1959 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

Football Championship of UkrSSR
Season	1959
Dates	July 5 – October 31
Champions	Avanhard Zhovti Vody
	← 1958 1960 (Class B); 1964 (KFK) →

The 1959 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1959 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine. This was the last time such competitions were conducted at this level. The next season competitions were merged with Class B competitions.

Some 80 teams participated this season and were originally split into 10 groups of eight teams each. The first stage lasted from July 5 to October 4. Winners of all qualification groups formed two semifinal groups which were taking place in Kharkiv and Drohobych on October 17-24. Top two team of semifinal groups proceeded to the final group which was taking place in Kyiv on October 28-31. All final group participants were admitted to the 1960 Ukrainian Class B except for SKVO Odesa, a team of which already competed at team of master's at the level. In addition, eight more teams were admitted to the Class B including six teams from qualification groups.

Following this season, there were established such teams of masters in Ukraine such as FC Mariupol, FC Volyn Lutsk, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Avanhard Sumy, FC Desna Chernihiv.

There also were some clone teams that competed at republican level as well as the All-Union level, among which are Avanhard Mykolaiv, SKVO Odesa, Avanhard Simferopol, Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad.

Teams

Debut: Khimik Makiivka, Avanhard Dniprodzerzhynsk, Komintern Q/A Kryvyi Rih, KremHESbud, Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad, Avanhard Voznesensk, Avanhard Uman, Avanhard Sumy, Kolhospnyk-2 Poltava, Avanhard Malyn, Chervonohvardiyets Odesa
Returining: Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka (one season), Shakhtar Rutchenkove (seven seasons), Avanhard Simferopol (one season), Spartak Kharkiv (one season), Avanhard Druzhkivka (19 seasons), Avanhard Pryluky (one season), Vodnyk Izmail (six seasons)
Renamed: Ordzhonikidze Factory Chasiv Yar → Avanhard Chasiv Yar, Avanhard Chernihiv → Chernihiv, Avanhard Mohyliv-Podilskyi → Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Vinnytsia → Avanhard Vinnytsia

Location map

Zaporizhia

Zaporizhia teams :
Budivelnyk
Mashynobudivnyk

Avanhard Zhdanov

Avanhard Mykolaiv

Metalurh Nikopol

Avanhard Velykyi Tokmak

Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka

Avanhard Kherson

Avanhard Sevastopol

Burevisnyk Melitopol

Metalurh Kerch

Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk

Shakhtar Rutchenkove

Avanhard Ordzhonikidze

Avanhard Berdyansk

Avanhard Simferopol

Avanhard Chasiv Yar

Metalurh Voroshylovsk

Shakhtar Bryanka

Khimik Rubizhne

Lokomotyv Lozova

Avanhard Yenakieve

Avanhard Kramatorsk

Kharkiv

Kharkiv teams :
Spartak
Torpedo

Khimik Severdonetsk

Avanhard Druzhkivka

Chuhuiv

Avanhard Luhansk

Shakhtar Chystiakove

Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

Khimik Makiivka

Avanhard Zhovti Vody

Avanhard Dniprodzerzhynsk

Shakhtar Oleksandriia

Komintern Q/A

KremHESbud

Pervomaisk

Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad

Avanhard Voznesensk

Kyiv

Kyiv teams :
Oktyabrskiy Raion
Torpedo
DRVZ

Sumy

Sumy teams :
Avanhard
Torpedo

Poltava

Poltava teams :
Lokomotyv
Kolhospnyk-2

Shakhtar Konotop

Shakhtar Korostyshiv

Avanhard Uman

Shakhtar Vatutine

Spartak Bila Tserkva

Avanhard Kryukiv

Avanhard Malyn

Avanhard Pryluky

Avanhard Shostka

Chernihiv

Odesa

Odesa teams :
SKVO
Chervonohvardiyets

Mohyliv-Podilskyi

Burevisnyk Kamianets-Podilskyi

Avanhard Vinnytsia

Dynamo Khmelnytskyi

Vodnyk Izmail

Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi teams :
Avanhard
Mashynobudivnyk

GDO Lutsk

Avanhard Berezynka

Avanhard Uzhhorod

Shakhtar Novovolynsk

Avanhard Kolomyia

Avanhard Lviv

Kharchovyk Stanislav

Naftovyk Drohobych

Khimik Kalush

Kolhospnyk Berehove

Avanhard Vynohradiv

Avanhard Rivno

Volodymyr-Volynskyi

Chortkiv

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Locations of teams in Ukrainian Championship

