1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B

Class B 1959 Trud Voronezh (Group 1)Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2)Spartak Yerevan (Group 3)Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4)Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5)Pamir Leninabad (Group 6)SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7) Admiralteyets Leningrad (RSFSR)Avangard Kharkov (Ukraine)Belarus Minsk (Belarus)Daugava Riga (Latvia)Kalev Tallinn (Estonia)Spartak Vilnius (Lithuania)Spartak Yerevan (Armenia)Neftyanik Baku (Azerbaijan)Pakhtakor Tashkent (Uzbekistan)Kairat Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) 1958 1960 The 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (ru Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1959 (класс «Б»)) was the tenth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the nineteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions. It involved participation of 101 "teams of masters" split in seven groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by seven teams. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the seven groups with three groups containing 15 teams and four groups - 14. The competition also included representation of all 15 union republics by at least one participant. In majority the season kicked off on April 18, 1959, with the Round 1 matches in five groups. Groups 5 and 7 started later. Four out of seven groups were won by clubs from the Russian SFSR (Russian Federation), three others represented three other union republics. Initially all the winners were to qualify for the final tournament as in previous season, but it was scratched as it was decided to reorganize competitions. The 1960 Class A competitions (higher tier) were planned to be expanded from 12 to 22 teams (by 10 teams). Among the four Russian winners there was organized additional short single round-robin tournament to identify the ultimate Class B winner for the Russian SFSR. Following this season, the Soviet Class B competitions were split based on regional principle in three main groups Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Union republics. Teams Promoted to (14): Spartak Leningrad, Torpedo Vladimir, Trud Ryazan, Trud Tula, Spartak Nalchik, Arsenal Kiev, Avangard Zhitomir, Avangard Krivoi Rog, Avangard Ternopol, Shakhter Gorlovka, Lokomotiv Bendery, Lokomotiv Gomel, Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Tekstilschik Kirovobad Relegated to (1): Admiralteyets Leningrad European Russia 1100 none Location of teams in the 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (European part). European Russia #FFFFF0 Leningrad top 59.9375 30.308611 10 Red-green-blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Trud V bottom 51.671667 39.210556 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Dinamo top 58.6 49.683333 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Iskra bottom 55.796389 49.108889 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Khimik Ya top 57.616667 39.85 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv S top 51.533333 46.016667 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Trudovye Rezervy L right 52.616667 39.6 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Torpedo V right 56.128611 40.405833 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Trud R right 54.63 39.7425 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv B top 46.833333 29.483333 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard N top 46.975 31.995 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Metallurg Z bottom 47.85 35.1175 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Metallurg D bottom 48.4675 35.04 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Kh bottom 46.6425 32.625 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Khimik D top 48.516667 34.613333 6 European Russia TransparentPlaceholder.png 62.9375 20.308611 Leningrad teams :SpartakAdmiralteyetsTrudovye Rezervy right European Russia TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.900556 20.5 Minsk teams :SpartakUrozhai right European Russia #FFFFF0 Minsk top 53.900556 27.558611 10 Steel-darkgreen pog.png European Russia #FFFFF0 Shakhter St bottom 54.083333 38.216667 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Trudovye Rezervy K left 51.716667 36.183333 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv G top 52.445278 30.984167 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv B top 46.833333 29.483333 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv B top 46.833333 29.483333 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv B top 46.833333 29.483333 6 European Russia #FFFFF0 Trud G left 55.85 38.433333 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Znamya Truda right 55.8 38.966667 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Trud T top 54.2 37.616667 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard Kh top 49.9925 36.231111 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Kolgospnik Ch top 49.444444 32.059722 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Arsenal top 50.45 30.523333 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Zvezda K top 48.5 32.266667 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard