1938 Soviet Top League

4th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union Group A 1938 10 May – 14 November FC Spartak Moscow 12 teams (20) Makar Honcharenko (Dynamo K.) Metallurg 8–1 Burevestnik (August 28) Burevestnik 1–9 Dynamo L. (May 25) Burevestnik 1–9 Dynamo L. (May 25) 325 1175 1937 1939 The 1938 Soviet Top League combined all the Groups into one Super League. The season started on May 10 with the game between FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Spartak Kharkiv in Moscow. The last game was played on November 14 between FC Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu and FC Dynamo Odessa in Rostov-na-Donu. Each team played once with every other. The point system changed as well and stayed this way to the end of the competition in 1991: 2 for win, 1 for draw, and none for loss. This all-National championship format was experimental and was disbanded next year. A half of the League was relegated at the end of the season. Spartak beside becoming the champion in the League format won the national cup competition, defeating a surprise team Elektrik from Leningrad, that last year was called Krasnaya Zarya. Standings main WDL PR y y 2 y Republic SPA Russian SFSR Spartak Moscow CDKA Russian SFSR CDKA Moscow MTM Russian SFSR Metallurg Moscow DK Ukrainian SSR 1937 Dynamo Kiev DYN Russian SFSR Dynamo Moscow DTB Georgian SSR Dynamo Tbilisi DLE Russian SFSR Dynamo Leningrad LOK Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Moscow TOR Russian SFSR Torpedo Moscow ODE Ukrainian SSR 1937 Dynamo Odessa SHK Ukrainian SSR 1937 Stakhanovets Stalino TST Russian SFSR Traktor Stalingrad ELE Russian SFSR Elektrik Leningrad STL Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad SKH Ukrainian SSR 1937 Silmash Kharkiv STM Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow LKV Ukrainian SSR 1937 Lokomotyv Kiev DRD Russian SFSR Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu TBK Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku SPL Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad SPK Ukrainian SSR 1937 Spartak Kharkiv ZEN Russian SFSR Zenit Leningrad PSH Russian SFSR Pishchevik Moscow LTB Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi KRY Russian SFSR Krylia Sovetov Moscow BUR Russian SFSR Burevestnik Moscow 18 3 4 74 19 17 3 5 52 24 16 5 4 57 29 15 6 4 76 35 14 4 7 69 34 11 9 5 54 39 12 6 7 52 32 12 6 7 44 37 9 11 5 51 38 9 11 5 39 35 11 7 7 56 51 12 3 10 53 48 8 8 9 42 44 7 10 8 38 57 8 6 11 34 45 R 8 5 12 36 44 R 8 5 12 43 64 R 7 6 12 39 43 R 6 8 11 33 40 R 6 8 11 30 39 R 5 7 13 43 63 R 7 3 15 35 57 R 5 6 14 25 53 R 5 5 15 44 62 R 4 7 14 28 56 R 4 4 17 28 87 R Stalinets Leningrad merged with Zenit in 1939. green1 CP green3 P P red1 R R R R R R R R R R R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BUR CDK DYK DLE DYN DOD DRD DTB ELE KSM LOK LTB LKY MTM PSH SKH SPK SPL SPA STS STL STM TBK TOR TRA ZEN Spartak Moscow 1–2 null 1–1 null null 0–4 null 2–3 null 5–0 5–1 0–0 null null null 5–0 7–1 5–1 null 5–0 null 3–0 null 6–1 null CDKA Moscow null null null 1–0 3–0 null 0–1 1–0 2–2 null null null 6–0 3–0 2–1 null null null 1–0 null 2–1 null 2–0 null 2–0 Metallurg Moscow 2–1 0–2 3–2 null null null 4–2 null 6–2 null 3–0 null 2–2 null null null 1–1 2–1 4–2 null null 1–0 2–1 null 8–1 Dynamo Kiev null 2–1 null null null 0–1 null null null 2–0 3–3 4–1 null null null 1–1 3–0 6–0 7–0 3–0 null 4–2 null 4–1 null Dynamo Moscow 1–4 null 1–1 2–3 null 3–0 4–1 null null 2–0 null 6–2 null null null 7–1 null 2–2 null 4–0 