| Season: | 1959 |
| Winners: | Trud Voronezh Spartak Yerevan Lokomotiv Vinnitsa Admiralteyets Leningrad Pamir Leninabad SKVO Sverdlovsk |
| Promoted: | Admiralteyets Leningrad Avangard Kharkov Belarus Minsk Daugava Riga Kalev Tallinn Spartak Vilnius Spartak Yerevan Neftyanik Baku Pakhtakor Tashkent Kairat Alma-Ata |
| Nextseason: | 1960 |
The 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (ru|Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1959 (класс «Б»)) was the tenth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the nineteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions.
It involved participation of 101 "teams of masters" split in seven groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by seven teams. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the seven groups with three groups containing 15 teams and four groups - 14. The competition also included representation of all 15 union republics by at least one participant. In majority the season kicked off on April 18, 1959, with the Round 1 matches in five groups. Groups 5 and 7 started later.
Four out of seven groups were won by clubs from the Russian SFSR (Russian Federation), three others represented three other union republics. Initially all the winners were to qualify for the final tournament as in previous season, but it was scratched as it was decided to reorganize competitions. The 1960 Class A competitions (higher tier) were planned to be expanded from 12 to 22 teams (by 10 teams). Among the four Russian winners there was organized additional short single round-robin tournament to identify the ultimate Class B winner for the Russian SFSR.
Following this season, the Soviet Class B competitions were split based on regional principle in three main groups Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Union republics.
Promoted to (14): Spartak Leningrad, Torpedo Vladimir, Trud Ryazan, Trud Tula, Spartak Nalchik, Arsenal Kiev, Avangard Zhitomir, Avangard Krivoi Rog, Avangard Ternopol, Shakhter Gorlovka, Lokomotiv Bendery, Lokomotiv Gomel, Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Tekstilschik Kirovobad
Relegated to (1): Admiralteyets Leningrad
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FC Trud Voronezh, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Iskra Kazan, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Lipetsk, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Trud Ryazan | ||
| 5 | FC Avangard Nikolaev, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk | ||
| 1 | FC Lokomotiv Bendery |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Kolgospnik Cherkassy, FC Arsenal Kiev, FC Zirka Kirovograd, FC Avangard Zhitomir, FC Avangard Krivoi Rog, FC Kolgospnik Poltava | ||
| 6 | FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Trud Glukhovo, FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk, FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk, FC Trud Tula | ||
| 2 | FC Spartak Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | FC Terek Grozny, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Spartak Stavropol, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Temp Makhachkala | ||
| 3 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi, SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi | ||
| 2 | FC Spartak Yerevan, FC Shirak Leninakan | ||
| 2 | FC Neftianik Baku, FC Tekstilschik Kirovobad |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, SKVO Odessa, FC Chernomorets Odessa, SKVO Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Rovno, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Avangard Simferopol, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Avangard Ternopol | ||
| 1 | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Vilnius | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Tallinn | ||
| 1 | FC Daugava Riga | ||
| 1 | FC Urozhai Minsk |
[in Rostov-na-Donu]
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FC Admiralteyets Leningrad, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Traktor Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Raketa Gorkiy, FC Spartak Ulyanovsk, FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Energia Volzhskiy, FC Shakhter Shakhty | ||
| 4 | FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Lokomotiv Stalino, FC Shakhter Kadievka, FC Shakhter Gorlovka |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Stroitel Ufa | ||
| 2 | FC Pamir Leninabad, FC Khosilot Stalinabad | ||
| 2 | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent | ||
| 2 | FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Frunze | ||
| 1 | FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad |
[All teams are from Russian Federation]
[in Rostov-na-Donu]
One team was to be promoted so all four group winners contested it in short tournament. [for Russian Federation] [Nov 6-10, Grozny]