Qualification groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Budivelnyk Zaporizhia	14	10	1	3	35	11	+24	21	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Avanhard Zhdanov	14	10	1	3	24	9	+15	21	Admitted to Class B
3	Avanhard Mykolaiv (klubnaya)	14	7	2	5	31	20	+11	16
4	Metalurh Nikopol	14	7	2	5	19	13	+6	16
5	Avanhard Velykyi Tokmak	14	6	2	6	22	27	−5	14
6	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	14	4	5	5	19	29	−10	13
7	Avanhard Kherson	14	3	2	9	9	23	−14	8
8	Avanhard Sevastopol	14	0	3	11	14	41	−27	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Last season: Budivelnyk Zaporizhia, Avanhard Velykyi Tokmak, Avanhard Kherson

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burevisnyk Melitopol	14	11	1	2	28	7	+21	23	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Metalurh Kerch	14	7	3	4	29	18	+11	17
3	Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia	14	7	2	5	26	23	+3	16
4	Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk	14	5	6	3	15	14	+1	16
5	Shakhtar Rutchenkove	14	6	3	5	18	15	+3	15
6	Avanhard Ordzhonikidze	14	6	2	6	23	16	+7	14
7	Avanhard Berdyansk	14	4	3	7	16	29	−13	11
8	Avanhard Simferopol (klubnaya)	14	0	3	11	14	41	−27	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Last season: Burevisnyk Melitopol, Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia, Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Rutchenkove, Avanhard Berdiansk

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Kharkiv	14	9	4	1	26	14	+12	22	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Avanhard Chasiv Yar	14	8	2	4	18	8	+10	18
3	Metalurh Voroshylovsk	14	6	5	3	26	20	+6	17
4	Shakhtar Bryanka	14	6	3	5	20	13	+7	15
5	Khimik Rubizhne	14	5	4	5	18	19	−1	14
6	Lokomotyv Lozova	14	3	4	7	15	22	−7	10
7	Avanhard Yenakieve	14	3	3	8	16	28	−12	9
8	Avanhard Kramatorsk	14	2	3	9	16	31	−15	7	Admitted to Class B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kharkiv	14	9	4	1	30	7	+23	22	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Khimik Severodonetsk	14	10	2	2	41	15	+26	22	Admitted to Class B
3	Avanhard Druzhkivka	14	9	2	3	36	22	+14	20
4	Chuhuyiv city	14	8	3	3	26	8	+18	19
5	Avanhard Luhansk	14	5	1	8	16	29	−13	11
6	Shakhtar Chystyakove	14	3	2	9	16	33	−17	8
7	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk	14	3	1	10	12	31	−19	7
8	Khimik Makiivka	14	1	1	12	6	38	−32	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	14	11	2	1	44	11	+33	24	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Avanhard Dniprodzerzhynsk	14	7	2	5	36	25	+11	16
3	Shakhtar Oleksandriya	14	7	2	5	27	22	+5	16
4	Komintern Q/A Kryvyi Rih	14	5	5	4	23	23	0	15
5	KremHESbud	14	4	6	4	19	21	−2	14
6	Pervomaisk	14	3	6	5	19	26	−7	12
7	Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad	14	4	3	7	23	27	−4	11
8	Avanhard Voznesensk	14	1	2	11	14	50	−36	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zhovtnevyi Raion Kyiv	14	11	2	1	44	11	+33	24	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Lokomotyv Poltava	14	7	2	5	36	25	+11	16
3	Shakhtar Konotop	14	7	2	5	27	22	+5	16
4	Torpedo Sumy	14	5	5	4	23	23	0	15
5	Shakhtar Korostyshiv	14	4	6	4	19	21	−2	14
6	Avanhard Uman	14	3	6	5	19	26	−7	12
7	Shakhtar Vatutine	14	4	3	7	23	27	−4	11
8	Spartak Bila Tserkva	14	1	2	11	14	50	−36	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Kyiv	14	11	2	1	44	11	+33	24	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Avanhard Sumy	14	7	2	5	36	25	+11	16	Admitted to Class B
3	Avanhard Kriukiv	14	7	2	5	27	22	+5	16
4	Kolhospnyk-2 Poltava	14	5	5	4	23	23	0	15
5	Avanhard Malyn	14	4	6	4	19	21	−2	14
6	Avanhard Pryluky	14	3	6	5	19	26	−7	12
7	Avanhard Shostka	14	4	3	7	23	27	−4	11
8	Chernihiv	14	1	2	11	14	50	−36	4	Admitted to Class B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SKVO Odesa	14	11	2	1	44	11	+33	24	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Chervonohvardiyets Odesa	14	7	2	5	36	25	+11	16
3	Mohylyov-Podilskyi	14	7	2	5	27	22	+5	16
4	DRVZ Kyiv	14	5	5	4	23	23	0	15
5	Burevisnyk Kamianets-Podilskyi	14	4	6	4	19	21	−2	14
6	Avanhard Vinnytsia	14	3	6	5	19	26	−7	12
7	FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	14	4	3	7	23	27	−4	11	Admitted to Class B
8	Vodnyk Izmail	14	1	2	11	14	50	−36	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	GDO Lutsk	14	8	3	3	25	9	+16	19	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Avanhard Berezynka	14	8	3	3	24	11	+13	19
3	Avanhard Chernivtsi	14	9	1	4	27	20	+7	19	Admitted to Class B
4	Avanhard Uzhhorod	14	5	4	5	30	26	+4	14
5	Shakhtar Novovolynsk	14	6	1	7	29	25	+4	13
6	Avanhard Kolomyia	14	4	5	5	18	23	−5	13
7	Avanhard Lviv	14	5	1	8	25	31	−6	11
8	Kharchovyk Stanislav	14	1	2	11	14	47	−33	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Naftovyk Drohobych	14	10	2	2	34	9	+25	22	Advanced to Semifinals
2	Khimik Kalush	14	8	3	3	27	11	+16	19
3	Kolhospnyk Berehovo	14	6	3	5	27	21	+6	15
4	Avanhard Vynohradiv	14	7	1	6	22	27	−5	15
5	Avanhard Rivno	14	6	0	8	19	18	+1	12
6	Volodymyr-Volynskyi	14	4	4	6	17	31	−14	12
7	Chortkiv	14	4	3	7	16	25	−9	11
8	Mashynobudivnyk Chernivtsi	14	2	2	10	19	39	−20	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SKVO Odesa	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
2	Torpedo Kharkiv	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
3	Budivelnyk Zaporizhia	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4
4	GDO Lutsk	4	2	0	2	4	7	−3	4
5	Torpedo Kyiv	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	4	2	2	0	11	3	+8	6
2	Naftovyk Drohobych	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Burevisnyk Melitopol	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Zhovtnevyi Raion Kyiv	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	4
5	Spartak Kharkiv	4	0	1	3	3	12	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	5	Promoted to Class B
2	Torpedo-KhTZ Kharkiv	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4	Promoted to Class B
3	SKVO Odessa	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Cannot be promoted
4	Naftovyk Drohobych	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0	Promoted to Class B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Champions

Avanhard Zhovti Vody: Yuriy Zinchenko (goalie), Anatoliy Kokhanov (goalie), Leonid Trypolskyi, Aleksandr Lunin (RUS), Anatoliy Havryuk, Leontiy Dobrov, Vladimir Tupichev (RUS), Viktor Stryzhak, Hennadiy Kyrylov, Viktor Sukovitsyn (RUS), Boris Fisher (EST), Borys Tiahai, Viktor Frolov, Yuliy Dmitriyev (RUS).

Coach: Matviy Cherkaskyi

Promoted teams

Final group (3): Avanhard Zhovti Vody, Torpedo-KhTZ Kharkiv, Naftovyk Drohobych
Other participants (6): Dynamo Khmelnytskyi (7th in group 8), Avanhard Chernivtsi (3rd in group 9), Khimik Severodonetsk (2nd in group 4), Avanhard Sumy (2nd in group 7), Avanhard Kramatorsk (8th in group 3), Avanhard Zhdanov (2nd in group 1)
Other teams that did not participate (2): Avanhard Chernihiv, Avanhard Lutsk

Other notes

FC Shakhtar Rutchenkove (5th in group 2) merged with FC Avanhard Zhdanov
SKVO Odessa was fielding in tournament its reserve squad having its master team already in Class B competitions

Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

The Ukrainian SSR was presented with 28 teams of masters (exhibition teams) at the All-Union level:

Group A: Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Stalino

Group B: Avanhard Mykolaiv, Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk, Metalurh Zaporizhia, Spartak Kherson, Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk // Avanhard Kharkiv, Kolhospnyk Cherkasy, Arsenal Kyiv, Zirka Kirovohrad, Avanhard Zhytomyr, Avanhard Kryvyi Rih, Kolhospnyk Poltava // – // Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, SKVO Odesa, Chornomorets Odesa, SKVO Lviv, Spartak Uzhhorod, Kolhospnyk Rivno, SCCF Sevastopol, Avanhard Simferopol, Spartak Stanislav, Avanhard Ternopil // Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk, Lokomotyv Stalino, Shakhtar Kadiivka, Shakhtar Horlivka

