1952 Soviet Class B

Soviet Union football championship 1952 Soviet Class B 1951 1953 The 1952 Soviet Class B football championship. FC Lokomotiv Kharkov winning the championship. Teams Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the 1951 Soviet Class A (top tier). VMS Moscow (return after a year absence) FC Torpedo Gorkiy (return after a year absence) Promoted teams Two teams received direct promotion. One team were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs. DO Tbilisi – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Georgian SSR (return after a two-year absence) DO Sverdlovsk – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR (return after a two-year absence) DO Kiev – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and promotion play-off (return after a two-year absence) First stage Group Kharkov main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius LKH UKR Lokomotiv Kharkov VMO RUS VMS Moskva DOT UZB DO Tashkent KZP KAR Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk SAS TKM Spartak Ashkhabad y 3 2 0 6 1 2 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 10 4 2 0 3 8 11 0 3 2 6 10 0 2 3 4 12 - complete rsssf.com Group Ivanovo main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic DOT GEO DO Tbilisi KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo DAA KAZ Dinamo Alma-Ata KTA EST Kalev Tallinn DYE ARM Dinamo Yerevan TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad y 3 2 0 9 3 2 3 0 9 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 3 4 1 0 4 5 11 0 1 4 7 11 + + complete rsssf.com Group Baku main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku BKI MDA Burevestnik Kishinev TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy DOS RUS DO Sverdlovsk DOK UKR DO Kiev y 3 0 1 6 3 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 2 4 5 0 3 1 2 4 + - - + + complete rsssf.com Second stage For places 1-9 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic LKH UKR Lokomotiv Kharkov SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius DOT GEO DO Tbilisi KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo VLE RUS VMS Leningrad VMS Moskva relocated to Leningrad. TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku BKI MDA Burevestnik Kishinev DAA KAZ Dinamo Alma-Ata y 9 3 4 21 11 6 7 3 23 20 6 5 5 24 15 8 1 7 24 25 6 4 6 19 15 4 8 4 16 19 5 5 6 20 21 6 3 7 21 27 1 6 9 13 28 + - + - - inherit Promoted P P complete rsssf.com For places 10-18 Played in Rostov-na-Donu main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic 10 DYE ARM Dinamo Yerevan TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad DOS RUS DO Sverdlovsk KZP RUS Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk DOK UKR DO Kiev KTA EST Kalev Tallinn DOT UZB DO Tashkent DST TJK Dinamo Stalinabad SAS TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 7 0 1 18 3 5 1 2 16 7 4 1 3 14 8 4 1 3 18 16 4 0 4 13 9 OR 4 0 4 10 12 3 1 4 10 17 3 0 5 11 20 0 0 8 2 20 + + + red4 Relegation play-off REL red1 Relegation R R R complete rsssf.com Relegation play-off To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1952 Soviet Class B. ODO Kiev 6–1 Metallurg Zaporozhie 3–0 3–1 |} Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)5Russian SFSRVMS MoscowFC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, DO Sverdlovsk2Ukrainian SSRFC Lokomotiv Kharkov, DO Kiev1Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius1Uzbek SSRDO Tashkent1Karelo-Finnish SSRFC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk1Turkmen SSRFC Spartak Asgabat1Georgian SSRDO Tbilisi1Kazakh SSRFC Dinamo Alma-Ata1Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn1Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan1Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku1Moldavian SSRFC Burevestnik Kishinev1Tajik SSRFC Dinamo Stalinobad See also 1952 Soviet Class A 1952 Soviet Cup References 1952 at rsssf.com 1952 2 Soviet Soviet