1946 Soviet First League

March 2026 1946 Soviet First League 1945 1947 The 1946 Vtoraya Gruppa was the 7th season of the Soviet second tier football competitions and the 2nd following the War. In the 1946 season, VVS Moscow finished top of the Southern Group, and FC Pishchevik Moscow finished top of the Eastern Group. VVS won the two-leg playoff. The number of participating teams was increased from 18 to 26 and split into two groups of 13. Teams Relegated teams FC Lokomotiv Moscow – placed last (12th) in the 1945 Soviet Top League (debut) Promoted teams FC Burevestnik Moscow – (returning, last competed in 1940) FC Pischevik Moscow – (returning, last competed in 1940) FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev – (returning, last competed in 1940) FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – (returning, last competed in 1939) FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi – (returning, last competed in 1939) FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (returning, last competed in 1939) DO Sverdlovsk – (debut) FC Elektrosila Leningrad – (debut) FC Neftyanik Baku – (debut) FC Pischevik Leningrad – (debut) FC VMS Moscow – (debut) League standings Southern Group main WDL Q y 2 y Republic VVS VVS Moscow Russian SFSR DOT DO Tbilisi Georgian SSR LKH FC Lokomotiv Kharkov Ukrainian SSR 1937 POD FC Pishchevik Odessa Ukrainian SSR 1937 SST FC Shakhtyor Stalino Ukrainian SSR 1937 LTB FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi Georgian SSR TRM FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow Russian SFSR LOK FC Lokomotiv Moscow Russian SFSR NBK FC Neftyanik Baku Azerbaijan SSR DYR FC Dinamo Yerevan Armenian SSR ROD FC Dynamo Rostov-on-Donu Russian SFSR DNI FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk Ukrainian SSR 1937 SSN FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev Ukrainian SSR 1937 25 12 5 68 31 23 13 6 59 26 19 15 8 65 35 19 8 15 55 45 17 12 13 62 46 16 14 12 46 36 16 12 14 47 44 15 9 18 45 54 15 10 17 58 63 14 12 16 54 53 14 13 15 49 55 16 7 19 40 56 15 8 19 55 59 -1 1 point deducted? -3 3 points deducted? -2 2 points deducted? -1 1 point deducted? green1 CP complete Eastern Group All Russia Russian SFSR main WDL Q y 2 PIM FC Pishchevik Moscow TGR FC Torpedo Gorky MVO MVO Moscow SPL FC Spartak Leningrad DON DO Novosibirsk VMS VMS Moscow BUR FC Burevestnik Moscow DIV FC Dynamo Ivanovo KSM FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov DZC FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk ELL FC Elektrosila Leningrad DOS DO Sverdlovsk PIL FC Pishchevik Leningrad 25 12 5 68 31 23 13 6 59 26 19 15 8 65 35 19 8 15 55 45 17 12 13 62 46 16 14 12 46 36 16 12 14 47 44 15 9 18 45 54 15 10 17 58 63 14 12 16 54 53 14 13 15 49 55 16 7 19 40 56 15 8 19 55 59 -1 1 point deducted? -3 3 points deducted? -2 2 points deducted? -1 1 point deducted? green1 red1 Relegation to republican competitions CP REL REL complete Play off VVS - Pishchevik 3:2 1:0 (first game on September 18, second - September 22,Balitskiy Andrei Dreiman Theodore 2012-01-17 Soviet Union 1946 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su46.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20251122040255/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su46.html 2025-11-22 2026-03-19 RSSSF all in Moscow) Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)17Russian SFSRVVS Moscow, FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, MVO Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, VMS Moscow, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Elektrosila Leningrad, FC Pischevik LeningradFC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, DO Novosibirsk, FC Dinamo Ivanovo, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk, DO Sverdlovsk5Ukrainian SSR 1937FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev2Georgian SSRODO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi1Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku1Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan See also 1946 Soviet First Group References External links 1946 Soviet Second Group. RSSSF 1936 2 Soviet Soviet