1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B

The 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1959 (класс «Б»)) was the tenth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the nineteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions.

Class B

Season	1959
Champions	Trud Voronezh (Group 1) Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2) Spartak Yerevan (Group 3) Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4) Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5) Pamir Leninabad (Group 6) SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7)
Promoted	Admiralteyets Leningrad (RSFSR) Avangard Kharkov (Ukraine) Belarus Minsk (Belarus) Daugava Riga (Latvia) Kalev Tallinn (Estonia) Spartak Vilnius (Lithuania) Spartak Yerevan (Armenia) Neftyanik Baku (Azerbaijan) Pakhtakor Tashkent (Uzbekistan) Kairat Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)
← 1958 1960 →

It involved participation of 101 "teams of masters" split in seven groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by seven teams. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the seven groups with three groups containing 15 teams and four groups - 14. The competition also included representation of all 15 union republics by at least one participant. In majority the season kicked off on April 18, 1959, with the Round 1 matches in five groups. Groups 5 and 7 started later.

Four out of seven groups were won by clubs from the Russian SFSR (Russian Federation), three others represented three other union republics. Initially all the winners were to qualify for the final tournament as in previous season, but it was scratched as it was decided to reorganize competitions. The 1960 Class A competitions (higher tier) were planned to be expanded from 12 to 22 teams (by 10 teams). Among the four Russian winners there was organized additional short single round-robin tournament to identify the ultimate Class B winner for the Russian SFSR.

Following this season, the Soviet Class B competitions were split based on regional principle in three main groups Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Union republics.

Teams

Promoted to (14): Spartak Leningrad, Torpedo Vladimir, Trud Ryazan, Trud Tula, Spartak Nalchik, Arsenal Kiev, Avangard Zhitomir, Avangard Krivoi Rog, Avangard Ternopol, Shakhter Gorlovka, Lokomotiv Bendery, Lokomotiv Gomel, Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Tekstilschik Kirovobad

Relegated to (1): Admiralteyets Leningrad

Leningrad

Trud V

Dinamo

Iskra

Khimik Ya

Lokomotiv S

Trudovye Rezervy L

Torpedo V

Trud R

Lokomotiv B

Avangard N

Metallurg Z

Metallurg D

Spartak Kh

Khimik D

Leningrad teams :
Spartak
Admiralteyets
Trudovye Rezervy

Minsk teams :
Spartak
Urozhai

Minsk

Shakhter St

Trudovye Rezervy K

Lokomotiv G

Lokomotiv B

Lokomotiv B

Lokomotiv B

Trud G

Znamya Truda

Trud T

Avangard Kh

Kolgospnik Ch

Arsenal

Zvezda K

Avangard Zh

Avangard KR

Kolgospnik P

Tbilisi teams :
Lokomotiv
SKVO

Tbilisi

Spartak Ye

Terek

Torpedo T

Kuban

Shirak

Torpedo T

RostSelMash

Spartak Stv

Spartak N

Temp

Neftianik

Tekstilschik B

Odessa teams :
Chernomorets
SKVO

Odessa

Lokomotiv V

Baltika

SKVO L

Spartak V

Spartak Uzh

Kolgospnik R

Dinamo T

Avangard S

Daugava

SKCF

Spartak Stn

Avangard T

Gorkiy teams :
Torpedo G
Raketa

Gorkiy

Volga

Zenit

Trudovye Rezervy L

Lokomotiv St

Shakhter Kd

Traktor

Tekstilschik I

Spartak Ul

Shakhter G

Shakhter Sh

Energiya V

Location of teams in the 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (European part).

Tashkent teams :
Pahtakor
Trudovye Rezervy

Sverdlovsk teams :
Mashinostroitel
SKVO

Tashkent

Sverdlovsk

Pamir

Metallurg M

Zvezda P

Kairat

Spartak F

Metallurg NT

Lokomotiv Ch

Stroitel

Shakhter Kr

Kolhozchi

Hosilot

SKVO Kh

Lokomotiv K

Khimik K

SibSelMash

Irtysh

SibElectroMotor

Urozhai B

Metallurg St

Lokomotiv K/A

Energiya I

SKVO Ch

Lokomotiv UU

Luch

Location of teams in the 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Siberia and Far East).

