1956 in Soviet football

The 1956 Soviet football championship was the 24th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 18th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1956
Men's football
Class ASpartak Moscow
Class BSpartak Minsk (Group I)
Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II)
Soviet Cupnone
Soviet Union

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Class ASpartak Moscow (6)Dinamo Moscow
Class BSpartak Minsk (Group I)Torpedo Taganrog (Group I)
Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II)ODO Tbilisi (Group II)
Soviet Cup N/A N/A

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

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1956 Soviet Top League

Class A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 22 15 4 3 68 28 +40 34 League champions
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 22 10 8 4 45 31 +14 28
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CDSA Moscow 22 10 5 7 40 32 +8 25
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kiev 22 7 10 5 32 31 +1 24
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 22 8 7 7 40 37 +3 23
6 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Burevestnik Kishinyov 22 9 5 8 38 49 −11 23
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtyor Stalino 22 7 7 8 30 39 −9 21
8 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Tbilisi 22 8 4 10 42 46 −4 20
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 22 4 11 7 27 43 −16 19
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 22 5 8 9 38 28 +10 18
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ODO Sverdlovsk (R) 22 6 4 12 31 45 −14 16 Relegation to Class B
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad (R) 22 3 7 12 25 47 −22 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Class B
Further information: 1956 Soviet Class B

Group I
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 BLR Spartak Minsk 34 18 11 5 45 26 +19 47[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS Torpedo Taganrog 34 18 10 6 65 33 +32 46[lower-alpha 2]
3 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 34 21 4 9 54 35 +19 46
4 RUS Shakhtyor Mosbass[lower-alpha 3] 34 19 6 9 56 36 +20 44
5 UKR ODO Lvov 34 16 9 9 49 25 +24 41
6 UKR ODO Kiev 34 15 9 10 43 27 +16 39
7 RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino 34 14 10 10 51 33 +18 38
8 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 34 13 10 11 37 36 +1 36
9 LTU Spartak Vilnius 34 12 11 11 51 29 +22 35
10 UKR Avangard Kharkov 34 14 7 13 40 44 −4 35[lower-alpha 2]
11 EST Dinamo Tallinn 34 11 10 13 36 44 −8 32
12 UKR Spartak Stanislav 34 12 6 16 49 57 −8 30[lower-alpha 2]
13 UKR Spartak Uzhgorod 34 7 15 12 28 33 −5 29
14 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 34 10 9 15 40 58 −18 29
15 UKR Pishchevik Odessa 34 8 10 16 40 57 −17 26
16 LVA Daugava Riga 34 9 8 17 27 48 −21 26
17 RUS Spartak Kalinin 34 8 9 17 27 48 −21 25
18 RUS ODO Petrozavodsk 34 2 4 28 20 89 −69 8[lower-alpha 2]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -
  2. +
  3. Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.

Group II
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 34 26 5 3 84 19 +65 57[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 GEO ODO Tbilisi 34 24 7 3 98 32 +66 55
3 ARM Spartak Yerevan 34 18 10 6 72 27 +45 46
4 RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar 34 19 4 11 70 52 +18 42
5 AZE Neftyanik Baku 34 16 7 11 71 53 +18 39
6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh 34 13 13 8 40 34 +6 39
7 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 34 16 6 12 55 48 +7 38
8 RUS Zenit Izhevsk 34 13 12 9 50 49 +1 38[lower-alpha 2]
9 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 34 12 9 13 35 39 −4 33
10 RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk 34 12 7 15 37 41 −4 31
11 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 34 12 7 15 45 52 −7 31
12 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 34 11 8 15 59 50 +9 30
13 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent[lower-alpha 3] 34 12 6 16 44 53 −9 30
14 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 34 10 10 14 40 53 −13 30
15 KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata[lower-alpha 4] 34 9 10 15 41 52 −11 28
16 KGZ Spartak Frunze 34 6 8 20 30 75 −45 20[lower-alpha 2]
17 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 34 6 6 22 28 75 −47 18[lower-alpha 2]
18 TJK Kolhozchi Stalinabad 28 1 5 22 22 117 −95 7[lower-alpha 2]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -
  2. +
  3. Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
  4. Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.

Top goalscorers

Class A

  • Vasiliy Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk) – 17 goals

References
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