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1953 Soviet Class B

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Soviet Class B
Season1953
ChampionsDinamo Minsk (Final)
Spartak Tbilisi (Group 1)
Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo (Group 2)
Shakhter Stalino (Group 3)
PromotedDinamo Minsk
Torpedo 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

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Relegated teams

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Four teams were relegated from the 1952 Soviet Class A (top tier).

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Withdrawn teams

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After death of Joseph Stalin, several teams that represented Soviet Armed Forces were dissolved on orders of Minister of Defense Nikolay Bulganin:[5]

  • VVS Moscow
  • VMS Moscow – replaced with Khimik Moscow
  • DO Tashkent – replaced with Spartak Tashkent
  • DO Tbilisi – temporary
  • DO Kiev – temporary
  • DO Sverdlovsk

First stage

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Zone I

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 GEO Spartak Tbilisi 15 10 4 1 41 12 3.417 24[a]
2 ARM Dinamo Yerevan 15 9 3 3 24 7 3.429 21
3 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 15 8 3 4 33 18 1.833 19[a]
4 AZE Neftyanik Baku 15 7 3 5 36 17 2.118 17
5 KAZ Dinamo Alma-Ata 15 7 2 6 27 18 1.500 16
6 TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 15 7 0 8 21 38 0.553 14
7 UZB Spartak Tashkent 8 3 1 4 8 11 0.727 7[a]
8 KGZ Iskra Frunze 15 3 0 12 16 53 0.302 6[a]
9 TJK Gornyak Leninabad 15 1 2 12 14 46 0.304 4[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e +

Zone II

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 17 10 4 3 27 9 3.000 24
2 BLR Dinamo Minsk 17 9 6 2 25 12 2.083 24[a]
3 UKR Metallurg Odessa 17 6 8 3 20 12 1.667 20[b]
4 RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) 17 7 5 5 19 18 1.056 19[b]
5 LVA Daugava Riga 17 6 5 6 24 22 1.091 17[a]
6 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 17 4 8 5 14 20 0.700 16
7 EST Kalev Tallinn 17 4 6 7 9 19 0.474 14
8 RUS Spartak Kalinin 17 4 3 10 20 25 0.800 11[b]
9 RUS Khimik Moskva 9 4 1 4 17 13 1.308 9[b]
10 KAR Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk 17 2 4 11 15 40 0.375 8
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c d +

Zone III

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 UKR Shakhtyor Stalino 14 9 4 1 33 9 3.667 22[a]
2 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 14 10 1 3 38 23 1.652 21
3 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 14 6 3 5 34 26 1.308 15[b]
4 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 14 7 1 6 25 22 1.136 15
5 RUS Avangard Chelyabinsk 14 5 4 5 18 22 0.818 14[b]
6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 14 4 3 7 18 29 0.621 11[b]
7 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 14 3 2 9 19 33 0.576 8[b]
8 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 14 2 2 10 14 35 0.400 6[b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ a b c d e +

Second stage

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For places 1-6

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 BLR Dinamo Minsk 5 4 1 0 11 1 11.000 9[a] Promoted
2 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 5 3 1 1 9 4 2.250 7
3 UKR Shakhtyor Stalino 5 3 0 2 6 5 1.200 6[a]
4 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 5 2 0 3 6 10 0.600 4
5 ARM Dinamo Yerevan 5 0 3 2 2 5 0.400 3
6 GEO Spartak Tbilisi 5 0 1 4 1 10 0.100 1[b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ +

Sep 13-27, Gorkiy

For places 7-9

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
7 UKR Metallurg Odessa 2 2 0 0 5 1 5.000 4[a]
8 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 2 1 0 1 5 5 1.000 2[a]
9 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 2 0 0 2 5 9 0.556 0[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c +

For places 10-12

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
10 RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) 2 2 0 0 3 1 3.000 4[a]
11 AZE Neftyanik Baku 2 1 0 1 3 3 1.000 2
12 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 2 0 0 2 3 5 0.600 0
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku

For places 13-15

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Daugava Riga2 – 0Avangard Chelyabinsk
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  • Notes: Dinamo Alma-Ata withdrew.

For places 16-18

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
16 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 2 1 1 0 5 2 2.500 3
17 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 2 1 0 1 2 4 0.500 2[a]
18 TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 2 0 1 1 1 2 0.500 1
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev

For places 19-21

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
19 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 2 2 0 0 9 1 9.000 4[a]
20 EST Kalev Tallinn 2 1 0 1 2 2 1.000 2
21 UZB Spartak Tashkent 2 0 0 2 1 9 0.111 0[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b +

Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk

For places 22-24

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
22 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 5 0 4[a]
23 RUS Spartak Kalinin 2 1 0 1 9 5 1.800 2[a]
24 KGZ Iskra Frunze 2 0 0 2 2 11 0.182 0[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c +

Sep 26-29, Dnepropetrovsk

For places 25-27

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
25 RUS Khimik Moskva 2 1 1 0 8 1 8.000 3[a]
26 RUS Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk 2 1 1 0 6 2 3.000 3
27 TJK Gornyak Leninabad 2 0 0 2 1 12 0.083 0[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b +

Sep 25-29, Moskva

Number of teams by republics

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Number Union republics Team(s)
10  Russian SFSR FC Khimik Moscow
FC 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 Sverdlovsk
4  Ukrainian SSR FC Metallurg Odessa, FC Shakhter Stalino, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
1  Georgian SSR FC Spartaki Tbilisi
1  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan
1  Azerbaijan SSR FC Neftianik Baku
1  Kazakh SSR FC Dinamo Alma-Ata
1  Turkmen SSR FC Spartak Asgabat
1  Uzbek SSR FC Spartak Tashkent
1  Kirghiz SSR FC Iskra Frunze
1  Tajik SSR FC Gornyak Leninabad
1  Belarusian SSR FC Dinamo Minsk
1  Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
1  Moldavian SSR FC Burevestnik Kishinev
1  Estonian SSR FC Kalev Tallinn
1  Karelo-Finnish SSR FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk

See also

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References

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