1937 in Soviet football

The 1937 Soviet football championship was the 7th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1937
Men's football
Group ADinamo Moscow
Group BSpartak Leningrad
Soviet CupDinamo Moscow
Soviet Union

CDKA Moscow once again avoided relegation since the format for the next 1938 season changed again.

The defending champions Spartak, while defeating their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 0–0) this season, had a poor start in the first half losing to Metallurg and Dinamo Kiev and let Dinamo Moscow outperform them.

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Group ADinamo Moscow (2*)Spartak Moscow
Group BSpartak LeningradDinamo Rostov-na-Donu
Group VDinamo OdessaLokomotiv Kiev
Group GTraktor StalingradDKA Smolensk
Group DSpartak IvanovoLokomotiv Dnepropetrovsk
Cities of the EastDinamo CheliabinskDinamo Sverdlovsk
Soviet Cup Dinamo Moscow (1) Dinamo Tbilisi

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Cup
Main article: 1937 Soviet Cup

Dinamo Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 5–2 in the Soviet Cup final. Hat-trick was made by Mikhail Semichastny, while two goals for Georgians were scored by Berdzenishvili brothers.

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1937 Soviet Top League

Group A
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR Dynamo Moscow 16 8 6 2 37 20 1.850 38
2  Russian SFSR Spartak Moscow 16 8 5 3 24 16 1.500 37
3  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kiev 16 7 6 3 33 24 1.375 36
4  Georgian SSR Dynamo Tbilisi 16 7 4 5 30 24 1.250 34
5  Russian SFSR Metallurg Moscow 16 7 2 7 26 21 1.238 32
6  Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Moscow 16 5 5 6 18 20 0.900 31
7  Russian SFSR Dynamo Leningrad 16 2 9 5 21 25 0.840 29
8  Russian SFSR Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad 16 4 4 8 17 31 0.548 28
9  Russian SFSR CDKA Moscow 16 3 1 12 18 43 0.419 23
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Points awarded were 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss and none for a no appearance. In case of tie on points, there was used goal ratio for tiebreaker for any places beside the first and the last, for which was decided to conduct additional game.[1]

Group B
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad (P) 12 6 2 4 19 13 1.462 26
2  Russian SFSR FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (P) 12 6 2 4 19 14 1.357 26
3  Azerbaijan SSR FC Temp Baku (P) 12 6 1 5 19 14 1.357 25
4  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad (P) 12 5 3 4 22 18 1.222 25
5  Russian SFSR FC Stalinets Moscow (P) 12 5 3 4 16 17 0.941 25
6  Russian SFSR FC Torpedo Moscow (P) 12 4 4 4 16 18 0.889 24
7  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Kazan 12 1 3 8 11 28 0.393 17
8  Russian SFSR CDKA Moscow[lower-alpha 1] 2 1 1 0 3 2 1.500 5
Source:
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. CDKA was returned during the season to the Soviet Top League after playing two games in the season. Their results were scratched for this League this season.

Group V
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Ukrainian SSR FC Dynamo Odessa 9 7 0 2 23 11 2.091 23
2  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Kiev 9 6 0 3 20 13 1.538 21
3  Ukrainian SSR FC Stakhanovets Stalino 9 4 4 1 20 13 1.538 21
4  Ukrainian SSR FC Dynamo Dnepropetrovsk 9 5 1 3 18 15 1.200 20
5  Ukrainian SSR FC Traktor Kharkov 9 4 1 4 17 12 1.417 18
6  Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi 9 4 0 5 27 23 1.174 17
7  Ukrainian SSR FC Spartak Kharkov 9 4 0 5 15 21 0.714 17
8  Ukrainian SSR FC Selmash Kharkov 9 3 1 5 16 29 0.552 16
9  Ukrainian SSR FC Dynamo Kharkov 9 3 0 6 20 21 0.952 15
10  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Gorky 9 1 1 7 8 26 0.308 11[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -1 point?

