17th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union
The 1949 Soviet football championship was the 17th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 11th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time and ending the three-year run for the Army team.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
First Group
Second Group
Subgroup Center (union republics)
Pos
REP
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
GEO
Spartak Tbilisi
26
22
3
1
60
18
+42
47
Qualified for the Final stage
2
GEO
Dinamo Kutaisi
26
16
8
2
58
25
+33
40[ a]
Relegated to republican level
3
LTU
Spartak Vilnius
26
17
4
5
66
24
+42
38
Remained for Class B
4
UZB
DO Tashkent
26
13
7
6
45
22
+23
33
5
GEO
DO Tbilisi
26
13
6
7
58
27
+31
32
Relegated to republican level
6
LVA
DO Riga
26
13
1
12
52
48
+4
27
7
BLR
Spartak Minsk
26
9
8
9
42
42
0
26
8
ARM
Spartak Yerevan
26
10
5
11
42
48
−6
25
9
KAZ
Dinamo Alma-Ata
26
9
6
11
33
32
+1
24
Remained for Class B
10
BLR
DO Minsk
26
9
6
11
32
39
−7
24
Relegated to republican level
11
MDA
Dinamo Kishinev
26
7
2
17
36
64
−28
16
Remained for Class B
12
EST
Kalev Tallinn
26
3
8
15
17
41
−24
14
13
TKM
Lokomotiv Ashkhabad
26
2
5
19
22
67
−45
9
14
KGZ
Zenit Frunze
26
3
3
20
19
85
−66
9
Notes:
DO Riga was called Dinamo Riga
Subgroup Russia I
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu
20
15
4
1
64
13
+51
34
Qualified for Final stage
2
VMS Moskva
20
13
5
2
46
23
+23
31
Remained for Class B
3
Dinamo Krasnodar
20
11
3
6
48
29
+19
25[ a]
Relegated to republican level
4
SKIF Moskva
20
8
6
6
28
24
+4
22[ a]
Relegated to Moscow championship
5
Traktor Taganrog
20
8
4
8
38
35
+3
20
Relegated to republican level
6
VVS-2 Moskva
20
7
6
7
29
33
−4
20[ a]
Dissolved
7
MetroStroi Moskva
20
6
7
7
20
29
−9
19
Relegated to Moscow championship
8
Dinamo Voronezh
20
5
5
10
23
40
−17
15[ a]
Relegated to republican level
9
Sudostroitel Kaspiysk
20
5
3
12
26
40
−14
13[ a]
10
Sudostroitel Sevastopol
20
6
1
13
30
49
−19
13[ a]
11
Pishchevik Astrakhan
20
3
2
15
19
56
−37
8
Notes:
Metrostroi was called Metro Moskva
SKIF is an abbreviation for Sports Club of Physical Culture Institute (Sportivnyi Klub Instituta Fizkultury)
VVS is the club of Stalin's son Vasily Stalin .
Subgroup Russia II
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
DO Sverdlovsk
26
22
2
2
70
17
+53
46
Qualified for Final stage
2
DO Novosibirsk
26
19
2
5
63
26
+37
40
Relegated to republican level
3
Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk
26
19
2
5
61
27
+34
40
Remained for Class B
4
Krylya Sovetov Molotov
26
14
6
6
56
34
+22
34
Relegated to republican level
5
UralMash Sverdlovsk
26
12
5
9
65
34
+31
29
6
Dinamo Chelyabinsk
26
11
7
8
36
33
+3
29
7
Metallurg Stalinsk
26
12
3
11
51
52
−1
27[ a]
8
Dinamo Sverdlovsk
26
9
7
10
40
43
−3
25
9
Khimik Kemerovo
26
10
4
12
42
41
+1
24
10
Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil
26
7
5
14
32
47
−15
19
11
Bolshevik Omsk
26
9
1
16
41
70
−29
19
12
TsvetMet Kamensk-Uralskiy
26
6
3
17
33
47
−14
15
13
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
26
4
6
16
24
61
−37
14
14
Shakhtyor Kemerovo
26
1
1
24
16
98
−82
3
Notes:
UralMash was called Avangard Sverdlovsk
Bolshevik was called Krylia Sovetov Omsk
Shakhtyor was called Gornyak Kemerovo
Subgroup Russia III