null null 5–2 4–2 7–1 Dynamo Tbilisi 1–6 null 3–2 2–2 2–2 null 2–0 null null null null 2–0 null 1–1 null 4–3 null 2–1 null 7–1 null null 4–1 5–3 2–0 Dynamo Leningrad null 2–0 3–2 null null 2–1 null 0–0 1–1 7–0 1–2 null 3–4 null 1–0 null 3–2 null 1–1 null 2–1 2–2 null null null Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 null null 2–2 null null 1–1 null null 4–3 2–3 0–1 null null null null 2–1 3–1 null 3–3 null 2–1 null 2–0 null Torpedo Moscow null null 1–0 5–1 0–3 3–3 null 0–2 null null null null null 2–2 1–1 null null 1–1 null 2–2 5–2 null 3–5 null 2–2 Dynamo Odessa 0–1 null null 1–1 3–1 0–0 null 3–1 1–1 null null null null 2–0 2–2 null null 1–1 null null 1–0 null 2–1 null 1–0 Stakhanovets Stalino null 4–0 1–3 null null 1–1 null null 1–1 1–1 2–2 null 2–2 3–2 2–0 null 1–0 null 2–2 null 5–2 5–2 null null null Traktor Stalingrad null 0–1 null null 3–2 2–1 null null 2–1 2–4 null null 1–2 6–2 4–0 null 4–0 null 2–0 null 4–3 null null null 6–2 Elektrik Leningrad null 1–1 1–3 null null null 2–1 null 0–3 2–1 2–3 6–0 2–0 null 0–1 null 0–4 null 4–1 null 1–1 2–0 null null null Stalinets Leningrad 0–4 null null 2–7 1–2 2–2 null 2–1 1–5 3–2 null null null 1–1 5–1 null null null null null 1–1 null 2–1 null 1–1 Silmash Kharkiv 0–2 null 0–0 0–4 1–0 null 1–2 0–2 null null null null 2–2 null null 0–1 null 1–0 null 2–0 null null 5–2 3–0 1–0 Stalinets Moscow 0–1 null 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 null 1–3 null null null null null null 2–3 1–1 null 2–2 null 3–2 null null 4–1 0–1 1–3 Lokomotyv Kiev null 2–5 0–3 null null null 2–2 2–3 2–3 0–1 2–6 3–2 1–1 1–1 null null 3–1 null 3–2 null null 4–2 null 1–0 null Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu null 5–3 null null 0–1 1–1 null null 0–2 4–0 null null null 2–2 2–3 0–2 null null 0–0 null 0–0 null 1–0 null 4–0 Temp Baku null 0–1 null null null null 1–0 null null null 1–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 null null 5–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 null 3–0 null 2–2 null Spartak Leningrad 0–1 null null null 1–2 1–0 null 0–0 0–3 2–2 null null null 0–0 1–1 3–0 null null null null 2–1 null 2–1 null 6–0 Spartak Kharkiv null 2–2 0–1 null null null 2–1 null null 2–2 1–4 0–3 2–2 5–1 null null 1–3 2–6 null 0–2 null 2–0 null 5–1 null Zenit Leningrad 0–1 null 0–1 1–2 0–6 2–3 null 1–4 null null null null null null 4–3 2–6 1–2 null +:- null 3–2 null 3–2 null 3–2 Pishchevik Moscow null 0–6 null null 1–1 0–5 null null 2–2 0–0 null 1–0 null 2–2 3–0 0–2 null 2–1 null 2–1 null 0–2 null null null Lokomotiv Tbilisi 1–3 null null 3–4 null null 2–1 1–1 null null 3–3 1–1 3–1 null null null 4–1 null 1–3 null 2–2 null 2–1 3–3 null Krylia Sovetov Moscow null 0–3 1–1 null null null 1–2 null 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 null null null 1–1 null 2–1 null 0–1 0–1 null null Burevestnik Moscow 0–5 null null 0–6 null null 1–9 1–2 null null 2–3 null 2–6 null null null 3–2 null 1–0 null 0–6 null 1–1 3–1 2–2 complete Top scorers 20 goals Makar Goncharenko (Dynamo Kiev) 19 goals Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow) Aleksandr Ponomarev (Traktor Stalingrad) 18 goals Sergei Kapelkin (Metallurg Moscow) Aleksei Sokolov (Spartak Moscow) 15 goals Pyotr Petrov (Torpedo Moscow) Aleksandr Sinyakov (Torpedo Moscow) 14 goals Arkadi Alov (Dynamo Leningrad) Pyotr Layko (Dynamo Kiev) Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) Sergei Protsenko (Traktor Stalingrad) See also 1938 Soviet Cup References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet