1959 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1959 Class A Dinamo Moscow Class B 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) Soviet Cup none 1958 1960 yes The 1959 Soviet football championship was the 27th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 21st among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upClass ADinamo Moscow (9*)Lokomotiv MoscowClass BTrud Voronezh (Group 1)Dinamo Kirov (Group 1)Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2)Trud Glukhovo (Group 2)Spartak Yerevan (Group 3)Terek Grozny (Group 3)Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4)Baltika Kaliningrad (Group 4)Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5)Volga Kalinin (Group 5)Pamir Leninabad (Group 6)Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk (Group 6)SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7)Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (Group 7)Soviet CupN/AN/A Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Soviet Union football championship 1959 Soviet Top League Class A main WDL Q 2 DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow DTB Georgian SSR Dynamo Tbilisi SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow DKI Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kiev ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad CSK RSFSR CSK MO Moscow KIS Moldavian SSR Moldova Kishinyov KRY RSFSR Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev SHA Ukrainian SSR Shakhtyor Stalino 13 5 4 42 21 C 12 5 5 42 25 12 3 7 48 33 11 4 7 37 31 11 3 8 27 23 8 8 6 32 28 6 8 8 26 33 8 4 10 29 38 8 3 11 29 27 6 5 11 22 45 6 1 15 26 37 4 5 13 24 43 Gold C complete rsssf.com Class B 1959 Soviet Class B Group 1 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 Group 2 main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic TRL RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad TGL RUS FC Trud Glukhovo AKH UKR FC Avangard Kharkov KCH UKR FC Kolhospnik Cherkassy AKI UKR FC Arsenal Kiev ZKI UKR FC Zvezda Kirovograd SMI BLR FC Spartak Minsk SST RUS FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk was called Trud. AZH UKR FC Avangard Zhitomir ZNA RUS FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo TRK RUS FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk AKR UKR FC Avangard Krivoi Rog TTU RUS FC Trud Tula KPO UKR FC Kolhospnik 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 Group 3 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 Group 4 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 Group 5 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 43 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 Group 6 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 Group 7 [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 Final (Russian Federation) [Nov 6-10, Grozny] main WDL 2 y ALE FC Admiralteyets Leningrad TRL FC Trudovye 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 Top goalscorers Class A Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 16 goals References External links 1959 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1959