1940 Soviet First League

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The 1940 Soviet football championship in Gruppa B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу в группе «Б») was fifth season of the (second tier) professional football competitions in the Soviet Union. It was also the second season after revival of the second tier competitions and the last season before the Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union with the ongoing World War II.

The season started on 2 May 1940 (following the International Workers' Day) with matches in Ukraine and the Caucasus republics. The season ended on 27 October 1940 in Kiev.

Teams[]

The league was reduced almost in half from 23 to 14 teams. The competitions were conducted in double round robin format where each team is playing with every other twice, at home and away.

Relegated[]

Two teams were relegated from the 1939 Gruppa A

  • FC Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad – 13th place (debut)
  • FC Dinamo Odessa – 14th place (debut, merged with Pischevik)
    • Former Dinamo Odessa players continued to play under Pischevik's colors, while Pischevik team discontinued its participation at republican level in Ukraine.

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Renamed[]

  • FC Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad was previously known as FC Elektrik Leningrad
  • FC Stroitel Baku was previously known as FC Temp Baku

League Standings[]

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad[a] (C, P) 26 15 5 6 54 36 +18 35
2  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad (P) 26 13 8 5 46 29 +17 34
3  Azerbaijan SSR 26 12 7 7 39 29 +10 31
4  Ukrainian SSR Dinamo Kharkov 26 12 5 9 44 37 +7 29
5  Ukrainian SSR Pischevik Odessa (P) 26 12 4 10 49 40 +9 28
6  Byelorussian SSR Dinamo Minsk (P) 26 10 6 10 42 41 +1 26
7  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotiv Kiev 26 11 4 11 33 34 −1 26
8  Ukrainian SSR Sudostroitel Nikolayev 26 9 8 9 25 31 −6 26
9  Russian SFSR Torpedo Gorkiy 26 8 9 9 44 47 −3 25
10  Russian SFSR 26 10 5 11 28 31 −3 25
11  Russian SFSR [a] 26 12 1 13 40 51 −11 25
12  Russian SFSR 26 7 6 13 31 40 −9 20
13  Ukrainian SSR Selmash Kharkov 26 6 5 15 41 53 −12 17
14  Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan 26 4 9 13 25 42 −17 17
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad and Avangard Leningrad were merged with Zenit Leningrad (Gruppa A) for the next season.

Top scorers[]

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Pischevik Odessa 15
2 Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad 14
Torpedo Gorkiy 14
4 Dinamo Kharkov 13
Pischevik Odessa 13
6 Spartak Leningrad 11
Dinamo Minsk 11
Dynamo Kyiv 11
9 Spartak Yerevan 10
Spartak Leningrad 10
Torpedo Gorkiy 10
Aleksandr Sevidov 10
Ivan Talanov 10
Pavel Vinkovatov Selmash Kharkov 10

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