The 1937 Gruppa B was third season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions.
| Season | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 23 – October 18 |
| Champions | FC Spartak Leningrad |
| Relegated | FC Dinamo Kazan |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 122 (2.9 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Viktor Smagin 7 goals |
| Biggest home win | Temp 6–0 Dinamo Kz (August 13) |
| Biggest away win | Dinamo Kz 2–5 Stalinets L. (August 30) Torpedo 1–4 Dinamo R/D (September 24) |
| Highest scoring | Stalinets M. 5–4 Stalinets L. (October 1) |
1939 → | |
Unlike the previous season that was split into two halves, this one was played as a double round-robin among seven teams. The tournament was won by Spartak Leningrad that according to pre-season regulation was to be promoted to the Gruppa A for 1938 season, however later arrangements for the next season were changed and all participants except for the last placed Dinamo Kazan gained promotion.
Also, after only playing 3 of its scheduled games and winning only one of them, CSKA Moscow was transferred to Gruppa A mid-season.[1]
Teams edit
No teams were relegated to the Gruppa B.
Promoted edit
One team was promoted from the 1936 Gruppa V fall tournament.
- Dinamo Kazan – (debut)
League standings edit
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russian SFSR
|
Spartak Leningrad (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1.462 | 26 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 26 |
| 3 |  Azerbaijan SSR
|
Temp Baku (P) | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 25 |
| 4 | Russian SFSR
|
Stalinets Leningrad (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1.222 | 25 |
| 5 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Stalinets Moscow (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 25 |
| 6 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Torpedo Moscow (P) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0.889 | 24 |
| 7 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Dynamo Kazan | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 0.393 | 17 |
| 8 | Russian SFSR
|
CDKA Moscow[a] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 5 |
- ^ CDKA was returned during the season to the Soviet Top League after playing two games in the season. Their results were scratched for this League this season.
Top scorers edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Game protocol of CSKA Moscow – Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu. fc-dynamo.ru.
External links edit
- 1937 Gruppa B. RSSSF
- 1937 Gruppa B. Luhansk Our Football. (in Russian)