1947 Vtoraya Gruppa

The 1947 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 8th season in the 2nd tier football competitions in the Soviet Union.

Vtoraya Gruppa
Season1947
DatesRegional groups: 16 May – 17 September
Final group: 28 September – 14 October
ChampionsLokomotiv Moscow
← 1946
1948 →

The number of participating teams almost tripled compared to the last season and increased again from 26 to 67 which were split into six groups. There were created three groups for the Russian SFSR, one for the Ukrainian SSR, one group of Transcaucasian union republics and one group for the Central Asian union republics. The smaller republics of Baltics along with Belarus competed in of the groups designated for the Russian SFSR, known as the Central Group, while the Moldavian representative took part along with Ukrainian teams. In this championship participated at least one team from almost all of the union republics of the Soviet Union except for the Karelo-Finnish SSR. The Karelo-Finish teams really struggled placing dead last in preceding republican qualification tournament.

Six group winners qualified for the Final Group which determined the season's winner.

Lokomotiv Moscow won the championship in the Vtoraya Gruppa.

Teams

Relegated teams
  • none

Many teams were promoted to the league that took part in republican competitions of the 1946 season. With asterisk identified teams that did not take part in the 1946 season last year.

Returning teams
  • FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk – Third placed in the 1946 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR (returning, last played in 1937)
  • FC Dzerzhinets Leningrad – (returning, last played in 1940)
  • FC Dinamo Kazan – (returning, last played in 1939)
  • FC Dinamo Baku – (returning, last played in 1945)
  • FC Spartak Yerevan – (returning, last played in 1940)

First appearance

Qualifying stage

Central Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lokomotiv Moscow 28 21 3 4 56 22 +34 45 Qualified to Final Group
2 MVO Moscow 28 21 2 5 58 20 +38 44
3 Dynamo Riga 28 16 6 6 70 38 +32 38
4 VMS Moscow 28 15 5 8 46 36 +10 35
5 Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 28 13 5 10 61 46 +15 31
6 Burevestnik Moscow 28 13 5 10 52 45 +7 31 Relegation
7 DO Leningrad 28 10 10 8 26 27 −1 30
8 Dynamo Vilnius 28 13 2 13 55 47 +8 28
9 Metro Moscow 28 9 9 10 32 41 −9 27
10 Spartak Leningrad 28 9 7 12 35 38 −3 25
11 Kalev Tallinn 28 7 9 12 30 57 −27 23
12 Pishchevik Moscow 28 8 6 14 37 45 −8 22 Relegation
13 Dzerzhynets Leningrad 28 8 2 18 34 50 −16 18
14 Sudostroitel Leningrad 28 5 8 15 24 53 −29 18
15 DO Minsk 28 1 3 24 15 66 −51 5
Source: rsssf.com

Russian Zone 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Torpedo Gorky 22 15 7 0 58 20 +38 37 Qualified to Final Group
2 Dynamo Saratov 22 12 4 6 54 41 +13 28
3 Zenit Izhevsk 22 11 3 8 53 43 +10 25
4 Kirkizh Plant Kovrov 22 10 5 7 45 39 +6 25
5 Torpedo Ulyanovsk 22 10 5 7 32 30 +2 25 Relegation
6 Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo 22 9 4 9 54 34 +20 22
7 Dynamo Kazan 22 8 3 11 34 30 +4 19
8 Khimik Dzerzhynsk 22 8 3 11 30 53 −23 19
9 Kalinin Plant Kaliningrad 22 7 4 11 38 45 −7 18
10 Torpedo Yaroslavl 22 5 7 10 24 37 −13 17 Relegation
11 Traktor Kuibyshev 22 5 7 10 26 50 −24 17
12 Krylia Sovetov Ufa 22 4 4 14 34 60 −26 12
Source: rsssf.com

Russian Zone 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 18 15 1 2 62 6 +56 31 Qualified to Final Group
2 ODO Novosibirsk 18 11 5 2 35 16 +19 27
3 Krylia Sovetov Molotov 18 9 6 3 43 24 +19 24
4 Dynamo Chelyabinsk 18 10 1 7 35 27 +8 21
5 ODO Sverdlovsk 18 9 2 7 33 20 +13 20
6 Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil 18 8 2 8 28 40 −12 18
7 Dynamo Sverdlovsk 18 6 3 9 27 35 −8 15
8 z-d imeni Baranova Omsk 18 6 2 10 26 41 −15 14
9 Avangard Sverdlovsk 18 3 3 12 19 46 −27 9
10 Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk 18 0 1 17 11 64 −53 1 Relegation
Source: rsssf.com

