1951 in Soviet football

The 1951 Soviet football championship was the 19th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 13th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDSA Moscow again won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time and tied with Dynamo for the number of league titles won.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1951
Men's football
Class ACDSA Moscow
Class BVMS Moscow
Soviet CupSpartak Moscow
← 1950 Soviet Union 1952 →

The defending champions CDSA defeated their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 2–0) and took this season title.

Honours edit

Competition Winner Runner-up
Class A CDSA Moscow (5) Dinamo Tbilisi
Class B MVO Kalinin Dinamo Minsk
Soviet Cup CDSA Moscow (3) MVO Kalinin

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

Soviet Union football championship edit

Class A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   CDSA Moscow (C) 28 18 7 3 53 19 +34 43 League champions
2   Dynamo Tbilisi 28 15 6 7 59 36 +23 36
3   Shakhtyor Stalino 28 12 10 6 44 30 +14 34
4   Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 28 11 12 5 34 25 +9 34
5   Dynamo Moscow 28 13 6 9 62 41 +21 32
6   Spartak Moscow 28 13 5 10 50 35 +15 31
7   Zenit Leningrad 28 10 8 10 36 40 −4 28
8   Dynamo Kiev 28 9 9 10 43 39 +4 27
9   Dynamo Leningrad 28 11 5 12 46 53 −7 27
10   VVS Moscow 28 11 4 13 44 56 −12 26
11   Daugava Riga 28 9 7 12 44 44 0 25
12   Torpedo Moscow 28 8 8 12 37 48 −11 24
13   VMS Moscow (R) 28 7 9 12 30 50 −20 23 Relegation to Class B
14   Spartak Tbilisi (R) 28 7 2 19 32 56 −24 16
15   Torpedo Gorky (R) 28 4 6 18 20 62 −42 14
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Class B edit

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS MVO Kalinin 34 19 11 4 62 26 +36 49[a] Promoted
2 BLR Dinamo Minsk 34 21 7 6 57 30 +27 49[b]
3 RUS Lokomotiv Moskva 34 19 10 5 72 38 +34 48[b]
4 AZE Neftyanik Baku 34 17 11 6 56 27 +29 45[b]
5 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 34 16 11 7 66 38 +28 43[b]
6 UKR Lokomotiv Kharkov 34 17 9 8 60 38 +22 43[b]
7 LTU Spartak Vilnius 34 15 9 10 47 40 +7 39
8 ARM Dinamo Yerevan 34 14 10 10 40 22 +18 38[b]
9 UKR Spartak Uzhgorod (R) 34 14 9 11 51 41 +10 37[a] Relegated after play-off
10 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 34 12 10 12 47 37 +10 34
11 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 34 13 7 14 49 49 0 33
12 KAR Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk[c] 34 10 9 15 28 39 −11 29[a]
13 UZB DO Tashkent 34 10 7 17 30 48 −18 27
14 EST Kalev Tallinn 34 9 7 18 31 48 −17 25
15 TJK Dinamo Stalinabad[d] 34 10 5 19 33 74 −41 25[a]
16 KGZ Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze 34 7 7 20 36 67 −31 21
17 KAZ Dinamo Alma-Ata 34 6 8 20 30 59 −29 20
18 TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 34 2 3 29 17 91 −74 7
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d +
  2. ^ a b c d e f -
  3. ^ Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk replaced withdrawn Lokomotiv
  4. ^ Dinamo Stalinabad replaced withdrawn Bolshevik

Top goalscorers edit

Class A

References edit

External links edit