1939 Soviet Top League

External links

• 1939 Gruppa B. RSSSF