Season | 1937 | |
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Men's football | ||
Group A | Dinamo Moscow | |
Group B | Spartak Leningrad | |
Group V | Dinamo Odessa | |
Soviet Cup | Dinamo Moscow | |
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The 1937 Soviet football championship was the 7th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.
CDKA Moscow once again avoided relegation since the format for the next 1938 season changed again.
The defending champions Spartak, while defeating their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 0–0) this season, had a poor start in the first half losing to Metallurg and Dinamo Kiev and let Dinamo Moscow outperform them.
Honours
[edit]Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
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Group A | Dinamo Moscow (2*) | Spartak Moscow |
Group B | Spartak Leningrad | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu |
Group V | Dinamo Odessa | Lokomotiv Kiev |
Group G | Traktor Stalingrad | DKA Smolensk |
Group D | Spartak Ivanovo | Lokomotiv Dnepropetrovsk |
Cities of the East | Dinamo Cheliabinsk | Dinamo Sverdlovsk |
Soviet Cup | Dinamo Moscow (1) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Cup
[edit]Dinamo Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 5–2 in the Soviet Cup final. Hat-trick was made by Mikhail Semichastny, while two goals for Georgians were scored by Berdzenishvili brothers.
Soviet Union football championship
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
Dynamo Moscow | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 1.850 | 38 |
2 | ![]() |
Spartak Moscow | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1.500 | 37 |
3 | ![]() |
Dynamo Kiev | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 1.375 | 36 |
4 | ![]() |
Dynamo Tbilisi | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 1.250 | 34 |
5 | ![]() |
Metallurg Moscow | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 1.238 | 32 |
6 | ![]() |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 0.900 | 31 |
7 | ![]() |
Dynamo Leningrad | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 0.840 | 29 |
8 | ![]() |
Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 0.548 | 28 |
9 | ![]() |
CDKA Moscow | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 43 | 0.419 | 23 |
Rules for classification: Points awarded were 3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss and none for a no appearance. In case of tie on points, there was used goal ratio for tiebreaker for any places beside the first and the last, for which was decided to conduct additional game.[1]
Group B
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Spartak Leningrad (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1.462 | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 26 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Temp Baku (P) | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 25 |
4 | ![]() |
Stalinets Leningrad (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1.222 | 25 |
5 | ![]() |
FC Stalinets Moscow (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 25 |
6 | ![]() |
FC Torpedo Moscow (P) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0.889 | 24 |
7 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Kazan | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 0.393 | 17 |
8 | ![]() |
CDKA Moscow[a] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 5 |
- ^ CDKA was returned during the season to the Soviet Top League after playing two games in the season. Their results were scratched for this League this season.
Group V
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Odessa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2.091 | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
FC Lokomotiv Kiev | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 1.538 | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Stakhanovets Stalino | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1.538 | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Dnepropetrovsk | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 1.200 | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
FC Traktor Kharkov | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 1.417 | 18 |
6 | ![]() |
FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 1.174 | 17 |
7 | ![]() |
FC Spartak Kharkov | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 0.714 | 17 |
8 | ![]() |
FC Selmash Kharkov | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 0.552 | 16 |
9 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Kharkov | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 0.952 | 15 |
10 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Gorky | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 0.308 | 11[a] |
Notes:
- ^ -1 point?
Group G
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
FC Traktor Stalingrad | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 2.857 | 29 |
2 | ![]() |
DKA Smolensk | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 2.500 | 28 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 1.474 | 26 |
4 | ![]() |
FC Burevestnik Moscow | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 1.650 | 24 |
5 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Baku | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 1.600 | 23 |
6 | ![]() |
FC Frunze Plant Kostiantynivka | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 0.920 | 23 |
7 | ![]() |
FC Kirov's Plant Leningrad | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.789 | 23 |
8 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Tashkent | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 0.762 | 22 |
9 | ![]() |
FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 0.741 | 21 |
10 | ![]() |
FC Torpedo Gorky | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 0.559 | 16[a] |
11 | ![]() |
PFC Neftchi Baku | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 0.452 | 16 |
12 | ![]() |
FC Spartak Yerevan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 0.194 | 10[b] |
Notes:
- ^ The Torpedo Gorky was docked a point as it refused to play against the Tashkent team.
- ^ The Yerevan's Club was docked two points for a failure to play a scheduled game against the Gorky's club and the club from Kostiantynivka.
Group D
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
FC Spartak Ivanovo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1.750 | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 1.467 | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Yerevan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 1.267 | 23 |
4 | ![]() |
FC Spartak Kalinin | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1.077 | 23 |
5 | ![]() |
FC Metallurg Stalingrad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1.818 | 22 |
6 | ![]() |
FC Lokomotiv Baku | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0.895 | 20 |
7 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Voronezh | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 | 18 |
8 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Kirov | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 0.720 | 18 |
9 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Minsk | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 0.952 | 17 |
10 | ![]() |
FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.643 | 17[a] |
11 | ![]() |
FC Spartak Kyiv | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 0.480 | 12 |
Notes:
- ^ The Sudnobudivnyk was docked a point.
Cities of the East
[edit]Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Sverdlovsk | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 4.750 | 15 |
2 | ![]() |
FC Dynamo Cheliabinsk | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 3.833 | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
FC Dinamo Alma-Ata | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
FC Sudnostroitel Vladivostok | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 0.682 | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
FC Zolotoprofsoyuz Chita | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 0.458 | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
SKA Omsk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 0.297 | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 9 |
8 | ![]() |
FC Burevestnik Novosibirsk[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
SKA Chita[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Notes:
Top goalscorers
[edit]Group A
- Vasily Smirnov (Dinamo Moscow) – 8 goals
Group B
- Viktor Smagin (Stalinets Leningrad) – 7 goals
Republican level
[edit]Football competitions of union republics[2]
Football championships
[edit]- Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
- Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
- Belarusian SSR – Dinamo Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
- Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi (reserves)
- Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
- Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
- Russian SFSR – none
- Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
- Turkmen SSR – none
- Uzbek SSR – Spartak Tashkent
- Ukrainian SSR – Spartak Dnipropetrovsk (see 1937 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
Football cups
[edit]- Azerbaijan SSR – Temp Baku
- Armenian SSR – none
- Belarusian SSR – none
- Georgian SSR – none
- Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Karaganda
- Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
- Russian SFSR – none
- Tajik SSR – none
- Turkmen SSR – DKA Ashkhabad
- Uzbek SSR – none
- Ukrainian SSR – Dynamo Kyiv (see 1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
References
[edit]- ^ 1937 ГОД. ТАБЛИЦЫ. КАЛЕНДАРИ. СОСТАВЫ КОМАНД. Luhansk Our Football (football.lg.ua).
- ^ 1937 год. regional-football.ru