1954 Soviet Class B

Football league season
Soviet Class B
Season1954
ChampionsShakhter Stalino (Final)
Spartak Yerevan (Group 1)
Zenit Kaliningrad (Group 2)
Shakhter Stalino (Group 3)
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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.

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)

  • 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[a]
2 AZE Neftyanik Baku 22 13 8 1 59 23 +36 34
3 GEO ODO Tbilisi 22 12 5 5 47 22 +25 29[a]
4 KAZ Lokomotiv Alma-Ata[b] 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[a]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c +
  2. ^ Lokomotiv Alma-Ata was called Dinamo

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
4  Russian SFSR FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov
1  Armenian SSR FC Spartak Yerevan
1  Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftianik Baku
1  Georgian SSR ODO Tbilisi
1  Kazakh SSR FC Lokomotiv Alma-Ata
1  Tajik SSR FC Gornyak Leninabad
1  Turkmen SSR FC Spartak Asgabat
1  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[a]
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[b]
7 LVA Daugava Riga 22 9 3 10 20 24 −4 21
8 RUS Energiya Saratov 22 8 5 9 21 30 −9 21[b]
9 RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh 22 7 3 12 21 29 −8 17[b]
10 RUS Shakhtyor Mosbass 22 6 3 13 22 31 −9 15[b]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ a b c d +

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  Lithuanian SSR FC Spartak Vilnius
1  Belarusian SSR FC Pischevik Minsk
1  Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
1  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[a]
6 UKR Metallurg Odessa 22 8 4 10 37 42 −5 20
7 UKR ODO Lvov 22 7 6 9 24 32 −8 20[a]
8 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 22 7 5 10 31 39 −8 19
9 UKR DOF Sevastopol 22 5 8 9 19 31 −12 18[a]
10 RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar 22 6 5 11 29 41 −12 17[a]
11 UKR ODO Kiev 22 6 4 12 34 45 −11 16[a]
12 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 22 2 8 12 26 40 −14 12
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e +

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  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[a]
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[b]
6 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 5 0 2 3 3 9 −6 2
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ +

Played in Stalino

See also

References

  • 1954 at rsssf.com
  • Чемпионат СССР 1954. footballfacts.ru
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