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Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)'. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019 below the Soviet Top League. While the second tier competitions in football among "teams of masters" (an official term for the Soviet professional clubs) existed since 1936, the First League has been officially formed in 1971 out of the Class A First Group. It followed the transitional 1970 season when the Class A was expanded to three groups (Vysshaya Gruppa, Pervaya Gruppa, Vtoraya Gruppa) and discontinuation of the Class B competitions for the 1971 season. The league existed until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Overview The second tier competitions and predecessors of the First League has been known as ''Group B'', ''Group 2'', ''Class B'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
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 national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Spartak Leningrad
FC Spartak Leningrad (russian: «Спартак» Ленинград) was a Soviet football club from Leningrad existed since 1931 until 1967 (other names - Promkooperatsiya in 1931-34 and Avtomobilist in 1965-67). It played at first level of the Soviet football pyramid (Group A) in 1938 (was relegated) and 1941 (championship abandoned because of the Great Patriotiс War), and at its second level (Group B / Second group / Class B) in 1936-37, 1939–40, 1945–49, 1959-62 (was a Group B winner in 1937), and at its third level (Class B) in 1963-66. In 1950-58 didn't play in USSR championships. Also played in Leningrad championships in 1931-66 (with some breaks). One of the team's head coaches was Pavel Batyrev (in 1936-38, 1940–41, 1946–48), known as a notable player of early years of Russian / Soviet football and bandy. Among the team's players were noted coaches Oleg Oshenkov Oleg Aleksandrovich Oshenkov (russian: Ошенков, Олег Александрович; 27 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lokomotiv Kharkov
FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv ( uk, Локомотив Харків) was a football club from Kharkiv. History The club entered official Soviet competitions in 1936 Soviet Cup as Lokomotiv Kharkov. It was formed out of the team Krasnyi Zheleznodorozhnik (Red Rail Worker) that existed in Kharkiv since 1923. In league competitions the team appeared in 1938 playing in the first group of the Ukrainian SSR championship and replacing "Stalinets" team that represented electric-mechanical factory. After the World War II, in 1945 the team was admitted to the Soviet second tier competitions known as "Vtoraya Gruppa" (Second Group) along with two other teams from the Ukrainian SSR, Kharchovyk Odesa (today Chornomorets) and Shakhtar Stalino. Lokomotyv was a participant of the Soviet Top League and sometimes is erroneously considered as a direct predecessor of Metalist Kharkiv. In 1956 the club was replaced by Avanhard Kharkiv (Metalist Kharkiv) and dissolved. League history ImageSize = width:90 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SKA Tbilisi
FC Arsenali Tbilisi was a Georgia (country), Georgian association football club based in Tbilisi. History The club was founded in 1940 as the military club DKA Tbilisi. In the beginning, they played in local competitions. In 1945 the club made his debut in the Soviet First League, Group II of the USSR Championship, where he took 4th place. They also competed in the Soviet Cup, USSR Cup, where he reached the quarter-finals. In 1946 it changed its name to DO Tbilisi. Before the 1950 season began, the USSR football system was reorganized and the Tbilisi club was deprived of the best teams. In the late 1950s he played in the play-offs against FC Spartaki Tbilisi, Spartaki Tbilisi for promotion to the B-Class, but lost the competition. In 1951 he played for Spartaki again, but this time he managed to get promotion to the B-Class and in 1952 he started again in the Soviet II league. First, he took first place in his group, and then in the final tournament for promotion to A-Class, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Soviet First League ...
The Soviet First League (1936–91) was the second tier league of association football in the Soviet Union. In the 1946 season, VVS Moscow finished top of the Southern Group, and FC Pishchevik Moscow finished top of the Eastern Group. VVS won the two-leg playoff. League standings Southern Group Eastern Group All Russia Play off VVS - Pishchevik 3:2 1:0 (first game on September 18, second - September 22, all in Moscow) Number of teams by republics See also * 1946 Soviet First Group External links 1946 Soviet Second Group RSSSF {{Soviet First League seasons 1936 2 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Moscow Military District
FC MVO Moscow (russian: Московский военный округ, Moskovskiy Voyennyi Okrug (MVO)) was a Soviet football club from Moscow, Soviet Union. The club existed after World War II between 1945–53. In 1951–52 it represented the city of Kalinin (today – Tver). MVO is a Russian abbreviation that stands for the Moscow Military District. Until 1951 it competed in the Class B (Soviet First League) when it received promotion to the Class A (Soviet Top League) for the 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ... season. Next year in 1953, after the death of Joseph Stalin, the club withdrew from competitions after playing only six games. Football clubs in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Defunct football clubs in Moscow Association foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VVS Moscow
VVS Moscow (russian: Военно-Воздушные Силы (Москва) / in English: ''Moscow Military Air Force'') was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball. They won the Soviet national basketball league championship in 1952, as well as the Soviet national volleyball league championship in 1952, and the Soviet national ice hockey league championship three times, in the years 1951, 1952, and 1953http://sports123.com/iho/msov.html following the 1950 Sverdlovsk Air Disaster. Lieutenant General Vasily Stalin, the son of Joseph Stalin, was the president of the club. Vsevolod Bobrov played on the football team 1950–52 and the ice hockey team 1949–53. Viktor Tikhonov, the future Soviet national team's coach, played on the ice hockey team, as did Boris Kulagin, future coach of other Moscow-based ice hockey teams. Yevgeny Babich, otherwise a CDKA/CSKA player, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2021–22 season. In 2004, they finished third in the Russian Premier League. History Krylia Sovetov was founded in Kuybyshev (now Samara) in 1942. On 21 April 1946 the team played its first match in the highest division in the USSR in Alma-Ata, in which they lost 1–2 to Zenit Leningrad. Krylia Sovetov participated in 48 seasons of the Soviet Top League and 13 in the Russian Premier League, as well as 43 USSR Cups and 13 Russian Cups. On 6 July 2002 Krylia Sovetov first played in a European competition, in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won this game with Dinaburg (Daugavpils, Latvia) played in Metallurg Stadium, by a score of 3–0. The goals were scored by Andrei Karyaka, Robertas Poškus and Rogério Gaúcho. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Soviet First League
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 Number of teams by republics See also * Soviet First League * 1945 Soviet First Group External links 1945 Soviet Second Group RSSSF. {{Soviet First League seasons 1936 2 Soviet Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Elektrosila Leningrad
FC Electrosila Leningrad (russian: Электросила Ленинград) or Krasnaya Zorya (russian: Красная Заря) was a Soviet association football club from Leningrad, Soviet Union. The club played in the Soviet Top League from its inception to World War II. Until 1930 Krasnaya Zorya played in local competitions of Leningrad city and later in the city championship. In 1940 it lost most of its players when massive changes took place in the Soviet competitions before the 1941 season. Team name history *Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad ''(1922-37)'' *Elektrik Leningrad ''(1938-39)'' *Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad ''(1940-45)'' *Elektrosila Leningrad ''(1946)'' Stadium During its time in the Soviet Top League Elektrosila played its games at the central stadium of the city, the Lenin Stadium. Other times the club played its games at the Red Triangle Stadium. League and Cup history : Honours * Soviet First League ** Winners (1): 1940 * Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet First League 1940
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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lokomotivi 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |