1939 Soviet First League
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| Season | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
| Promoted | |
| Relegated | 11 teams |
← 1937 1940 → | |
The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.
Teams
[edit | edit source]Relegated
[edit | edit source]There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.
- Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
- Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
- Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
- Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
- Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
- Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
- Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
- Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
- Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
- FC Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
- Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
- Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)
Promoted
[edit | edit source]- Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
- Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
- Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
- Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
- Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
- Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
- Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
- Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
- Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
- Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
- Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)
League standings
[edit | edit source]- ^ FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).
Top scorers
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai Korzunov | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu | 19 |
| 2 | Aleksei Kasimov | Pischevik Moscow | 16 |
| 3 | Viktor Osminkin | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 14 |
| 4 | Vasiliy Makarov | Dinamo Kharkov | 13 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Andrenko | Selmash Kharkov | 11 |
| Yevgeniy Shelagin | Spartak Leningrad | 11 | |
| Matvei Yenushkov | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 11 | |
| Pyotr Yurchenko | Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad | 11 |