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1940 Soviet Top League
Following are the results of the 1940 Soviet Top League football championship. Standings Results Top scorers ;21 goals * Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow) * Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow) ;15 goals * Nikolay Dementyev (Dynamo Moscow) ;14 goals * Aleksandr Ponomarev (Traktor Stalingrad) ;13 goals * Gaioz Jejelava (Dinamo Tbilisi) * Pavel Kornilov (Spartak Moscow) * Viktor Semyonov (Spartak Moscow) * Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow) ;12 goals * Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) ;11 goals * Viktor Berezhnoy (Dinamo Tbilisi) References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{1940–41 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
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Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level of football competition among clubs was established in 1936 on proposition of Nikolai Starostin and was approved by the All-Union Council of Physical Culture. Originally it was named Group A. After World War II it became known as the First Group. In 1950, after another reform of football in the Soviet Union, the First Group was replaced with Class A. By 1970, the Class A had expanded to three tiers with the top tier known as the Higher Group which in 1971 was renamed into the Higher League. It was one of the best football leagues in Europe, ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988–89 seasons. Three of its representatives reached the finals of the European club tournaments on four occasions: FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dinamo Tbilisi, and F ...
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FC Torpedo Moscow
Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Premier League, the top tier of Russian football, for the 2022–23 season. Their colours are white and black, with green also commonly being associated with the club. They play their home games at Eduard Streltsov Stadium, but have been playing at Luzhniki Stadium since their home stadium began a reconstruction project in 2021. The new stadium is designed by the architects Michel REMON and Alexis PEYER from the French office MR&A. Torpedo are historically one of the big Moscow clubs who enjoyed great domestic success during the Soviet era. In recent history, however, the club has suffered from financial troubles and poor management which has seen them drop down the divisions. A top flight club since 1938, Torpedo were relegated for the ...
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Boris Paichadze
Boris Paichadze ( ka, ბორის პაიჭაძე, ; russian: Борис Соломонович Пайчадзе; 3 February 1915 – 9 October 1990) was a Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him. In 2001, he was voted the best Georgian football player of the 20th century. Career Born in Chokhatauri, Paichadze's family moved to Poti when he was 7 years old. He started playing career in some local youth football clubs there. During these times, football was just making its first steps in Georgia and there was only a few clubs established. However, every city had its own selection of footballers. Paichadze joined the team of Poti at the age of 16. Paichadze was invited to Dinamo Tbilisi in 1936 by coach Jules Limbeck. He made his debut in Soviet Top League during that season, being able to score 13 goals in 12 games. Paichadze later declared that it was Limbeck, wh ...
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Mikhail Semichastny
Mikhail Vasilyevich Semichastny (russian: Михаил Васильевич Семичастный; born December 5, 1910, in Perlovka, now part of Mytishchi, Russia; died August 30, 1978 in Moscow) was a Soviet professional football player and coach. Honours * Soviet Top League top scorer: 1936 (spring), 6 goals. * Soviet Top League champion: 1936 (spring), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1936 (autumn), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950. * Soviet Top League bronze (as a manager): 1953. * Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ... winner: 1937. External links * 1910 births People from Mytishchi 1978 deaths Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Russian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Top League players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Dynamo Mo ...
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Viktor Semyonov
Viktor Semyonovich Semyonov (born 28 June 1949) is a Soviet racewalker. He competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1949 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet male racewalkers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing (living people) Russian male racewalkers Sportspeople from Chuvashia Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Russian athletics coaches People from Alikovsky District {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Pavel Kornilov
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Tuchlin (1946–1987), Polish serial killer *Pavel (film director), an Indian Bengali film director * Surname *Ágoston Pável Ágoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (28 August 1886, Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia – 2 January 1946, Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian. Ed ... (1886–1946), Hungarian Slovene writer, poet, ethnologist, linguist and historian *Andrei Pavel (born 1974), Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player *Claudia Pavel (born 1984), Romanian pop singer and dancer also known as Claudia Cream *Elisabet ...
