1939 Soviet Top League

1939 Soviet Top League was the fifth season of the Soviet Top League known at that time as Group A.

Group A
Season1939
ChampionsFC Spartak Moscow
RelegatedFC Elektrik Leningrad
FC Dynamo Odessa
Matches played182
Goals scored649 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer(21) Grigory Fedotov (CDKA)
Biggest home winSpartak 8–0 Dynamo Od. (July 8)
Biggest away winDynamo Od. 0–6 Dynamo M. (October 12)
Highest scoringDynamo L. 3–7 CDKA (June 15)
1938
1940

It started on May 12 with six games of the first round. The main calendar was scheduled to be finished on October 19 with the Moscow derby between Lokomotiv and Dynamo. However, due to numerous protests and postponed games the championship finished on November 30 in Tbilisi with game between Dynamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Odessa. The new champions became Spartak Moscow with two teams being relegated: Elektrik Leningrad and Dynamo Odessa. This was the first full season championship with each team playing over 25 games.

The last year defending champions were Spartak Moscow. There were no newly promoted teams and initially was decided to conduct the championship with 12 teams. However the Soviet sport committee allowed for two Leningrad teams Stalinets and Elektrik to remain in the league.

Spartak once again won the cup competition that started in summer with final played in mid-September. That was the last edition of the cup before World War II.

Representation by republic

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Spartak Moscow (C)2614935823+3537
2Dynamo Tbilisi2614576041+1933
3CDKA Moscow2614486843+2532
4Traktor Stalingrad2613495039+1130
5Lokomotiv Moscow2612684239+330
6Metallurg Moscow2612595350+329
7Dynamo Moscow26124106046+1428
8Dynamo Kiev269893944−526
9Torpedo Moscow2687115151023
10Dynamo Leningrad2686124156−1522
11Stalinets Leningrad2677123046−1621
12Stakhanovets Stalino26510114055−1520
13Elektrik Leningrad (R)2665153249−1717
14Dynamo Odessa (R)2672172567−4216
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayCDKDYKDLEDYNDODDTBELELOKMTMSTSSTLSPATORTRA
CDKA Moscow0–22–26–23–24–56–13–06–12–23–10–12–22–0
Dinamo Kiev1–14–53–12–13–21–02–12–21–10–02–20–20–2
Dinamo Leningrad3–71–10–33–23–22–21–21–02–21–21–35–32–1
Dinamo Moscow4–12–11–35–13–21–10–12–01–24–21–14–12–3
Dynamo Odessa0–12–01–00–63–20–21–41–12–31–00–02–11–3
Dinamo Tbilisi2–12–24–14–11–00–13–03–13–23–10–03–01–1
Elektrik Leningrad2–01–21–03–16–02–50–31–22–22–21–20–00–2
Lokomotiv Moscow1–01–21–11–62–03–12–04–32–20–02–24–01–4
Metallurg Moscow2–34–11–23–46–20–33–22–13–23–03–34–31–1
Stakhanovets Stalino0–23–11–11–30–22–42–11–22–31–01–13–32–3
Stalinets Leningrad1–51–12–01–02–02–23–02–20–11–11–41–53–0
Spartak Moscow0–13–12–00–08–03–03–12–00–15–04–02–23–1
Torpedo Moscow4–32–14–12–20–10–14–00–11–12–23–11–34–1
Traktor Stalingrad2–42–32–03–16–02–21–01–10–23–00–13–13–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
16 goals
  • Ivan Mitronov (Metallurg Moscow)
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

References