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 Great Patriotic War 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. The rest 14 teams were newly formed. 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.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 17 3 7 7 17 25 8 13
15 KBF Leningrad 17 5 3 9 21 31 10 13
16 FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 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

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
12  Russian SFSRVVS 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 SSRFC Stakhanovets Stalino, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Lokomotiv Kharkov
1  Georgian SSRDKA Tbilisi
1  Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan
1  Azerbaijan SSRFC Dinamo Baku

See also

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