1945 Soviet First League

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The 1945 Soviet First League was the first post-war season and the fifth since the establishing of the second tier. The tier was named the Second Group which before carried name Group B.

After the Great Patriotic War some team managed to preserve themselves since the last season which was played five years ago in 1940. The following teams returned to the league Spartak Leningrad, Pishchevik Odessa, Torpedo Gorky, Dinamo (Spartak) Yerevan. The rest 14 teams were newly formed. Notable is the fact that season saw participation of two teams from the Moscow Military District (VVS and MVO) both of which finished at the top of season table, yet missing a promotion after allowing Krylya Sovetov to squeeze by.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (P) 17 12 3 2 37 20 +17 27
2 VVS Moscow 17 9 6 2 32 12 +20 24
3 MVO Moscow 17 10 4 3 37 16 +21 24
4 DKA Tbilisi 17 8 7 2 22 15 +7 23
5 FC Stakhanovets Stalino 17 9 5 3 36 25 +11 23
6 FC Torpedo Gorky 17 8 4 5 43 30 +13 20
7 FC Pishchevik Odessa 17 9 1 7 26 22 +4 19
8 FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 17 5 6 6 31 27 +4 16
9 FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 17 7 2 8 33 30 +3 16
10 FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 17 7 1 9 23 32 −9 15
11 DKA Novosibirsk 17 7 0 10 21 27 −6 14
12 FC Dinamo Yerevan 17 5 4 8 24 31 −7 14
13 17 5 4 8 18 30 −12 14
14 FC Dinamo Baku 17 3 7 7 17 25 −8 13
15 KBF Leningrad 17 5 3 9 21 31 −10 13
16 FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 17 5 2 10 26 39 −13 12
17 FC Spartak Leningrad 17 4 2 11 23 40 −17 10
18 17 2 5 10 22 40 −18 9
Source: footballfacts.ru
(P) Promoted

Number of teams by republics[]

Number Union republics Team(s)
12  Russian SFSR VVS Moscow, MVO Moscow, , FC Spartak Leningrad,
FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, , FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, , FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk,
3  Ukrainian SSR FC Stakhanovets Stalino, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Lokomotiv Kharkov
1  Georgian SSR
1  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan
1  Azerbaijan SSR

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