1945 Soviet First League

The 1945 Soviet First League was the first post-war season and the fifth since the establishing of the second tier. The tier was named the Second Group which before carried name Group B.

Soviet First League
Season1945
1940
1946

After the World War II some team managed to preserve themselves since the last season which was played five years ago in 1940. The following teams returned to the league Spartak Leningrad, Pishchevik Odessa, Torpedo Gorky, Dinamo (Spartak) Yerevan. From all Ukrainian teams (4) that took part in the war championship of the Top League, only Dynamo were allowed to stay while the other three were placed in a tier below. Notable is the fact that season saw participation of two teams from the Moscow Military District (VVS and MVO) both of which finished at the top of season table, yet missing a promotion after allowing Krylya Sovetov to squeeze by.

Teams

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (P) 17 12 3 2 37 20 +17 27
2 VVS Moscow 17 9 6 2 32 12 +20 24
3 MVO Moscow 17 10 4 3 37 16 +21 24
4 DKA Tbilisi 17 8 7 2 22 15 +7 23
5 FC Stakhanovets Stalino 17 9 5 3 36 25 +11 23
6 FC Torpedo Gorky 17 8 4 5 43 30 +13 20
7 FC Pishchevik Odessa 17 9 1 7 26 22 +4 19
8 FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 17 5 6 6 31 27 +4 16
9 FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 17 7 2 8 33 30 +3 16
10 FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 17 7 1 9 23 32 −9 15
11 DKA Novosibirsk 17 7 0 10 21 27 −6 14
12 FC Dinamo Yerevan 17 5 4 8 24 31 −7 14
13 FC Traktor Chelyabinsk 17 5 4 8 18 30 −12 14
14 FC Dinamo Baku (R) 17 3 7 7 17 25 −8 13 Relegation to republican competitions
15 KBF Leningrad (R) 17 5 3 9 21 31 −10 13
16 FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R) 17 5 2 10 26 39 −13 12
17 FC Spartak Leningrad 17 4 2 11 23 40 −17 10
18 FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 17 2 5 10 22 40 −18 9
Source: footballfacts.ru
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
12   Russian SFSR VVS Moscow, MVO Moscow, KBF Leningrad, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow
FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Traktor Chelyabinsk, FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk, DKA Novosibirsk
3   Ukrainian SSR FC Stakhanovets Stalino, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Lokomotiv Kharkov
1   Georgian SSR DKA Tbilisi
1   Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan
1   Azerbaijan SSR FC Dinamo Baku

See also

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