Group G
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR FC Traktor Stalingrad 11 8 2 1 40 14 2.857 29
2  Russian SFSR DKA Smolensk 11 8 1 2 30 12 2.500 28
3  Russian SFSR FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow 11 6 3 2 28 19 1.474 26
4  Russian SFSR FC Burevestnik Moscow 11 6 1 4 33 20 1.650 24
5  Azerbaijan SSR FC Dinamo Baku 11 5 2 4 24 15 1.600 23
6  Ukrainian SSR FC Frunze Plant Kostiantynivka 11 6 0 5 23 25 0.920 23
7  Russian SFSR FC Kirov's Plant Leningrad 11 5 2 4 15 19 0.789 23
8  Uzbek SSR FC Dinamo Tashkent 11 4 3 4 16 21 0.762 22
9  Ukrainian SSR FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 11 3 4 4 20 27 0.741 21
10  Russian SFSR FC Torpedo Gorky 11 2 2 7 19 34 0.559 16[lower-alpha 1]
11  Azerbaijan SSR PFC Neftchi Baku 11 2 1 8 14 31 0.452 16
12  Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan 11 0 1 10 6 31 0.194 10[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Notes:
  1. The Torpedo Gorky was docked a point as it refused to play against the Tashkent team.
  2. The Yerevan's Club was docked two points for a failure to play a scheduled game against the Gorky's club and the club from Kostiantynivka.

Group D
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR FC Spartak Ivanovo 10 7 1 2 21 12 1.750 25
2  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk 10 5 4 1 22 15 1.467 24
3  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan 10 6 1 3 19 15 1.267 23
4  Russian SFSR FC Spartak Kalinin 10 5 3 2 14 13 1.077 23
5  Russian SFSR FC Metallurg Stalingrad 10 5 2 3 20 11 1.818 22
6  Azerbaijan SSR FC Lokomotiv Baku 10 5 0 5 17 19 0.895 20
7  Russian SFSR FC Dinamo Voronezh 10 2 4 4 8 10 0.800 18
8  Russian SFSR FC Dinamo Kirov 10 2 4 4 18 25 0.720 18
9  Byelorussian SSR FC Dinamo Minsk 10 2 3 5 20 21 0.952 17
10  Ukrainian SSR FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 10 3 2 5 9 14 0.643 17[lower-alpha 1]
11  Ukrainian SSR FC Spartak Kyiv 10 1 0 9 12 25 0.480 12
Source:
Notes:
  1. The Sudnobudivnyk was docked a point.

Cities of the East
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Sverdlovsk 6 4 1 1 38 8 4.750 15
2  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Cheliabinsk 6 4 1 1 23 6 3.833 15
3  Kazakh SSR FC Dinamo Alma-Ata 6 3 2 1 15 8 1.875 14
4  Russian SFSR FC Sudnostroitel Vladivostok 6 2 1 3 15 22 0.682 11
5  Russian SFSR FC Zolotoprofsoyuz Chita 6 2 0 4 11 24 0.458 10
6  Russian SFSR SKA Omsk 6 2 0 4 11 37 0.297 10
7  Russian SFSR FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 6 0 3 3 4 12 0.333 9
8  Russian SFSR FC Burevestnik Novosibirsk[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
9  Russian SFSR SKA Chita[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Burevestnik Novosibirsk and SKA Chita withdrew.

Top goalscorers

Group A

Group B

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics[2]

Football championships

Football cups
  • Azerbaijan SSR – Temp Baku
  • Armenian SSR – none
  • Belarusian SSR – none
  • Georgian SSR – none
  • Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Karaganda
  • Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
  • Russian SFSR – none
  • Tajik SSR – none
  • Turkmen SSR – DKA Ashkhabad
  • Uzbek SSR – none
  • Ukrainian SSR – Dynamo Kyiv (see 1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References
  1. 1937 ГОД. ТАБЛИЦЫ. КАЛЕНДАРИ. СОСТАВЫ КОМАНД. Luhansk Our Football (football.lg.ua).
  2. 1937 год. regional-football.ru
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