First stage

I Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	FC Trud Voronezh[a]	28	20	6	2	57	16	+41	46
2	RUS	FC Dinamo Kirov	28	14	11	3	47	17	+30	39
3	UKR	FC Avangard Nikolayev	28	14	9	5	52	28	+24	37
4	UKR	FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	28	14	6	8	47	37	+10	34
5	RUS	FC Iskra Kazan	28	12	9	7	36	27	+9	33
6	UKR	FC Metallurg Zaporozhye	28	14	4	10	40	30	+10	32
7	RUS	FC Khimik Yaroslavl	28	10	8	10	31	28	+3	28
8	RUS	FC Lokomotiv Saratov	28	8	11	9	39	32	+7	27
9	RUS	FC Spartak Leningrad	28	11	5	12	43	48	−5	27[b]
10	UKR	FC Spartak Kherson	28	5	14	9	31	35	−4	24
11	UKR	FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk	28	9	6	13	35	46	−11	24
12	RUS	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk	28	8	8	12	26	41	−15	24
13	RUS	FC Torpedo Vladimir	28	6	9	13	26	36	−10	21[b]
14	RUS	FC Trud Ryazan	28	4	5	19	20	53	−33	13[b]
15	MDA	FC Lokomotiv Bendery	28	3	5	20	19	75	−56	11[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Trud Voronezh was called Krylya Sovetov.
2. +

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
9	Russian SFSR	FC Trud Voronezh, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Iskra Kazan, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Trudovye Rezervy Lipetsk, FC Torpedo Vladimir, FC Trud Ryazan
5	Ukrainian SSR	FC Avangard Nikolaev, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk
1	Moldavian SSR	FC Lokomotiv Bendery

II Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad	28	19	6	3	55	19	+36	44
2	RUS	FC Trud Glukhovo	28	13	11	4	41	23	+18	37
3	UKR	Avanhard Kharkiv	28	13	11	4	40	26	+14	37
4	UKR	Kolhospnyk Cherkasy	28	14	8	6	36	24	+12	36
5	UKR	Arsenal Kyiv	28	13	8	7	49	37	+12	34[a]
6	UKR	Zirka Kirovohrad	28	11	10	7	42	21	+21	32
7	BLR	FC Spartak Minsk	28	13	5	10	33	28	+5	31
8	RUS	FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk[b]	28	9	11	8	24	23	+1	29
9	UKR	Avanhard Zhytomyr	28	9	9	10	41	34	+7	27[a]
10	RUS	FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	28	9	8	11	33	39	−6	26
11	RUS	FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk	28	6	13	9	42	50	−8	25
12	UKR	Avanhard Kryvyi Rih	28	7	5	16	24	51	−27	19[a]
13	RUS	FC Trud Tula	28	5	8	15	26	44	−18	18[a]
14	UKR	Kolhospnyk Poltava	28	6	6	16	23	46	−23	18
15	BLR	FC Lokomotiv Gomel	28	0	7	21	17	61	−44	7[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. +
2. Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk was called Trud.

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
7	Ukrainian SSR	FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Kolgospnik Cherkassy, FC Arsenal Kiev, FC Zirka Kirovograd, FC Avangard Zhitomir, FC Avangard Krivoi Rog, FC Kolgospnik Poltava
6	Russian SFSR	FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Trud Glukhovo, FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk, FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk, FC Trud Tula
2	Belarusian SSR	FC Spartak Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel

III Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ARM	FC Spartak Yerevan	26	16	9	1	41	18	+23	41
2	RUS	FC Terek Grozny	26	14	7	5	35	23	+12	35
3	RUS	FC Torpedo Taganrog	26	14	5	7	35	25	+10	33
4	ARM	FC Shirak Leninakan	26	10	8	8	32	27	+5	28
5	RUS	FC Kuban Krasnodar	26	10	8	8	35	32	+3	28
6	GEO	FC Torpedo Kutaisi[a]	26	11	6	9	36	34	+2	28
7	GEO	FC SKVO Tbilisi	26	12	3	11	51	41	+10	27
8	RUS	FC RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	26	10	5	11	46	38	+8	25
9	RUS	FC Spartak Stavropol	26	9	5	12	30	35	−5	23
10	RUS	FC Spartak Nalchik	26	8	6	12	30	40	−10	22[b]
11	GEO	FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi	26	8	5	13	39	45	−6	21[b]
12	AZE	FC Neftyanik Baku	26	7	6	13	25	38	−13	20
13	RUS	FC Temp Makhachkala	26	5	7	14	20	38	−18	17
14	AZE	FC Textilshchik Kirovabad	26	7	2	17	31	52	−21	16[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Torpedo Kutaisi was called Lokomotiv.
2. +

