1959 in Soviet football explained

Country:the Soviet Union
Season:1959
Division1:Class A
Champions1:Dinamo Moscow
Division2:Class B
Champions2:Trud Voronezh
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad
Spartak Yerevan
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa
Admiralteyets Leningrad
Pamir Leninabad
SKVO Sverdlovsk
Domestic:Soviet Cup
Dchampions:none
Prevseason:1958
Nextseason:1960
Flagicon:yes

The 1959 Soviet football championship was the 27th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 21st among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Class ADinamo Moscow (9*)Lokomotiv Moscow
Class BTrud Voronezh (Group 1)Dinamo Kirov (Group 1)
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2)Trud Glukhovo (Group 2)
Spartak Yerevan (Group 3)Terek Grozny (Group 3)
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4)Baltika Kaliningrad (Group 4)
Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5)Volga Kalinin (Group 5)
Pamir Leninabad (Group 6)Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk (Group 6)
SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7)Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (Group 7)
Soviet CupN/AN/A

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

See main article: 1959 Soviet Top League.

Class B

Group 5

Play-Off for 1st place

[in Rostov-na-Donu]

Group 7

[All teams are from Russian Federation]

Play-Off for 1st place

[in Rostov-na-Donu]

Final (Russian Federation)

[Nov 6-10, Grozny]

Top goalscorers

Class A

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