1956 Soviet Top League

12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	22	15	4	3	68	28	+40	34	League champions
2	Dynamo Moscow	22	10	8	4	45	31	+14	28
3	CDSA Moscow	22	10	5	7	40	32	+8	25
4	Dynamo Kiev	22	7	10	5	32	31	+1	24
5	Torpedo Moscow	22	8	7	7	40	37	+3	23
6	Burevestnik Kishinyov	22	9	5	8	38	49	−11	23
7	Shakhtyor Stalino	22	7	7	8	30	39	−9	21
8	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	8	4	10	42	46	−4	20
9	Zenit Leningrad	22	4	11	7	27	43	−16	19
10	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	5	8	9	38	28	+10	18
11	(R)	22	6	4	12	31	45	−14	16	Relegation to Class B
12	(R)	22	3	7	12	25	47	−22	13

Top scorers[]

17 goals

• Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)

16 goals

• Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)

15 goals

• Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)

14 goals

• Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

• Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)

12 goals

• Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Ivan Mozer (Spartak Moscow)

9 goals

• (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• (Shakhtyor Stalino)
• (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• (Burevestnik Kishinyov)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)