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
Number	Region	Ukrainian SSR	All-Union
8 (3)	Donetsk Oblast	Avanhard Zhdanov, Shakhtar Rutchenkove, Avanhard Chasiv Yar, Avanhard Yenakieve, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Avanhard Druzhkivka, Shakhtar Chystiakove, Khimik Makiivka	Shakhtar Stalino, Lokomotyv Stalino, Shakhtar Horilvka
6 (3)	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Metalurh Nikopol, Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk, Avanhard Ordzhonikidze, Avanhard Zhovti Vody, Avanhard Dniprodzerzhynsk, r/u imeni Kominterna Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk, Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk, Avanhard Kryvyi Rih
6 (2)	Luhansk Oblast	Metalurh Voroshylovsk, Shakhtar Bryanka, Khimik Rubizhne, Khimik Severodonetsk, Avanhard Luhansk, Shakhtar Sverdlovsk	Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk, Shakhtar Kadiivka
5 (1)	Zaporizhia Oblast	Budivelnyk Zaporizhia, Avanhard Velykyi Tokmak, Budivelnyk Melitopol, Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia, Avanhard Berdiansk	Metalurh Zaporizhia
4 (2)	Kyiv Oblast	Zhovtnevyi Raion (Temp) Kyiv, Spartak Bila Tserkva, Torpedo Kyiv, DRVZ Kyiv	Dynamo Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv
4 (1)	Kharkiv Oblast	Spartak Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Lozova, Torpedo Kharkiv, Chuhuiv	Avanhard Kharkiv
4 (1)	Zakarpattia Oblast	Avanhard Berezynka (Mukachevo), Avanhard Uzhhorod, Kolhospnyk Berehove, Avanhard Vynohradove	Spartak Uzhhorod
4 (0)	Sumy Oblast	Shakhtar Konotop, Torpedo Sumy, Avanhard Sumy, Avanhard Shostka	–
3 (2)	Odesa Oblast	SKVO Odesa (klubnaya), Chervonohvardiyets Odesa, Vodnyk Izmail	Chornomorets Odesa, SKVO Odesa
3 (2)	Crimea	Avanhard Sevastopol, Metalurh Kerch, Avanhard Simferopol (klubnaya)	SKCF Sevastopol, Avanhard Simferopol
3 (1)	Mykolaiv Oblast	Avanhard Mykolaiv (klubnaya), Pervomaisk, Avanhard Voznesensk	Avanhard Mykolaiv
3 (1)	Kirovohrad Oblast	Shakhtar Oleksandriya, Kremhesbud, Chervona Zirka Kirovohrad	Zirka Kirovohrad
3 (1)	Poltava Oblast	Lokomotyv Poltava, Avanhard Kryukiv, Kolhospnyk-2 Poltava	Kolhospnyk Poltava
3 (1)	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Avanhard Kolomyia, Kharchovyk Stanislav, Khimik Kalush	Spartak Stanislav
3 (0)	Volyn Oblast	GDO Lutsk, Shakhtar Novovolynsk, Volodymyr-Volynskyi	–
2 (1)	Kherson Oblast	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka, Avanhard Kherson	Spartak Kherson
2 (1)	Cherkasy Oblast	Avanhard Uman, Shakhtar Vatutine	Kolhospnyk Cherkasy
2 (1)	Zhytomyr Oblast	Shakhtar Korostyshiv, Avanhard Malyn	Avanhard Zhytomyr
2 (1)	Vinnytsia Oblast	Mohiliv-Podilskyi, Avanhard Vinnytsia	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
2 (0)	Chernihiv Oblast	Avanhard Pryluky, Chernihiv	–
2 (0)	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Burevisnyk Kamianets-Podilskyi, Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	–
1 (1)	Lviv Oblast	Avanhard Lviv	SKVO Lviv
1 (1)	Rivne Oblast	Avanhard Rivno	Kolhospnyk Rivne
1 (1)	Ternopil Oblast	Chortkiv	Avanhard Ternopil
1 (0)	Chernivtsi Oblast	Avanhard Chernivtsi, Mashynobudivnyk Chernivtsi	–
1 (0)	Drohobych Oblast	Naftovyk Drohobych	–