Zh top 50.25 28.666667 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard KR top 47.91 33.39 6 Green pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Kolgospnik P top 49.589444 34.551389 6 Green pog.svg European Russia TransparentPlaceholder.png 43.5 32.308611 Tbilisi teams :LokomotivSKVO right European Russia #FFFFF0 Tbilisi top 41.7225 44.7925 10 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Ye top 40.181389 44.514444 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Terek top 43.3125 45.698611 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Torpedo T left 47.216667 38.916667 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Kuban top 45.033333 38.966667 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Shirak top 40.789444 43.8475 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Torpedo T top 42.25 42.7 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 RostSelMash right 47.2225 39.71 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Stv top 45.05 41.983333 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak N top 43.483333 43.616667 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Temp top 42.9825 47.505 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Neftianik top 40.395278 49.882222 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Tekstilschik B top 40.682778 46.360556 6 Yellow pog.svg European Russia TransparentPlaceholder.png 43.5 27.0 Odessa teams :ChernomoretsSKVO right European Russia #FFFFF0 Odessa bottom 46.485722 30.743444 10 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv V top 49.233333 28.483333 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Baltika top 54.700278 20.453056 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 SKVO L top 49.8425 24.032222 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak V top 54.687222 25.28 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Uzh right 48.623889 22.295 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Kolgospnik R top 50.619167 26.251944 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Dinamo T top 59.437222 24.745278 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard S top 44.951944 34.102222 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Daugava top 56.948889 24.106389 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 SKCF bottom 44.605 33.5225 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Stn bottom 48.922778 24.710556 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Avangard T top 49.566667 25.6 6 Steel pog.svg European Russia TransparentPlaceholder.png 65.9375 20.308611 Gorkiy teams :Torpedo GRaketa right European Russia #FFFFF0 Gorkiy bottom 56.326944 44.0075 10 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Volga top 56.8625 35.924167 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Zenit top 56.833333 53.183333 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Trudovye Rezervy L right 48.567778 39.303056 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv St bottom 48.002778 37.805278 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Shakhter Kd top 48.568056 38.658611 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Traktor left 48.708611 44.514722 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Tekstilschik I top 56.996667 40.981944 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Spartak Ul top 54.316667 48.366667 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Shakhter G left 48.3 38.05 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Shakhter Sh right 47.7 40.233333 6 Blue pog.svg European Russia #FFFFF0 Energiya V right 48.805556 44.741667 6 Blue pog.svg Soviet Union 800 none Location of teams in the 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Siberia and Far East). Soviet Union TransparentPlaceholder.png 28.5 55.0 Tashkent teams :PahtakorTrudovye Rezervy right Soviet Union TransparentPlaceholder.png 38.5 80.0 Sverdlovsk teams :MashinostroitelSKVO right Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Tashkent top 41.311111 69.279722 10 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Sverdlovsk right 56.835556 60.612778 10 Black-gold pog.png Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Pamir bottom 40.283333 69.633333 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Metallurg M bottom 53.383333 59.033333 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Zvezda P top 58 56.316667 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Kairat right 43.24 76.915 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Spartak F top 42.874722 74.612222 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Metallurg NT left 57.916667 59.966667 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv Ch right 55.154722 61.375833 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Stroitel left 54.726111 55.9475 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Shakhter Kr left 49.802778 73.105556 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Kolhozchi right 37.9375 58.38 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Hosilot left 38.536667 68.78 6 Black pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 SKVO Kh bottom 48.483333 135.083333 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv K right 56.008889 92.871944 