1955 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1955 Soviet First League football championship. FC Burevestnik Kishinev and FC ODO Sverdlovsk winning the championship.

Soviet Class B
Season1955
← 1954
1956 →

Teams

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 1954 Soviet Class A (top tier).

  • Krylia Sovetov Stupino – debut, Champion of the 1954 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR
  • Dinamo Tallinn – debut, Champion of the 1954 Football Championship of the Estonian SSR and promotion/relegation play-off

Replaced and renamed teams
  • Metallurg Odessa was replaced with Pischevik Odessa, while Metallurg restarted at republican level.
  • Stupino → Krylia Sovetov Stupino
  • Shakhter Mosbass → Shakhter Stalinogorsk
  • Lokomotiv Alma-Ata → Urozhai Alma-Ata

Final standings

Zone I
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 30 20 6 4 86 46 +40 46 Promoted
2 RUS Spartak Kalinin 30 16 5 9 48 31 +17 37
3 UKR ODO Kiev 30 14 8 8 44 27 +17 36
4 LTU Spartak Vilnius 30 13 10 7 40 29 +11 36
5 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 30 13 10 7 43 33 +10 36
6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino 30 13 6 11 48 35 +13 32[lower-alpha 1]
7 UKR ODO Lvov 30 13 6 11 47 40 +7 32
8 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 30 13 6 11 37 33 +4 32
9 UKR Lokomotiv Kharkov 30 12 6 12 48 34 +14 30[lower-alpha 2]
10 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 30 14 2 14 53 47 +6 30
11 RUS Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk[lower-alpha 3] 30 10 9 11 34 38 −4 29
12 UKR Pishchevik Odessa[lower-alpha 4] 30 11 5 14 39 47 −8 27
13 UKR Spartak Uzhgorod 30 8 9 13 33 40 −7 25
14 LVA Daugava Riga 30 6 10 14 29 57 −28 22
15 UKR DOF Sevastopol 30 7 6 17 25 61 −36 20
16 EST Dinamo Tallinn 30 2 6 22 22 78 −56 10[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. +
  2. -
  3. Shakhtyor Mosbass relocated to Stalinogorsk.
  4. Pishchevik Odessa was called Metallurg.

Number of teams by republics
Number Union republics Team(s)
8  Ukrainian SSRODO Kiev, ODO Lvov, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, DOF Sevastopol
4  Russian SFSRFC Spartak Kalinin, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk
1  Moldavian SSRFC Burevestnik Kishinev
1  Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius
1  Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga
1  Estonian SSRFC Dinamo Tallinn

Zone II
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS ODO Sverdlovsk 30 20 5 5 56 23 +33 45 Promoted
2 ARM Spartak Yerevan 30 18 6 6 44 17 +27 42
3 GEO ODO Tbilisi 30 18 5 7 61 32 +29 41
4 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 30 17 6 7 53 28 +25 40[lower-alpha 1]
5 RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar 30 17 4 9 60 39 +21 38
6 AZE Neftyanik Baku 30 12 9 9 48 44 +4 33
7 RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh 30 12 9 9 37 37 0 33
8 RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) 30 9 10 11 24 29 −5 28
9 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 30 9 9 12 35 52 −17 27
10 KAZ Urozhai Alma-Ata[lower-alpha 2] 30 7 12 11 24 32 −8 26
11 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 30 8 9 13 24 41 −17 25
12 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 30 8 6 16 40 49 −9 22
13 RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk 30 8 6 16 28 52 −24 22
14 UZB Spartak Tashkent 30 6 9 15 26 44 −18 21
15 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 30 7 5 18 36 55 −19 19
16 RUS Energiya Saratov 30 4 10 16 23 45 −22 18
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -
  2. Urozhai Alma-Ata was called Lokomotiv.

Number of teams by republics
Number Union republics Team(s)
11  Russian SFSRODO Sverdlovsk, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Neftianik Krasnodar, FC Krylia Sovetov Voronezh, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Energia Saratov
1  Armenian SSRFC Spartak Yerevan
1  Georgian SSRODO Tbilisi
1  Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku
1  Kazakh SSRFC Urozhai Alma-Ata
1  Uzbek SSRFC Spartak Tashkent

See also

References
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