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Gaioz Jejelava
Gaioz Jejelava ( ka, გაიოზ ჯეჯელავა) (born 29 December 1914 in Tbilisi; died 16 March 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian football player. Jejelava, a skillful winger, was one of the leaders of Dinamo Tbilisi alongside Boris Paichadze during 11 years spell with the club. Later Jejelava managed VVS Moscow and Dinamo Tbilisi, but without any success, spending two seasons with each of the clubs. Jejelava died in March 2005, in Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the .... References External links *Footballfacts Profile*Allfutbolist Profile*Profile at National Parliamentary Library of Georgia 1914 births 2005 deaths Soviet footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) Association football wingers FC Dinamo Tbilisi players ...
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Aleksandr Ponomarev
Oleksandr Ponomariov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Пономарёв; ua, Олександр Семенович Пономарьов 23 April 1918 – 7 June 1973) was a Soviet Ukrainian football player and manager. Career Ponomarev was born in Horlivka (near Donetsk), Ukrainian People's Republic. As a player, in the course of his career, he won the Soviet Cup in 1949 with Torpedo Moscow, and scored 152 goals in the Soviet Top League. He was the top scorer of the league in 1946. He spent the last two seasons of his playing career in Shakhtar Stalino where he captained the team to the third place in the Soviet Top League in 1951 (the highest achievement of the team so far). In 1953 he started his manager career in Shakhtar Stalino. He helped the club win the Soviet First League in 1954 (earning them promotion back to the top league). In 1960-1961 he managed Avangard Kharkov, under him the club finished 6th in the Soviet Top League in 1961, their highe ...
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Nikolay Dementyev (footballer, Born 1915)
Nikolay Timofeyevich Dementyev (russian: Николай Тимофеевич Дементьев; 27 July 1915 – 5 June 1994) was a Soviet and Russian football striker and a coach. Career In 1929, he began his playing career in the team works S. Khalturin Factory in Leningrad. Then he performed in Leningrad clubs Dynamo, Spartak and DKA. In 1940 he moved to Dynamo Moscow. After the Great Patriotic War in 1946 he was a player of Spartak Leningrad. In 1954 he finished his playing career. On 24 May 1952, he debuted in the representation of the Soviet Union in an unofficial match against Hungary (1–1). He played a total of 8 unofficial games for the USSR. In 1956 he started his coaching. He first worked with youth in FSzM Moscow. From 1959, he helped train Spartak Moscow. In the years 1965–66 he managed Karpaty Lviv. Then again he helped train Spartak Moscow and Karpaty Lviv. In the years 1967–68 he led FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольн ...
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Sergei Solovyov (footballer)
Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Соловьёв; born 9 March 1915; died 11 February 1967) was a Soviet professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1939 for FC Dynamo Leningrad. He also played ice hockey and bandy professionally. Honours * Most league goals ever for FC Dynamo Moscow: 135. * Soviet Top League top scorer: 1940, 1948. * Soviet Top League champion: 1940, 1945, 1949. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1952. * Soviet Cup finalist: 1945, 1949, 1950. * Soviet Hockey League The Soviet Hockey Championship (russian: Чемпионат СССР по хоккею) was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, i ... champion: 1947. * Soviet bandy champion: 1951, 1952. References 1915 births 1967 deaths P ...
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Grigory Fedotov
Grigory Ivanovich Fedotov (29 March 1916 – 8 December 1957) was a Soviet Union, Soviet professional association football, football player and manager. Personal life His son was fellow player Vladimir Fedotov. External linksProfile
at Footballfacts.ru 1916 births 1957 deaths People from Noginsk Soviet footballers Russian footballers PFC CSKA Moscow players Soviet Top League players Association footballers not categorized by position Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{Russia-footy-bio-stub ...
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FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways. History Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of Lokomotiv sports society. The club won Georgian championship in 1937, which gave them the permission to participate in USSR Top League. Their debut season in the highest level of the Soviet football championship came in 1938, where the club took 24th place out of 26 and got relegated. However, the Tbilisi-based club managed to get another promotion during the following season and participated in 1940 Soviet Top League. But they were eventually disqualified from the tournament. These were the only seasons when Locomotive managed to take part in the top league. From the following years until the dissolution of USSR, the club moved between the lower divisions, played in the second the thir ...
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