1957 Soviet Class B

1957 Soviet Class B Avangard Leningrad(final group winner) Avangard Leningrad Krylia Sovetov Stupino (dissolved)Dinamo Vladivostok (dissolved) 1956 1958 The 1957 Soviet Football Championship in Class B (ru Первенство СССР 1957 года в классе «Б») was the 17th season of the Soviet second tier football league competition and the 8th since the formation of Class B. The competition consisted of two stages and involved participation of some 64 teams that were split in four groups. The three group winners advanced to the second stage as the final group of three, winner of which received promotion to the 1958 Class A. The fourth group winner (Russian Far East) were given a separate award by the Soviet Government. The league's newcomer Avangard Leningrad won the championship. Compared to the 1956 season, the competition expanded from 36 participants to 64 having two more groups added. Number of teams from the Russian SFSR increased substantially by adding the whole Russian Far East region to the tier. Teams Relegated Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad SKVO Sverdlovsk Promoted Russian SFSR (23): Avangard Leningrad (returned), Lokomotiv Saratov (returned), Khimik Yaroslavl (debut), Neftyanik Grozny (debut), Burevestnik Leningrad (debut), Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol (debut), Pischevik Kaliningrad (debut), Avangard Sormovo (debut), Dinamo Kirov (debut), Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk (debut), Neftianik Ufa (debut), SKVO Khabarovsk (debut), Dinamo Vladivostok (debut), Burevestnik Tomsk (debut), Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk (returned), Energiya Irkutsk (debut), Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (returned), SKVO Chita (debut), Sibselmash Novosibirsk (debut), Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure (debut), Metallurg Stalinsk (debut), Shakhter Kemerovo (returned), Urozhai Barnaul (debut) Ukrainian SSR (6): SKCF Sevastopol (returned), Trudovye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad (returned), Shakhtar Kadiyevka (returned), Kolhospnyk Poltava (debut), Avangard Mykolaiv (returned), Khimik Dniprodzerzhinsk (debut) Belarusian SSR: Urozhai Minsk (debut) Georgian SSR: Lokomotiv Kutaisi (debut) Withdrew Krylya Sovetov Stupino Dinamo Vladivostok First stage Zone I main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic ALE RUS Avangard Leningrad TTA RUS Torpedo Taganrog AKH UKR Avangard Kharkov NKR RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu KSV RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo MZA UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye SSE UKR SKCF Sevastopol TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy LSA RUS Lokomotiv Saratov TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad KYA RUS Khimik Yaroslavl NGR RUS Neftyanik Grozny BLE RUS Burevestnik Leningrad TRV UKR Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad SKA UKR Shakhtyor Kadiyevka TRS RUS Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol y 21 10 3 63 25 18 10 6 61 28 18 5 11 65 41 17 7 10 56 45 16 8 10 69 47 15 9 10 54 40 13 13 8 45 34 14 11 9 41 34 15 5 14 72 49 12 10 12 43 45 13 8 13 40 43 12 10 12 40 46 8 10 16 46 50 11 4 19 47 70 10 2 22 38 72 6 10 18 18 55 7 7 20 33 61 8 5 21 30 76 + + + + + + + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)13Russian SFSRFC Avangard Leningrad, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Neftyanik Grozny, FC Burevestnik Leningrad, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol5Ukrainian SSRFC Avangard Kharkov, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad, FC Shakhter Kadievka Zone II main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic SPS UKR Spartak Stanislav SLV UKR SKVO Lvov TRL RUS Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad MDN UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk POD UKR Pishchevik Odessa DTA EST Dinamo Tallinn KSS RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino SKI UKR SKVO Kiev SHS RUS Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk SUZ UKR Spartak Uzhgorod SVI LTU Spartak Vilnius KPO UKR Kolhospnik Poltava ANI UKR Avangard Nikolayev PKA RUS Pishchevik Kaliningrad UMI BLR Urozhai Minsk KDN UKR Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk ASO RUS Avangard Sormovo DRI LVA Daugava Riga y 23 6 5 66 27 21 6 7 51 32 21 5 8 68 32 17 8 9 65 43 16 7 11 65 48 14 11 9 52 44 15 8 11 44 39 14 9 11 42 36 15 7 12 53 47 12 9 13 41 40 13 6 15 37 42 12 4 18 43 57 10 7 17 50 63 9 9 16 35 57 11 4 19 42 57 7 9 18 38 65 6 10 18 29 51 4 7 23 22 63 + - + + + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)9Ukrainian SSRFC Spartak Stanislav, SKVO Lvov, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa, SKVO Kiev, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Poltava, FC Avangard Nikolayev, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk5Russian SFSRFC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk, FC Pischevik Kaliningrad, FC Avangard Sormovo1Estonian SSRFC Dinamo Tallinn1Lithuanian SSRFC Spartak Vilnius1Belarusian SSRFC Urozhai Minsk1Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga Zone III main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic STB GEO SKVO Tbilisi SYE ARM Spartak Yerevan NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku SSV RUS SKVO Sverdlovsk KSM RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov LKU GEO Lokomotiv Kutaisi KAA KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata ASV RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk DKI RUS Dinamo Kirov PTA UZB Pahtakor Tashkent LCH RUS Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk ZIZ RUS Zenit Izhevsk KAS TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad SFR KGZ Spartak Frunze NUF RUS Neftyanik Ufa UST TJK Urozhai Stalinabad Urozhai Stalinabad was called Kolhozchi. y 22 5 3 93 26 21 6 3 73 22 18 8 4 70 37 15 9 6 58 18 15 9 6 46 18 16 6 8 54 28 16 5 9 49 37 13 5 12 44 39 12 4 14 44 64 9 6 15 36 39 6 10 14 22 37 8 5 17 26 47 8 4 18 25 59 7 3 20 34 76 6 5 19 17 64 2 2 26 19 99 + - + + + + complete Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)7Russian SFSRSKVO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Neftyanik Ufa2Georgian SSRSKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Kutaisi1Armenian SSRFC Spartak Yerevan1Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftyanik Baku1Kazakh SSRFC Kairat Alma-Ata1Uzbek SSRFC Pakhtakor Tashkent1Turkmen SSRFC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad1Kyrgyz SSRFC Spartak Frunze1Tajik SSRFC Urozhai Stalinabad Zone [Russia] Far East main WDL Q 2 y y Rep Republic SKH SKVO Khabarovsk DVL Dinamo Vladivostok BTO Burevestnik Tomsk KZO Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk EIR Energiya Irkutsk LKR Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk SCH SKVO Chita SIB SibSelMash Novosibirsk LOK Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure MST Metallurg Stalinsk SKE Shakhtyor Kemerovo UBA Urozhai Barnaul 12 8 2 34 14 12 6 4 39 25 11 6 5 49 29 10 6 6 45 26 7 10 5 36 34 10 4 8 38 41 9 5 8 30 28 7 3 12 26 46 5 6 11 32 41 4 7 11 28 40 6 3 13 37 60 5 4 13 30 40 + + + + + + + + + + + + + complete Final stage [Nov 17 – Dec 3, Tashkent] main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic ALE RUS Avangard Leningrad SST UKR Spartak Stanislav STB GEO SKVO Tbilisi y 3 0 1 9 5 1 1 2 6 8 1 1 2 4 6 y 1 1 + + inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com See also 1957 Soviet Class A 1957 Soviet Cup References 1957 at rsssf.com 1957 2 Soviet Soviet