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Khimik K top 55.366667 86.066667 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 SibSelMash left 55.05 82.95 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Irtysh top 54.983333 73.366667 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 SibElectroMotor top 56.5 84.966667 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Urozhai B left 53.348611 83.776389 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Metallurg St bottom 53.766667 87.133333 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv K/A right 50.566667 137 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Energiya I left 52.283333 104.283333 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 SKVO Ch top 52.05 113.466667 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv UU bottom 51.833333 107.6 6 Gold pog.svg Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Luch left 43.115 131.885278 6 Gold pog.svg First stage I Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic TVO RUS FC Trud Voronezh Trud Voronezh was called Krylya Sovetov. DKI RUS FC Dinamo Kirov ANI UKR FC Avangard Nikolayev MDN UKR FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk IKA RUS FC Iskra Kazan MZA UKR FC Metallurg Zaporozhye KYA RUS FC Khimik Yaroslavl LSA RUS FC Lokomotiv Saratov SLE RUS FC Spartak Leningrad SKH UKR FC Spartak Kherson KDN UKR FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk TRL RUS FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk TVL RUS FC Torpedo Vladimir TRY RUS FC Trud Ryazan LBE MDA FC Lokomotiv Bendery y 20 6 2 57 16 14 11 3 47 17 14 9 5 52 28 14 6 8 47 37 12 9 7 36 27 14 4 10 40 30 10 8 10 31 28 8 11 9 39 32 11 5 12 43 48 5 14 9 31 35 9 6 13 35 46 8 8 12 26 41 6 9 13 26 36 4 5 19 20 53 3 5 20 19 75 + + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)9Russian SFSRFC Trud Voronezh, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Iskra Kazan, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Lipetsk, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Trud Ryazan5Ukrainian SSRFC Avangard Nikolaev, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk1Moldavian SSRFC Lokomotiv Bendery II Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic TRL RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad TGL RUS FC Trud Glukhovo AKH UKR Avanhard Kharkiv KCH UKR Kolhospnyk Cherkasy AKI UKR Arsenal Kyiv ZKI UKR Zirka Kirovohrad SMI BLR FC Spartak Minsk SST RUS FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk was called Trud. AZH UKR Avanhard Zhytomyr ZNA RUS FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo TRK RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk AKR UKR Avanhard Kryvyi Rih TTU RUS FC Trud Tula KPO UKR Kolhospnyk Poltava LGO BLR FC Lokomotiv Gomel y 19 6 3 55 19 13 11 4 41 23 13 11 4 40 26 14 8 6 36 24 13 8 7 49 37 11 10 7 42 21 13 5 10 33 28 9 11 8 24 23 9 9 10 41 34 9 8 11 33 39 6 13 9 42 50 7 5 16 24 51 5 8 15 26 44 6 6 16 23 46 0 7 21 17 61 + + + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)7Ukrainian SSRFC Avangard Kharkov, FC Kolgospnik Cherkassy, FC Arsenal Kiev, FC Zirka Kirovograd, FC Avangard Zhitomir, FC Avangard Krivoi Rog, FC Kolgospnik Poltava6Russian SFSRFC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Trud Glukhovo, FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk, FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk, FC Trud Tula2Belarusian SSRFC Spartak Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel III Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic SYE ARM FC Spartak Yerevan TGR RUS FC Terek Grozny TTA RUS FC Torpedo Taganrog SLE ARM FC Shirak Leninakan KKR RUS FC Kuban Krasnodar TKU GEO FC Torpedo Kutaisi Torpedo Kutaisi was called Lokomotiv. STB GEO FC SKVO Tbilisi ROS RUS FC RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu SST RUS FC Spartak Stavropol SNA RUS FC Spartak Nalchik LTB GEO FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi NBA AZE FC Neftyanik Baku TMA RUS FC Temp Makhachkala TKI AZE FC Textilshchik Kirovabad 16 9 1 41 18 14 7 5 35 23 14 5 7 35 25 10 8 8 32 27 10 8 8 35 32 11 6 9 36 34 12 3 11 51 41 10 5 11 46 38 9 5 12 30 35 8 6 12 30 40 8 5 13 39 45 7 6 13 25 38 5 7 14 20 38 7 2 17 31 52 + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)7Russian SFSRFC Terek Grozny, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Spartak Stavropol, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Temp Makhachkala3Georgian SSRFC Torpedo Kutaisi, SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi2Armenian SSRFC Spartak Yerevan, FC Shirak Leninakan2Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku, FC Tekstilschik Kirovobad IV Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic LVI UKR FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa BKA RUS FC Baltika Kaliningrad SOD UKR SKVO Odessa COD UKR FC Chernomorets Odessa SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius SLV UKR SKVO Lvov SUZ UKR FC Spartak Uzhgorod DTA EST Dinamo Tallinn KRO UKR FC Kolhospnyk Rovno SSE UKR SKCF Sevastopol DAU LVA FC Daugava Riga ASI UKR FC Avangard Simferopol UMI BLR FC Urozhai Minsk SST UKR FC Spartak Stanislav ATE UKR FC Avangard Ternopol 17 7 4 59 30 17 6 5 58 27 16 4 8 41 26 15 4 9 40 25 14 6 8 38 31 14 5 9 48 27 12 5 11 