1954 Soviet Class B
The 1954 Class B Soviet Football Championship was the 5th season in the Soviet second tier competitions since its reorganization in 1950 and the 14th season since the establishment of the tier in 1936.
| Season | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhter Stalino (Final) Spartak Yerevan (Group 1) Zenit Kaliningrad (Group 2) Shakhter Stalino (Group 3) |
← 1953 1955 → | |
FC Shakhter Stalino won the championship by placing 1st in the 6 teams final group and a home turf advantage.
Teams
Relegated teams
One team was relegated from the 1953 Soviet Class A (top tier).
- Spartak Vilnius – (return after a year absence)
Promoted teams
- Spartak Uzhgorod – return after a two-year absence, Champion of the 1953 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
- ODO Lvov – return after a four-year absence
- DOF Sevastopol – debut
- Energia Saratov – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Saratov)
- Neftianik Krasnodar – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Krasnodar)
- Krylia Sovetov Voronezh – debut, Runner-up of the 1953 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR
- Shakhter Mosbass – debut
- Pischevik Minsk – debut
Reinstated teams
- ODO Kiev
- ODO Tbilisi
- ODO Sverdlovsk
Renamed teams
- Dinamo Yerevan → Spartak Yerevan
- Voronezh → Krylia Sovetov Voronezh
First stage
Zone I
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARM | Spartak Yerevan | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 35[lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 34 |
| 3 | GEO | ODO Tbilisi | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 29[lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 | KAZ | Lokomotiv Alma-Ata[lower-alpha 2] | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 29 |
| 5 | TJK | Gornyak Leninabad | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | RUS | Avangard Chelyabinsk | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 21 |
| 7 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 21 |
| 8 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 18 |
| 9 | UZB | Spartak Tashkent | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 14 |
| 10 | RUS | ODO Sverdlovsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 13[lower-alpha 1] |
| 11 | KGZ | Iskra Frunze | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 13 |
| 12 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com
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- Lokomotiv Alma-Ata was called Dinamo
Number of teams by republics
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Russian SFSR | FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Armenian SSR | FC Spartak Yerevan |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Azerbaijan SSR | FC Neftianik Baku |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Georgian SSR | ODO Tbilisi |
| 1 |  Kazakh SSR | FC Lokomotiv Alma-Ata |
| 1 |  Tajik SSR | FC Gornyak Leninabad |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Turkmen SSR | FC Spartak Asgabat |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Uzbek SSR | FC Spartak Tashkent |
| 1 |  Kyrgyz SSR | FC Iskra Frunze |
Zone II
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 33 |
| 2 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 32[lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | RUS | Khimik Moskva | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 29 |
| 4 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 24 |
| 5 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 24 |
| 6 | BLR | Pishchevik Minsk | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 21[lower-alpha 2] |
| 7 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 21 |
| 8 | RUS | Energiya Saratov | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 21[lower-alpha 2] |
| 9 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Voronezh | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 17[lower-alpha 2] |
| 10 | RUS | Shakhtyor Mosbass | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 15[lower-alpha 2] |
| 11 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 15 |
| 12 | KAR | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com
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Number of teams by republics
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Russian SFSR | FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Khimik Moscow, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Energia Saratov, FC Krylia Sovetov Voronezh, FC Shakhter Mosbass |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lithuanian SSR | FC Spartak Vilnius |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarusian SSR | FC Pischevik Minsk |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Estonian SSR | FC Kalev Tallinn |
| 1 |  Karelo-Finnish SSR | FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk |
Zone III
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKR | Shakhtyor Stalino | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 38 |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 29 |
| 3 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 27 |
| 4 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 25 |
| 5 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 23[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | UKR | Metallurg Odessa | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 20 |
| 7 | UKR | ODO Lvov | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 20[lower-alpha 1] |
| 8 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 19 |
| 9 | UKR | DOF Sevastopol | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 18[lower-alpha 1] |
| 10 | RUS | Neftyanik Krasnodar | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 17[lower-alpha 1] |
| 11 | UKR | ODO Kiev | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 16[lower-alpha 1] |
| 12 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com
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Number of teams by republics
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Ukrainian SSR | FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Metallurg Odessa, ODO Lvov, DOF Sevastopol, ODO Kiev |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Neftianik Krasnodar |
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Moldavian SSR | FC Burevestnik Kishinev |
Final stage
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKR | Shakhtyor Stalino | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Promoted |
| 2 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | RUS | Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | ARM | Spartak Yerevan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
Source: rsssf.com
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Played in Stalino
See also
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