1948 Vtoraya Gruppa

January 2012 1948 Vtoraya Gruppa Lokomotiv Kharkov Lokomotiv KharkovShakhter StalinoDinamo YerevanDaugava RigaNeftianik Baku 1947 1949 The 1948 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 9th season of the second tier football competitions in the Soviet Union. The format of the competition was preserved from the previous season and included six groups, but number of participants was increased once again to total of 75. Group winners qualified to the final group, the winner of which was the ultimate winner and gained promotion to the Pervaya Gruppa (Top League). Lokomotiv Kharkov won the championship. Five teams gained promotion to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa. Teams Relegated teams none Promoted teams 20em FC Metallurg Moscow – (returning, last played in 1936 as "Serp i Molot Moscow") FC Spartak Minsk – (returning, last played in 1939) FC Bolshevik Mukachevo – Champions of the 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut) FC Dinamo Tallinn – Champions of the 1947 Estonian SSR Football Championship (debut) FC Daugava Riga – (debut) FC Spartak Ivanovo – (debut) FC Spartak Penza – (debut) FC Khimik Kemerevo – (debut) FC Traktor Taganrog – (debut) FC Pischevik Astrakhan – (debut) FC Avanhard Kramatorsk – (debut) FC Shakhter Kadievka – (debut) FC Lokomotiv Zaporozhye FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk – (debut) FC Khimik Orekhovo-Zuyevo* – (debut) FC Dinamo Moscow Oblast* – (debut) FC Dzerzhinets Kolomna* – (debut) FC Spartak Voronezh* – (debut) FC Tsvetmet Kamensk-Uralskiy* – (debut) FC Gornyak Kemerevo* – (debut) With the asterisk identified teams that may have been created just before the start of the season. Renamed teams Spartak Vilnius last season was known as Dinamo Vilnius Qualifying stage Central Zone main WDL Q y 2 MTL Metallurg Moscow DYR Dynamo Riga MVO MVO Moscow VIL Spartak Vilnius SSL Sudostroitel Leningrad TRM Trudovye Rezervy Moscow KAL Kalev Tallinn DGR Daugava Riga DOL DO Leningrad SPM Spartak Minsk VMS VMS Moscow MET Metro Moscow DOM DO Minsk SPL Spartak Leningrad DTL Dinamo Tallinn 18 6 4 43 22 17 4 7 57 27 16 6 6 52 28 15 6 7 54 30 14 7 7 42 28 13 6 9 41 33 10 8 10 34 34 10 7 11 31 45 9 8 11 29 36 9 6 13 38 37 9 5 14 44 59 4 11 13 27 39 6 7 15 23 48 5 8 15 25 46 4 7 17 23 51 red1 Relegation R R complete rsssf.com Russian SFSR Zone 1 main WDL Q y 2 DKZ Dynamo Kazan TGR Torpedo Gorky KZI Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo KDZ Khimik Dzerzhynsk KOZ Khimik Orekhovo-Zuyevo DMR Dinamo Moscow Region ZKA Zenit Kaliningrad ZKO Zenit Kovrov DZK Dzerzhinets Kolomna ZIZ Zenit Izhevsk DSR Dynamo Saratov SIV Spartak Ivanovo SVR Spartak Voronezh SPN Spartak Penza 20 3 3 71 18 18 3 5 81 31 18 3 5 64 31 17 3 6 60 32 14 7 5 58 26 13 4 9 55 41 9 9 8 45 39 5 10 11 37 53 7 4 15 37 49 7 4 15 35 60 5 7 14 37 63 4 8 14 33 66 4 5 17 19 70 3 6 17 39 92 complete rsssf.com Russian SFSR Zone 2 main WDL Q y 2 DZC Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk ODN ODO Novosibirsk ODS ODO Sverdlovsk KSM Krylia Sovetov Molotov DSV Dynamo Sverdlovsk DNT Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil DCH Dynamo Chelyabinsk AVS Avangard Sverdlovsk KSO Krylia Sovetov Omsk KKM Khimmik Kemerovo MMG Metallurg Magnitagorsk TKU TsvetMet Kamensk-Uralskiy GKM Gornyak Kemerovo 18 3 3 80 27 19 1 4 62 27 12 6 6 56 25 12 6 6 54 30 11 5 8 51 44 11 5 8 32 32 9 6 9 39 39 10 3 11 44 48 8 5 11 44 39 8 5 11 42 45 7 1 16 34 66 4 2 18 33 91 1 4 19 20 80 complete rsssf.com Ukrainian Zone The zone was expanded from 13 to 16 teams split into two subgroups. The relegated Bolshevik Zaporozhie was replaced with the best three teams of Donbas group (Group 6) including Lokomotiv Zaporozhie and the champion of the 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR. FC Shakhter Stalino was promoted to the 1949 Pervaya Gruppa without the need to qualify for the league's finals. Subgroup A main WDL Q y 2 LKH Lokomotiv Kharkov DNI Stal