1954 Soviet Class B

1954 Soviet Class B Shakhter Stalino (Final)Spartak Yerevan (Group 1)Zenit Kaliningrad (Group 2)Shakhter Stalino (Group 3) 1953 1955 The 1954 Class B Soviet Football Championship was the 5th season in the Soviet second tier competitions since its reorganization in 1950 and the 14th season since the establishment of the tier in 1936. FC Shakhter Stalino won the championship by placing 1st in the 6 teams final group and a home turf advantage. Teams Relegated teams One team was relegated from the 1953 Soviet Class A (top tier). Spartak Vilnius – (return after a year absence) Promoted teams Spartak Uzhgorod – return after a two-year absence, Champion of the 1953 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR ODO Lvov – return after a four-year absence DOF Sevastopol – debut Energia Saratov – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Saratov) Neftianik Krasnodar – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Krasnodar) Krylia Sovetov Voronezh – debut, Runner-up of the 1953 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR Shakhter Mosbass – debut Pischevik Minsk – debut Reinstated teams ODO Kiev ODO Tbilisi ODO Sverdlovsk Renamed teams Dinamo Yerevan → Spartak Yerevan Voronezh → Krylia Sovetov Voronezh First stage Zone I main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic SYE ARM Spartak Yerevan NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku OTB GEO ODO Tbilisi LAA KAZ Lokomotiv Alma-Ata Lokomotiv Alma-Ata was called Dinamo GLE TJK Gornyak Leninabad ACH RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk ASV RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk SAS TKM Spartak Ashkhabad STA UZB Spartak Tashkent OSV RUS ODO Sverdlovsk IFR KGZ Iskra Frunze KSM RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov y 13 9 0 34 9 13 8 1 59 23 12 5 5 47 22 11 7 4 25 13 10 5 7 27 27 7 7 8 31 37 8 5 9 24 30 6 6 10 22 29 4 6 12 17 32 5 3 14 20 34 4 5 13 20 39 5 2 15 16 47 + + + + complete rsssf.com Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)4Russian SFSRFC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov1Armenian SSRFC Spartak Yerevan1Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku1Georgian SSRODO Tbilisi1Kazakh SSRFC Lokomotiv Alma-Ata1Tajik SSRFC Gornyak Leninabad1Turkmen SSRFC Spartak Asgabat1Uzbek SSRFC Spartak Tashkent1Kyrgyz SSRFC Iskra Frunze Zone II main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic ZEN RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius KMO RUS Khimik Moskva KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo SKA RUS Spartak Kalinin PMI BLR Pishchevik Minsk DRI LVA Daugava Riga ESA RUS Energiya Saratov KSV RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh SMO RUS Shakhtyor Mosbass KTA EST Kalev Tallinn KZP KAR Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk y 14 5 3 31 14 13 6 3 33 13 12 5 5 36 21 7 10 5 20 15 8 8 6 32 27 6 9 7 17 16 9 3 10 20 24 8 5 9 21 30 7 3 12 21 29 6 3 13 22 31 6 3 13 18 33 2 8 12 11 29 + - + + + + complete rsssf.com Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)7Russian SFSRFC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Khimik Moscow, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Energia Saratov, FC Krylia Sovetov Voronezh, FC Shakhter Mosbass1Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius1Belarusian SSRFC Pischevik Minsk1Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga1Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn1Karelo-Finnish SSRFC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk Zone III main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic SST UKR Shakhtyor Stalino TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu MZA UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye MDN UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk SUZ UKR Spartak Uzhgorod MOD UKR Metallurg Odessa OLV UKR ODO Lvov TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad DSE UKR DOF Sevastopol NKR RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar OKI UKR ODO Kiev BKI MDA Burevestnik Kishinev y 17 4 1 56 16 11 7 4 35 20 11 5 6 34 24 8 9 5 30 27 9 5 8 37 35 8 4 10 37 42 7 6 9 24 32 7 5 10 31 39 5 8 9 19 31 6 5 11 29 41 6 4 12 34 45 2 8 12 26 40 + + + + + + complete rsssf.com Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)8Ukrainian SSRFC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Metallurg Odessa, ODO Lvov, DOF Sevastopol, ODO Kiev3Russian SFSRFC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Neftianik Krasnodar1Moldavian SSRFC Burevestnik Kishinev Final stage main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic SST UKR Shakhtyor Stalino SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku ZEN RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) SYE ARM Spartak Yerevan TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu y 4 1 0 10 1 2 3 0 4 2 2 1 2 7 7 2 1 2 4 5 0 2 3 3 7 0 2 3 3 9 - + inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Played in Stalino See also 1954 Soviet Class A 1954 Soviet Cup References 1954 at rsssf.com Чемпионат СССР 1954. footballfacts.ru 1954 2 Soviet Soviet