1939 Soviet First League Explained

Season:	1939
Promoted:	Krylya Sovetov Moscow Lokomotiv Tbilisi
Relegated:	11 teams
Nextseason:	1940

The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.

Teams

Relegated

There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.

Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
FC Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)

Promoted

Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
align=center	1	Nikolai Korzunov	Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu	19
2	Aleksei Kasimov	Pischevik Moscow	16
3	Viktor Osminkin	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	14
4	Vasiliy Makarov	Dinamo Kharkov	13
align=center rowspan=4	5	Aleksandr Andrenko	Selmash Kharkov	11
Yevgeniy Shelagin	Spartak Leningrad	11
Matvei Yenushkov	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	11
Pyotr Yurchenko	Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad	11

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
11		FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Stalinets Moscow, FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Zenit Leningrad FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Osnova Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan
7		FC Dinamo Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Selmash Kharkov, FC Lokomotiv Kiev, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad, FC Spartak Kharkov
2		FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi
1		FC Temp Baku
1		FC Spartak Yerevan
1		FC Spartak Minsk

External links

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