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
7	Russian SFSR	FC Terek Grozny, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Spartak Stavropol, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Temp Makhachkala
3	Georgian SSR	FC Torpedo Kutaisi, SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
2	Armenian SSR	FC Spartak Yerevan, FC Shirak Leninakan
2	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Neftianik Baku, FC Tekstilschik Kirovobad

IV Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa	28	17	7	4	59	30	+29	41
2	RUS	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	28	17	6	5	58	27	+31	40
3	UKR	SKVO Odessa	28	16	4	8	41	26	+15	36
4	UKR	FC Chernomorets Odessa	28	15	4	9	40	25	+15	34
5	LTU	Spartak Vilnius	28	14	6	8	38	31	+7	34
6	UKR	SKVO Lvov	28	14	5	9	48	27	+21	33
7	UKR	FC Spartak Uzhgorod	28	12	5	11	34	34	0	29
8	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	28	11	6	11	37	35	+2	28
9	UKR	FC Kolhospnyk Rovno	28	8	8	12	49	49	0	24
10	UKR	SKCF Sevastopol	28	9	5	14	31	46	−15	23
11	LVA	FC Daugava Riga	28	7	7	14	32	44	−12	21
12	UKR	FC Avangard Simferopol	28	6	9	13	20	38	−18	21
13	BLR	FC Urozhai Minsk	28	7	6	15	25	46	−21	20
14	UKR	FC Spartak Stanislav	28	7	4	17	26	53	−27	18
15	UKR	FC Avangard Ternopol	28	6	6	16	23	50	−27	18[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. +

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
10	Ukrainian SSR	FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, SKVO Odessa, FC Chernomorets Odessa, SKVO Lvov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Rovno, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Avangard Simferopol, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Avangard Ternopol
1	Russian SFSR	FC Baltika Kaliningrad
1	Lithuanian SSR	FC Spartak Vilnius
1	Estonian SSR	FC Dinamo Tallinn
1	Latvian SSR	FC Daugava Riga
1	Belarusian SSR	FC Urozhai Minsk

V Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	FC Admiralteyets Leningrad	26	13	10	3	53	27	+26	36[a]
2	RUS	FC Volga Kalinin	26	15	6	5	58	31	+27	36
3	RUS	FC Zenit Izhevsk	26	14	6	6	48	33	+15	34
4	UKR	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk	26	15	3	8	55	31	+24	33
5	UKR	FC Lokomotiv Stalino	26	15	3	8	58	42	+16	33
6	UKR	FC Shakhtyor Kadiyevka	26	10	8	8	29	28	+1	28
7	RUS	FC Traktor Stalingrad	26	10	6	10	46	39	+7	26
8	RUS	FC Torpedo Gorkiy	26	9	7	10	39	37	+2	25
9	RUS	FC Raketa Gorkiy	26	7	8	11	33	39	−6	22
10	RUS	FC Spartak Ulyanovsk[b]	26	9	3	14	36	53	−17	21
11	RUS	FC Textilshchik Ivanovo	26	5	9	12	29	45	−16	19
12	UKR	FC Shakhtyor Gorlovka	26	7	5	14	25	47	−22	19[c]
13	RUS	FC Energiya Volzhskiy	26	6	7	13	24	50	−26	19
14	RUS	FC Shakhtyor Shakhty	26	5	3	18	29	60	−31	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. -
2. Spartak Ulyanovsk was called Dinamo.
3. +

Play-Off for 1st place

[in Rostov-na-Donu]