Dnepropetrovsk SHK Shakhter Stalino DVL Dynamo Voroshylovgrad LZP Lokomotiv Zaporozhie AKR Avanhard Kramatorsk MET Dzerzhynets Kharkov SKD Shakhter Kadievka 8 5 1 40 10 Q 9 2 3 34 24 Q 8 3 3 33 15 P 4 6 4 30 29 4 3 7 22 30 3 4 7 23 40 4 1 9 16 37 3 2 9 16 29 yellow1 CP CP green1 P red1 Qualified for finals complete rsssf.com Subgroup B main WDL Q y 2 BMK Bolshevik Mukachevo DOK DO Kiev SLV Spartak Lvov SUZ Spartak Uzhgorod POD Pishchevik Odessa SKH Spartak Kherson DKS Dynamo Kishenev SNK Sudostroitel Nikolaev 10 2 2 35 16 Q 9 4 1 27 14 Q 6 5 3 26 22 7 2 5 33 19 5 5 4 19 18 5 3 6 18 22 1 2 11 11 35 0 3 11 8 31 yellow1 CP CP green1 red1 Qualified for finals complete rsssf.com Final main WDL Q y 2 LKH Lokomotiv Kharkov DNI Stal Dnepropetrovsk DOK ODO Kiev BMK Bolshevik Mukachevo 2 1 0 7 2 QP 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 6 0 0 3 1 6 yellow1 P green1 red1 Qualified for finals complete rsssf.com 1st place play-off Lokomotiv Kharkov - Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3:1 Southern Zone main WDL Q y 2 DYR Dynamo Yerevan OTB ODO Tbilisi STB Spartak Tbilisi NBK Neftyanik Baku LTB Lokomotiv Tbilisi DRD Dynamo Rostov-on-Don DBK Dynamo Baku SYR Spartak Yerevan TTG Traktor Taganrog PAS Pishchevik Astrakhan 13 4 1 48 12 12 5 1 40 16 11 3 4 52 24 8 5 5 27 19 8 3 7 40 37 6 5 7 40 33 7 2 9 26 28 3 5 10 21 35 3 3 12 19 47 1 1 16 10 72 complete rsssf.com Central-Asian Zone main WDL Q y 2 OTS ODO Tashkent DAA Dynamo Alma-Ata LAS Lokomotiv Ashkhabad ZFR Zenit Frunze DTS Dynamo Tashkent DST Dynamo Stalinabad SAA Spartak Alma-Ata 8 2 2 37 9 7 3 2 22 9 5 3 4 21 13 4 3 5 12 21 4 1 7 16 25 3 3 6 13 21 3 1 8 15 38 complete rsssf.com Final stage main WDL Q y 2 LKH Lokomotiv Kharkov MTL Metallurg Moscow DYR Dinamo Yerevan DZC Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk DKZ Dinamo Kazan OTS ODO Tashkent 3 1 1 11 3 HC 3 0 2 4 2 2 2 1 10 7 3 0 2 9 8 1 2 2 4 6 0 1 4 7 19 1 1 bonus point? complete rsssf.com Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)38Russian SFSRFC Metallurg Moscow, MVO Moscow, FC Sudostroitel Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow, DO Leningrad, VMS Moscow, FC Metro Moscow, FC Spartak LeningradFC Dinamo Kazan, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Khimik Orekhovo-Zuevo, FC Dinamo Moscow Oblast, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Zenit Kovrov, FC Dzerzhinets Kolomna, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Dinamo Saratov, FC Spartak Ivanovo, FC Spartak Voronezh, FC Spartak Penza, FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, ODO Novosibirsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil, FC Dinamo Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Omsk, FC Khimik Kemerovo, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Tsvetmet Kamensk-Uralskiy, FC Gornyak Kemerovo, FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Traktor Taganrog, FC Pischevik Astrakhan15Ukrainian SSR 1937FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Dinamo Voroshilovgrad, FC Lokomotiv Zaporozhye, FC Avangard Kramatorsk, FC Dzerzhinets Kharkov, FC Shakhter Kadeevka, FC Bolshevik Mukachevo, DO Kiev, FC Spartak Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev3Georgian SSRFC Spartak Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, ODO Tbilisi2Latvian SSRFC Dinamo Riga, FC Daugava Riga2Belarusian SSRFC Spartak Minsk, DO Minsk2Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn, FC Dinamo Tallinn2Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku, FC Dinamo Baku2Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan, FC Spartak Yerevan2Uzbek SSRODO Tashkent, FC Dinamo Tashkent2Kazakh SSRFC Dinamo Alma-Ata, FC Spartak Alma-Ata1Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius1Moldavian SSRFC Dinamo Kishinev1Turkmen SSRFC Lokomotiv Ashkhabat1Kyrgyz SSRFC Zenit Frunze1Tajik SSRFC Dinamo Stalinabad See also 1948 Soviet First Group 1948 Soviet Cup References 1948 at rsssf.com 1948 2 Soviet Soviet