1956 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1956 Class A Spartak Moscow Class B Spartak Minsk (Group I)Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II) Soviet Cup none 1955 1957 yes The 1956 Soviet football championship was the 24th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 18th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upClass ASpartak Moscow (6)Dinamo MoscowClass BSpartak Minsk (Group I)Torpedo Taganrog (Group I)Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II)ODO Tbilisi (Group II)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 1956 Soviet Top League Class A main WDL Q 2 SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow CDSA RSFSR CDSA Moscow DKI Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kiev TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow KIS Moldavian SSR Burevestnik Kishinyov SHA Ukrainian SSR Shakhtyor Stalino DTB Georgian SSR Dynamo Tbilisi ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow ODO RSFSR ODO Sverdlovsk TRU RSFSR Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad 15 4 3 68 28 C 10 8 4 45 31 10 5 7 40 32 7 10 5 32 31 8 7 7 40 37 9 5 8 38 49 7 7 8 30 39 8 4 10 42 46 4 11 7 27 43 5 8 9 38 28 6 4 12 31 45 R 3 7 12 25 47 R Gold League champions C red1 Relegation to Class B R R complete rsssf.com Class B 1956 Soviet Class B Group I main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic SMI BLR Spartak Minsk TTA RUS Torpedo Taganrog MZA UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye SMO RUS Shakhtyor Mosbass Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass. OLV UKR ODO Lvov OKI UKR ODO Kiev KSS RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius AKH UKR Avangard Kharkov DTA EST Dinamo Tallinn SST UKR Spartak Stanislav SUZ UKR Spartak Uzhgorod MDN UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk POD UKR Pishchevik Odessa DRI LVA Daugava Riga SKA RUS Spartak Kalinin OPE RUS ODO Petrozavodsk y 18 11 5 45 26 18 10 6 65 33 21 4 9 54 35 19 6 9 56 36 16 9 9 49 25 15 9 10 43 27 14 10 10 51 33 13 10 11 37 36 12 11 11 51 29 14 7 13 40 44 11 10 13 36 44 12 6 16 49 57 7 15 12 28 33 10 9 15 40 58 8 10 16 40 57 9 8 17 27 48 8 9 17 27 48 2 4 28 20 89 + - + + + + inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Group II main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic KSK RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev OTB GEO ODO Tbilisi SYE ARM Spartak Yerevan NKR RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku KSV RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy ZIZ RUS Zenit Izhevsk KSM RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov ACH RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu PTA UZB Pahtakor Tashkent Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak. ASV RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk KAA KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai. SFR KGZ Spartak Frunze KAS TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad KST TJK Kolhozchi Stalinabad y 26 5 3 84 19 24 7 3 98 32 18 10 6 72 27 19 4 11 70 52 16 7 11 71 53 13 13 8 40 34 16 6 12 55 48 13 12 9 50 49 12 9 13 35 39 12 7 15 37 41 12 7 15 45 52 11 8 15 59 50 12 6 16 44 53 10 10 14 40 53 9 10 15 41 52 6 8 20 30 75 6 6 22 28 75 1 5 22 22 117 + - + + + + inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Top goalscorers Class A Vasiliy Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk) – 17 goals References External links 1956 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1956