34 34 11 6 11 37 35 8 8 12 49 49 9 5 14 31 46 7 7 14 32 44 6 9 13 20 38 7 6 15 25 46 7 4 17 26 53 6 6 16 23 50 + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)10Ukrainian SSRFC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, SKVO Odessa, FC Chernomorets Odessa, SKVO Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Rovno, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Avangard Simferopol, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Avangard Ternopol1Russian SFSRFC Baltika Kaliningrad1Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius1Estonian SSRFC Dinamo Tallinn1Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga1Belarusian SSRFC Urozhai Minsk V Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic ALE RUS FC Admiralteyets Leningrad VKA RUS FC Volga Kalinin ZIZ RUS FC Zenit Izhevsk TRL UKR FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk LST UKR FC Lokomotiv Stalino SKA UKR FC Shakhtyor Kadiyevka TST RUS FC Traktor Stalingrad TGO RUS FC Torpedo Gorkiy RGO RUS FC Raketa Gorkiy SUL RUS FC Spartak Ulyanovsk Spartak Ulyanovsk was called Dinamo. TIV RUS FC Textilshchik Ivanovo SGO UKR FC Shakhtyor Gorlovka EVO RUS FC Energiya Volzhskiy SSH RUS FC Shakhtyor Shakhty 13 10 3 53 27 15 6 5 58 31 14 6 6 48 33 15 3 8 55 31 15 3 8 58 42 10 8 8 29 28 10 6 10 46 39 9 7 10 39 37 7 8 11 33 39 9 3 14 36 53 5 9 12 29 45 7 5 14 25 47 6 7 13 24 50 5 3 18 29 60 + - + complete Play-Off for 1st place [in Rostov-na-Donu] Admiralteyets Leningrad 4-1 Volga Kalinin Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)10Russian SFSRFC Admiralteyets Leningrad, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Traktor Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Raketa Gorkiy, FC Spartak Ulyanovsk, FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Energia Volzhskiy, FC Shakhter Shakhty4Ukrainian SSRFC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Lokomotiv Stalino, FC Shakhter Kadievka, FC Shakhter Gorlovka VI Zone main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic PLE TJK FC Pamir Leninabad MSV RUS FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk MMA RUS FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk PTA UZB FC Pahtakor Tashkent ZPE RUS FC Zvezda Perm KAA KAZ FC Kayrat Alma-Ata TRT UZB FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent SFR KGZ FC Spartak Frunze MNT RUS FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil LCH RUS FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk SKA KAZ FC Shakhtyor Karaganda KAS TKM FC Kolhozchi Ashkhabad SUF RUS FC Stroitel Ufa Stroitel Ufa was called Devon. HST TJK FC Hosilot Stalinabad 16 4 6 41 34 13 6 7 51 29 15 2 9 46 31 13 6 7 40 33 13 5 8 41 31 11 8 7 46 37 11 7 8 33 28 8 10 8 36 36 9 6 11 44 36 7 6 13 34 40 8 4 14 36 49 9 2 15 36 51 7 5 14 25 39 6 1 19 26 61 complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)6Russian SFSRFC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Stroitel Ufa2Tajik SSRFC Pamir Leninabad, FC Khosilot Stalinabad2Uzbek SSRFC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent2Kazakh SSRFC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda1Kyrgyz SSRFC Spartak Frunze1Turkmen SSRFC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad VII Zone [All teams are from Russian Federation] main WDL 2 y SSV FC SKVO Sverdlovsk LKR FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk SKH FC SKVO Khabarovsk KKE FC Khimik Kemerovo SSM FC SibSelMash Novosibirsk IOM FC Irtysh Omsk MST FC Metallurg Stalinsk UBA FC Urozhai Barnaul SEM FC SibElectroMotor Tomsk SibElectroMotor Tomsk was called Tomich. LOK FC Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure EIR FC Energiya Irkutsk SCH FC SKVO Chita LUU FC Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude LVL FC Luch Vladivostok 17 5 4 64 24 17 5 4 50 20 14 8 4 39 23 14 5 7 56 38 12 6 8 47 37 11 5 10 35 44 10 6 10 33 35 11 3 12 43 39 9 6 11 41 50 7 9 10 21 31 8 6 12 30 34 6 3 17 22 52 5 4 17 23 52 5 1 20 25 50 complete Play-Off for 1st place [in Rostov-na-Donu] SKVO Sverdlovsk 4-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk Promotion RSFSR One team was to be promoted so all four group winners contested it in short tournament. [for Russian Federation] [Nov 6–10, Grozny] main WDL 2 y ALE FC Admiralteyets Leningrad TRL FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad TVO FC Trud Voronezh SSV FC SKVO Sverdlovsk 2 1 0 7 0 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 1 6 2 0 0 3 1 12 - complete rsssf.com Other union republics Ukraine FC Avangard Kharkov was promoted ahead of a group winner Lokomotiv Vinnitsa. Belarus There was formed new team Belarus based on better players from all Class B teams. Estonia The new team Kalev Tallinn promoted ahead of Dinamo Tallinn. Latvia Daugava Riga gained direct promotion. Lithuania Spartak Vilnius gained direct promotion. Armenia Spartak Yerevan gained direct promotion. Azerbaijan Neftyanik Baku gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B. Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B. Kazakhstan Kairat Alma-Ata gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B. See also Soviet First League External links 1959 Soviet Championship and Cup 1959 season at rsssf.com Category:Soviet First League seasons 2 Soviet Soviet