| Season: | 1956 |
| Nextseason: | 1957 |
Following are the results of the 1956 Soviet First League football championship. FC Spartak Minsk and FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev winning the championship.
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, ODO Lvov, ODO Kiev, FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa | ||
| 5 | FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Shakhter Mosbass, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Spartak Kalinin | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Minsk | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Vilnius | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Tallinn | ||
| 1 | FC Daugava Riga | ||
| 1 | ODO Petrozavodsk |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk | ||
| 1 | ODO Tbilisi | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Yerevan | ||
| 1 | FC Neftyanik Baku | ||
| 1 | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| 1 | FC Kairat Alma-Ata | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Frunze | ||
| 1 | FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad | ||
| 1 | FC Kolkhozchi Stalinabad |