Ukraine

The zone was formed from the 5 teams of the 1946 Vtoraya Gruppa season competing in the Southern Zone and top-8 of the 1946 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR. Only instead of Spartak Kyiv, there was admitted Moldavian representative Dynamo Kishenev (possibly based on Spartak Kishenev).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q) 24 19 4 1 60 23 +37 42 Qualified to Final Group
2 Shakhtyor Stalino 24 15 4 5 48 19 +29 34
3 Pishchevik Odessa 24 14 5 5 44 21 +23 33
4 Stal Dnepropetrovsk 24 11 8 5 54 35 +19 30
5 ODO Kiev 24 13 1 10 56 34 +22 27
6 Spartak Lvov 24 11 4 9 47 41 +6 26
7 Spartak Kherson 24 11 3 10 40 46 −6 25
8 Spartak Uzhgorod 24 9 3 12 42 41 +1 21
9 Dzerzhynets Kharkov 24 9 3 12 43 47 −4 21
10 Sudostroitel Nikolayev 24 7 5 12 35 53 −18 19
11 Dynamo Voroshilovgrad 24 5 4 15 32 55 −23 14
12 Bolshevik Zaporozhie (R) 24 5 1 18 26 72 −46 11 Relegation
13 Dynamo Kishenev 24 2 5 17 21 61 −40 9
Source: rsssf.com
(Q) Qualified for finals; (R) Relegated

Caucasus Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ODO Tbilisi 14 9 3 2 35 16 +19 21 Qualified to Final Group
2 Dynamo Yerevan 14 8 4 2 34 19 +15 20
3 Lokomotiv Tbilisi 14 7 4 3 29 17 +12 18
4 Neftyanik Baku 14 6 3 5 28 21 +7 15
5 Krylia Sovetov Tbilisi 14 6 2 6 20 27 −7 14 Replaced with Spartak Tbilisi
6 Dynamo Rostov-on-Don 14 5 3 6 19 20 −1 13
7 Dynamo Baku 14 3 1 10 18 32 −14 7
8 Spartak Yerevan 14 1 2 11 25 56 −31 4
Source: rsssf.com

Central Asia Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dynamo Stalinabad 16 12 1 3 42 12 +30 25 Qualified to Final Group
2 Dynamo Alma-Ata 16 9 5 2 44 18 +26 23
3 Dynamo Tashkent 16 9 2 5 28 13 +15 20
4 Lokomotiv Ashkhabad 16 8 4 4 37 24 +13 20
5 Dynamo Frunze 16 8 4 4 34 21 +13 20
6 ODO Tashkent 16 6 4 6 26 23 +3 16
7 Spartak Alma-Ata 16 4 2 10 21 47 −26 10
8 Zenit Frunze 16 2 5 9 10 32 −22 9
9 Spartak Tashkent 16 0 1 15 6 58 −52 1
Source: rsssf.com

Final stage

The final stage was conducting in Moscow September 28 – October 14. Participants played on stadiums Dynamo and Stalinets.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lokomotiv Moscow (H, C) 5 4 1 0 11 4 +7 9 Promoted to the 1948 Pervaya Gruppa
2 Torpedo Gorky 5 2 3 0 6 3 +3 7
3 Lokomotiv Kharkov 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 7
4 Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk 5 1 1 3 8 10 −2 3
5 Dynamo Stalinabad 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 3
6 ODO Tbilisi 5 0 1 4 3 8 −5 1
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Number of teams by republics
Number Union republics Team(s)
34  Russian SFSRFC Lokomotiv Moscow, MVO Moscow, VMS Moscow, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow, FC Burevestnik Moscow, DO Leningrad, FC Metro Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Dzerzhinets Leningrad, FC Sudostroitel Leningrad
FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Dinamo Saratov, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Kirkizh Plant Kovrov, FC Torpedo Ulyanovsk, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan, FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Kalinin Plant Kaliningrad, FC Torpedo Yaroslavl, FC Traktor Kuibyshev, FC Krylia Sovetov Ufa, FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, ODO Novosibirsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Dinamo Chelyabinsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil, FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Omsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk, FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu
12  Ukrainian SSRFC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, ODO Kiev, FC Spartak Lvov, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Dzerzhinets Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Dinamo Voroshilovgrad, FC Bolshevik Zaporozhye
3  Georgian SSRODO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Krylia Sovetov Tbilisi
3  Uzbek SSRFC Dinamo Tashkent, ODO Tashkent, FC Spartak Tashkent
2  Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku, FC Dinamo Baku
2  Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan, FC Spartak Yerevan
2  Kazakh SSRFC Dinamo Alma-Ata, FC Spartak Alma-Ata
2  Kyrgyz SSRFC Dinamo Frunze, FC Zenit Frunze
1  Latvian SSRFC Dinamo Riga
1  Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn
1  Belarusian SSRDO Minsk
1  Lithuanian SSRFC Dinamo Vilnius
1  Moldavian SSRFC Dinamo Kishinev
1  Tajik SSRFC Dinamo Stalinabad
1  Turkmen SSRFC Lokomotiv Ashkhabat

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