24th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union
The 1956 Soviet football championship was the 24th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 18th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Class A
Source:
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(R) Relegated
Class B
Group I
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion
1
BLR
Spartak Minsk
34
18
11
5
45
26
+19
47[ a]
Promoted
2
RUS
Torpedo Taganrog
34
18
10
6
65
33
+32
46[ b]
3
UKR
Metallurg Zaporozhye
34
21
4
9
54
35
+19
46
4
RUS
Shakhtyor Mosbass[ c]
34
19
6
9
56
36
+20
44
5
UKR
ODO Lvov
34
16
9
9
49
25
+24
41
6
UKR
ODO Kiev
34
15
9
10
43
27
+16
39
7
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Stupino
34
14
10
10
51
33
+18
38
8
RUS
Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo
34
13
10
11
37
36
+1
36
9
LTU
Spartak Vilnius
34
12
11
11
51
29
+22
35
10
UKR
Avangard Kharkov
34
14
7
13
40
44
−4
35[ b]
11
EST
Dinamo Tallinn
34
11
10
13
36
44
−8
32
12
UKR
Spartak Stanislav
34
12
6
16
49
57
−8
30[ b]
13
UKR
Spartak Uzhgorod
34
7
15
12
28
33
−5
29
14
UKR
Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
34
10
9
15
40
58
−18
29
15
UKR
Pishchevik Odessa
34
8
10
16
40
57
−17
26
16
LVA
Daugava Riga
34
9
8
17
27
48
−21
26
17
RUS
Spartak Kalinin
34
8
9
17
27
48
−21
25
18
RUS
ODO Petrozavodsk
34
2
4
28
20
89
−69
8[ b]
^ -
^ a b c d +
^ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.
Group II
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion
1
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
34
26
5
3
84
19
+65
57[ a]
Promoted
2
GEO
ODO Tbilisi
34
24
7
3
98
32
+66
55
3
ARM
Spartak Yerevan
34
18
10
6
72
27
+45
46
4
RUS
Neftyanik Krasnodar
34
19
4
11
70
52
+18
42
5
AZE
Neftyanik Baku
34
16
7
11
71
53
+18
39
6
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Voronezh
34
13
13
8
40
34
+6
39
7
RUS
Torpedo Gorkiy
34
16
6
12
55
48
+7
38
8
RUS
Zenit Izhevsk
34
13
12
9
50
49
+1
38[ b]
9
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Molotov
34
12
9
13
35
39
−4
33
10
RUS
Avangard Chelyabinsk
34
12
7
15
37
41
−4
31
11
RUS
Torpedo Stalingrad
34
12
7
15
45
52
−7
31
12
RUS
Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu
34
11
8
15
59
50
+9
30
13
UZB
Pahtakor Tashkent[ c]
34
12
6
16
44
53
−9
30
14
RUS
Avangard Sverdlovsk
34
10
10
14
40
53
−13
30
15
KAZ
Kayrat Alma-Ata[ d]
34
9
10
15
41
52
−11
28
16
KGZ
Spartak Frunze
34
6
8
20
30
75
−45
20[ b]
17
TKM
Kolhozchi Ashkhabad
34
6
6
22
28
75
−47
18[ b]
18
TJK
Kolhozchi Stalinabad
28
1
5
22
22
117
−95
7[ b]
^ -
^ a b c d +
^ Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
^ Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.
Top goalscorers
Class A
References
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