| Country: | the Soviet Union |
| Season: | 1936 |
| Division1: | Group A |
| Champions1: | Dinamo Moscow Spartak Moscow |
| Division2: | Group B |
| Champions2: | Dinamo Tbilisi Serp i Molot Moscow |
| Domestic: | Soviet Cup |
| Dchampions: | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Prevseason: | 1935 |
| Nextseason: | 1937 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The 1936 Soviet football championship was the 6th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union split into two halves. It was also the inaugural competition for the Soviet league format (round-robin) transitioning from the cities football competition format that was grandfathered from the Imperial Russian sports events.
FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship in spring and FC Spartak Moscow won it in fall. Between both championships in the summer there was held the first Soviet Cup competition.
In the fall the defending champions Dynamo were going neck-in-neck with their main rivals Spartak, but just a round away from the finish line they tied with weaker Dynamo Leningrad which costed them the title.
Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad avoided relegation from the Group A in spring, while CDKA Moscow avoided relegation in fall.
| Competition | Winner (spring) | Runner-up (spring) | Winner (fall) | Runner-up (fall) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Dinamo Moscow (1*) | Dinamo Kiev | Spartak Moscow (1) | Dinamo Moscow |
| Group B | Dinamo Tbilisi | ZiS Moscow | Serp i Molot Moscow | Temp Baku |
| Group V | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu | Stroiteli Baku | Dinamo Kazan | Spartak Kharkov |
| Group G | KhTZ Kharkov | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | KhTZ Kharkov | Stal Dnepropetrovsk |
| Soviet Cup | Winner | Runner-up | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow (1*) | Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
See main article: 1936 Soviet Cup. Lokomotiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 in the Soviet Cup final. Goals were scored by Aleksei Sokolov and Viktor Lavrov. The Georgian side was coached by a foreign head coach out of France Jules Limbeck.
See main article: 1936 Soviet Top League.
Group A
Group B
See main article: 1936 Soviet Top League.
Football competitions of union republics[1]