• Admiralteyets Leningrad 4-1 Volga Kalinin

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
10	Russian SFSR	FC Admiralteyets Leningrad, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Traktor Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Raketa Gorkiy, FC Spartak Ulyanovsk, FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Energia Volzhskiy, FC Shakhter Shakhty
4	Ukrainian SSR	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Lokomotiv Stalino, FC Shakhter Kadievka, FC Shakhter Gorlovka

VI Zone

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TJK	FC Pamir Leninabad	26	16	4	6	41	34	+7	36
2	RUS	FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk	26	13	6	7	51	29	+22	32
3	RUS	FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk	26	15	2	9	46	31	+15	32
4	UZB	FC Pahtakor Tashkent	26	13	6	7	40	33	+7	32
5	RUS	FC Zvezda Perm	26	13	5	8	41	31	+10	31
6	KAZ	FC Kayrat Alma-Ata	26	11	8	7	46	37	+9	30
7	UZB	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent	26	11	7	8	33	28	+5	29
8	KGZ	FC Spartak Frunze	26	8	10	8	36	36	0	26
9	RUS	FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil	26	9	6	11	44	36	+8	24
10	RUS	FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	26	7	6	13	34	40	−6	20
11	KAZ	FC Shakhtyor Karaganda	26	8	4	14	36	49	−13	20
12	TKM	FC Kolhozchi Ashkhabad	26	9	2	15	36	51	−15	20
13	RUS	FC Stroitel Ufa[a]	26	7	5	14	25	39	−14	19
14	TJK	FC Hosilot Stalinabad	26	6	1	19	26	61	−35	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Stroitel Ufa was called Devon.

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
6	Russian SFSR	FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Stroitel Ufa
2	Tajik SSR	FC Pamir Leninabad, FC Khosilot Stalinabad
2	Uzbek SSR	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent
2	Kazakh SSR	FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda
1	Kyrgyz SSR	FC Spartak Frunze
1	Turkmen SSR	FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad

VII Zone

[All teams are from Russian Federation] 

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC SKVO Sverdlovsk	26	17	5	4	64	24	+40	39
2	FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk	26	17	5	4	50	20	+30	39
3	FC SKVO Khabarovsk	26	14	8	4	39	23	+16	36
4	FC Khimik Kemerovo	26	14	5	7	56	38	+18	33
5	FC SibSelMash Novosibirsk	26	12	6	8	47	37	+10	30
6	FC Irtysh Omsk	26	11	5	10	35	44	−9	27
7	FC Metallurg Stalinsk	26	10	6	10	33	35	−2	26
8	FC Urozhai Barnaul	26	11	3	12	43	39	+4	25
9	FC SibElectroMotor Tomsk[a]	26	9	6	11	41	50	−9	24
10	FC Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure	26	7	9	10	21	31	−10	23
11	FC Energiya Irkutsk	26	8	6	12	30	34	−4	22
12	FC SKVO Chita	26	6	3	17	22	52	−30	15
13	FC Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude	26	5	4	17	23	52	−29	14
14	FC Luch Vladivostok	26	5	1	20	25	50	−25	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. SibElectroMotor Tomsk was called Tomich.

Play-Off for 1st place

[in Rostov-na-Donu]

• SKVO Sverdlovsk 4-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk

Promotion

RSFSR

One team was to be promoted so all four group winners contested it in short tournament.

[for Russian Federation]
[Nov 6-10, Grozny] 

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Admiralteyets Leningrad	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	5[a]
2	FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
3	FC Trud Voronezh	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	3
4	FC SKVO Sverdlovsk	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. -

Other union republics

Ukraine

• FC Avangard Kharkov was promoted ahead of a group winner Lokomotiv Vinnitsa.

Belarus

• There was formed new team Belarus based on better players from all Class B teams.

Estonia

• The new team Kalev Tallinn promoted ahead of Dinamo Tallinn.

Latvia

• Daugava Riga gained direct promotion.

Lithuania

• Spartak Vilnius gained direct promotion.

Armenia

• Spartak Yerevan gained direct promotion.

Azerbaijan

• Neftyanik Baku gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.

Uzbekistan

• Pakhtakor Tashkent gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.

Kazakhstan

• Kairat Alma-Ata gained promotion as a better team of the 1959 Class B.

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1959 Soviet Championship and Cup
• 1959 season at rsssf.com