1953 Soviet Class B

1953 Soviet Class B Dinamo Minsk (Final)Spartak Tbilisi (Group 1)Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo (Group 2)Shakhter Stalino (Group 3) Dinamo MinskTorpedo Gorkiy 1952 1954 The 1953 Soviet Class B was the fourth season in Soviet Class B and 14th in second tier. It involved a participation of 27 teams. Started on May 2, it continued to September 27, 1953. FC Dinamo Minsk has won the competition. The competition consisted of two stages. At the first stage, teams were split in three groups playing each other home-away double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, teams played with their counterparts from other two groups however the top two teams from each group formed the first pool which was the only one consisting of 6 teams, while other consisted of 3 teams. Teams Relegated teams Four teams were relegated from the 1952 Soviet Class A (top tier). VVS Moscow (return after a six-year absence) FC Daugava Riga (return after a four-year absence) FC Shakhter Donetsk (return after a four-year absence) FC Dinamo Minsk (return after a year absence) Promoted teams Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu – debut Zenit Kaliningrad – return after a three-year absence, Champion of the 1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR (as "Zavod imeni Kalinina")1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR. footballfacts.ru1952 KFC competitions. regional-football.ru Spartak Kalinin – return after a three-year absence Avangard Chelyabinsk – return after a two-year absence Krylia Sovetov Molotov – return after a three-year absence, placed 9th in the 1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR (as "SC imeni Stalina")1952 KFK competitions Russian SFSR. footballfacts.ru1952 KFC competitions. regional-football.ru Avangard Sverdlovsk – return after a three-year absence KBF Tallinn – debut, Champion of the 1952 Estonian SSR Football Championship, replaced with Kalev Tallinn Metallurg Zaporozhye – return after a three-year absence, Champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk – return after a three-year absence Metallurg Odessa – debut, placed 8th in Group 3 of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (results are counted for Chornomorets Odesa relegated in 1950) Spartaki Tbilisi – return after a three-year absence Gornyak Leninabad – debut Iskra Frunze – return after a year absence Withdrawn teams After death of Joseph Stalin, several teams that represented Soviet Armed Forces were dissolved on orders of Minister of Defense Nikolay Bulganin:ТОТАЛЬНАЯ ДЕМОБИЛИЗАЦИЯ (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1953 год. Часть вторая). www.sport-express.ru VVS Moscow VMS Moscow – replaced with Khimik Moscow DO Tashkent – replaced with Spartak Tashkent DO Tbilisi – temporary DO Kiev – temporary DO Sverdlovsk First stage Zone I main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic STB GEO Spartak Tbilisi DYE ARM Dinamo Yerevan TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku DAA KAZ Dinamo Alma-Ata SAS TKM Spartak Ashkhabad STA UZB Spartak Tashkent IFR KGZ Iskra Frunze GLE TJK Gornyak Leninabad y 10 4 1 41 12 9 3 3 24 7 8 3 4 33 18 7 3 5 36 17 7 2 6 27 18 7 0 8 21 38 3 1 4 8 11 3 0 12 16 53 1 2 12 14 46 + + + + + + complete rsssf.com Zone II main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo DMI BLR Dinamo Minsk MOD UKR Metallurg Odessa ZEN RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) DRI LVA Daugava Riga BKI MDA Burevestnik Kishinev KTA EST Kalev Tallinn SKA RUS Spartak Kalinin KMO RUS Khimik Moskva KZP KAR Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk y 10 4 3 27 9 9 6 2 25 12 6 8 3 20 12 7 5 5 19 18 6 5 6 24 22 4 8 5 14 20 4 6 7 9 19 4 3 10 20 25 4 1 4 17 13 2 4 11 15 40 + - - + + - + + complete rsssf.com Zone III main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic SST UKR Shakhtyor Stalino TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy MZA UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad ACH RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk KSM RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov ASV RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk MDN UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk y 9 4 1 33 9 10 1 3 38 23 6 3 5 34 26 7 1 6 25 22 5 4 5 18 22 4 3 7 18 29 3 2 9 19 33 2 2 10 14 35 + - - + + + + + complete rsssf.com Second stage For places 1-6 main WDL P yes 2 y y Rep Republic DMI BLR Dinamo Minsk TGO RUS Torpedo Gorkiy SST UKR Shakhtyor Stalino KZI RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo DYE ARM Dinamo Yerevan STB GEO Spartak Tbilisi y 4 1 0 11 1 3 1 1 9 4 3 0 2 6 5 2 0 3 6 10 0 3 2 2 5 0 1 4 1 10 + - - - + inherit Promoted P P complete rsssf.com Sep 13-27, Gorkiy For places 7-9 main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic 7 MOD UKR Metallurg Odessa TOR RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu MZA UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 2 5 9 + + + + complete rsssf.com For places 10-12 main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic 10 ZEN RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) NBA AZE Neftyanik Baku TST RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 3 5 + complete rsssf.com Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku For places 13-15 11 October 1953 Daugava Riga 2 – 0 [ Report] Avangard Chelyabinsk Riga Notes: Dinamo Alma-Ata withdrew. For places 16-18 main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic 16 BKI MDA Burevestnik Kishinev KSM RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov SAS TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 + complete rsssf.com Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev For places 19-21 main WDL yes 2 y y Rep Republic 19 ASV RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk KTA EST Kalev Tallinn STA UZB Spartak Tashkent 2 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 9 + + + complete rsssf.com Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk For places 22-24 main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic 22 MDN UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk SKA RUS Spartak Kalinin IFR KGZ Iskra Frunze 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 9 5 0 0 2 2 11 + + + + complete rsssf.com Sep 26-29, Dnepropetrovsk For places 25-27 main WDL Q yes 2 y y Rep Republic 25 KMO RUS Khimik Moskva KZP RUS Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk GLE TJK Gornyak Leninabad 1 1 0 8 1 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 2 1 12 + + + complete rsssf.com Sep 25-29, Moskva Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)10Russian SFSRFC Khimik MoscowFC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk4Ukrainian SSRFC Metallurg Odessa, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk1Georgian SSRFC Spartaki Tbilisi1Armenian SSRFC Dinamo Yerevan1Azerbaijan SSRFC Neftianik Baku1Kazakh SSRFC Dinamo Alma-Ata1Turkmen SSRFC Spartak Asgabat1Uzbek SSRFC Spartak Tashkent1Kirghiz SSRFC Iskra Frunze1Tajik SSRFC Gornyak Leninabad1Belarusian SSRFC Dinamo Minsk1Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga1Moldavian SSRFC Burevestnik Kishinev1Estonian SSRFC Kalev Tallinn1Karelo-Finnish SSRFC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk See also 1953 Soviet Class A 1953 Soviet Cup References External links 1953 at rsssf.com Season regulations. football.lg.ua БЕЗ СТАЛИНА (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1953 год. Часть первая). www.sport-express.ru "УБИЙСТВО" В ПЕТРОВСКОМ ПАРКЕ (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1953 год. Часть третья). www.sport-express.ru ОБУТЫЕ ПРОТИВ БОСОНОГИХ (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1953 год. Часть четвертая). www.sport-express.ru РАЗОРВАННЫЕ КРУЖЕВА (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1953 год. Часть пятая). www.sport-express.ru 1953 2 Soviet Soviet