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sudostroitel Leningrad
24
14
8
2
46
20
+26
36
2
DO Leningrad
24
12
10
2
39
20
+19
34
3
Metallurg Moskva
24
13
7
4
65
24
+41
33
4
Torpedo Gorkiy
24
14
5
5
41
19
+22
33
5
MVO Moskva
24
13
5
6
49
27
+22
31
6
Izhevskiy Zavod Izhevsk
24
11
3
10
46
41
+5
25
7
Khimik Dzerzhinsk
24
10
5
9
31
30
+1
25
8
Dinamo Moskva Region
24
8
5
11
38
47
−9
21
9
Dinamo Kazan
24
6
7
11
33
42
−9
19
10
Krylya Sovetov Gorkiy
24
6
6
12
21
29
−8
18[ a]
11
Dinamo Saratov
24
6
6
12
25
48
−23
18
12
Spartak Penza
24
5
5
14
33
60
−27
15
13
Spartak Ryazan
24
0
4
20
19
79
−60
4[ a]
Notes:
Izhevskiy Zavod was called Zenit Izhevsk
Subgroup Russia IV
Notes:
Kovrov city team was called Zenit Kovrov
Subgroup Ukraine
Despite promotion of Shakhtar Stalino and Lokomotyv Kharkiv, the Ukrainian zone was expanded further from 16 to 18 teams. Also the Ukrainian zone was left without Dinamo Kishenev that was relocated to the Central zone. There were no promotions from the 1948 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR , instead to the zone were admitted following teams: Spartak Kyiv, Torpedo Kharkiv, Dynamo Chernivtsi, Trudovye Rezervy Voroshylovhrad and DO Lviv . Dynamo Chernivtsi was the only team from the 1948 Ukrainian championship placing 8th out 9 teams in group 10.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
Kharchovyk Odesa
34
23
4
7
81
36
+45
50
Qualified for the Final stage
2
Spartak Lviv
34
22
5
7
77
44
+33
49
3
DO Kyiv
34
20
8
6
93
34
+59
48
Relegated to republican level
4
Spartak Uzhhorod
34
21
6
7
76
31
+45
48
5
Bilshovyk Mukachevo
34
21
5
8
72
38
+34
47
6
Dzerzhinets Kharkiv
34
16
7
11
50
41
+9
39
7
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
34
12
13
9
40
36
+4
37
8
Spartak Kherson
34
15
6
13
61
51
+10
36
9
Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
34
16
4
14
55
58
−3
36
10
Spartak Kyiv
34
11
8
15
45
60
−15
30[ a]
11
Avangard Kramatorsk
34
12
6
16
51
70
−19
30
12
Torpedo Kharkov
34
10
7
17
41
79
−38
27[ a]
13
Dynamo Chernivtsi
34
8
10
16
39
52
−13
26[ a]
14
Shakhtyor Kadiyevka
34
9
6
19
40
58
−18
24
15
Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad
34
9
6
19
44
59
−15
24[ a]
16
Lokomotiv Zaporozhye
34
7
7
20
46
61
−15
21
17
DO Lviv
34
7
6
21
37
90
−53
20[ a]
18
Dynamo Voroshilovgrad
34
5
9
20
37
78
−41
19
Notes:
Metallurg was called Stal Dnepropetrovsk
Tier final
Pos
REP
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
RUS
Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)
6
3
1
2
10
7
+3
7
Additional playoff
1
UKR
Pishchevik Odessa
6
2
3
1
6
3
+3
7
1
GEO
Spartak Tbilisi
6
3
1
2
8
4
+4
7
4
RUS
Sudostroitel Leningrad
6
1
4
1
6
8
−2
6
Dissolved
5
RUS
DO Sverdlovsk
6
2
1
3
8
10
−2
5
Relegated to republican level
6
RUS
Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu
6
2
1
3
6
10
−4
5
7
UKR
Spartak Lviv
6
2
1
3
3
5
−2
5
Dissolved
Additional final playoff
Pos
REP
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1
GEO
Spartak Tbilisi
2
2
0
0
3
1
+2
4
Promoted to Class A
2
RUS
Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)
2
1
0
1
2
2
0
2
Relegated to republican level
3
UKR
Pishchevik Odessa
2
0
0
2
2
4
−2
0
Remained for Class B
Top goalscorers
1st Group
References
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