Club |
Union republic |
First League season |
Last League season |
Status |
|
Spartak Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Dynamo Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Dynamo Kyiv |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Dinamo Tbilisi |
Georgia |
1936 |
1989 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
Torpedo Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
CSKA Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Zenit Leningrad |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Shakhtar Donetsk |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Dinamo Minsk |
Belarus |
1940 |
1991 |
Joined Belarusian competitions |
|
Ararat Yerevan |
Armenia |
1937 |
1991 |
Joined Armenian competitions |
|
Lokomotiv Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Neftchi Baku |
Azerbaijan |
1937 |
1991 |
Joined Azerbaijani competitions |
|
Chornomorets Odesa |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Kairat Alma-Ata |
Kazakhstan |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Kazakhstani competitions |
|
SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
Russia |
1958 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Pakhtakor Tashkent |
Uzbekistan |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Uzbekistani competitions |
|
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Ukraine |
1937 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev |
Russia |
1945 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Dinamo Leningrad |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Metalist Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Zorya Luhansk |
Ukraine |
1939 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Metalurh Odesa |
Ukraine |
1953 |
1954 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Trudovi Rezervy Voroshilovgrad |
Ukraine |
1949 |
1963 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Torpedo Kutaisi |
Georgia |
1949 |
1989 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
Zalgiris Vilnius |
Lithuania |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Lithuanian competitions |
|
Rotor Volgograd |
Russia |
1936 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Nistru Kishinev |
Moldova |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Moldovan competitions |
|
Karpaty Lviv |
Ukraine |
1963 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
VVS Moscow |
Russia |
1945 |
1952 |
Dissolved |
|
Daugava Riga |
Latvia |
1948 |
1990 |
Dissolved |
|
Serp i Molot Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1969 |
Dissolved |
|
Krylia Sovetov Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1969 |
Dissolved |
|
Lokomotyv Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
1945 |
1955 |
Dissolved |
|
Kuban Krasnodar |
Russia |
1949 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Admiralteyets Leningrad |
Russia |
1939 |
1961 |
Dissolved |
|
Pamir Dushanbe |
Tajikistan |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Tajikistani competitions |
|
Elektrosila Leningrad |
Russia |
1936 |
1946 |
Dissolved |
|
Fakel Voronezh |
Russia |
1954 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Spartak Tbilisi |
Georgia |
1947 |
1977 |
Dissolved |
|
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad |
Russia |
1954 |
1959 |
Dissolved |
|
Spartak Vladikavkaz |
Russia |
1960 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
Ukraine |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Torpedo Gorky |
Russia |
1936 |
1962 |
Dissolved |
|
Volga Gorky |
Russia |
1963 |
1984 |
Dissolved |
|
Avtomobilist Leningrad |
Russia |
1936 |
1966 |
Dissolved |
|
Tavria Simferopol |
Ukraine |
1958 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
SKA Odesa |
Ukraine |
1958 |
1991 |
Replaced with SC Odesa |
|
Silmash Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
1937 |
1940 |
Dissolved |
|
VMS Moscow |
Russia |
1946 |
1953 |
Dissolved |
|
Stalinets Moscow |
Russia |
1936 |
1939 |
Dissolved |
|
Lokomotyv Kyiv |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1940 |
Dissolved |
|
Uralmash Sverdlovsk |
Russia |
1945 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Spartak Kharkiv |
Ukraine |
1936 |
1941 |
Dissolved |
|
Kalev Tallinn |
Estonia |
1947 |
1962 |
Dissolved |
|
Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu |
Russia |
1936 |
1949 |
Dissolved |
|
Shinnik Yaroslavl |
Russia |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Temp Baku |
Azerbaijan |
1936 |
1939 |
Dissolved |
|
Kapaz Ganja |
Azerbaijan |
1959 |
1991 |
Joined Azerbaijani competitions |
|
Lokomotivi Tbilisi |
Georgia |
1936 |
1986 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
Guria Lanchkhuti |
Georgia |
1967 |
1989 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
ODO Sverdlovsk |
Russia |
1946 |
1959 |
Dissolved |
|
Pischevik Moscow |
Russia |
1938 |
1947 |
Dissolved |
|
Kalinin |
Russia |
1945 |
1953 |
Dissolved |
|
Burevestnik Moscow |
Russia |
1937 |
1947 |
Dissolved |
|
Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow |
Russia |
1941 |
1941 |
Dissolved |
|
Profsoyuzy-2 Moscow |
Russia |
1941 |
1941 |
Dissolved |
|
Kuzbass Kemerevo |
Russia |
1948 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Tekstilschik Ivanovo |
Russia |
1939 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
SKA Lviv |
Ukraine |
1949 |
1991 |
Turned into FC Halychyna Drohobych |
|
Zvezda Perm |
Russia |
1945 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Kopetdag Ashgabat |
Turkmenistan |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Turkmenistani competitions |
|
Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu |
Russia |
1953 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
SKA Khabarovsk |
Russia |
1957 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Alga Frunze |
Kyrgyzstan |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Kyrgyzstani competitions |
|
Dynamo Stavropol |
Russia |
1957 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
SKA Kyiv |
Ukraine |
1947 |
1991 |
Turned into CSKA Kyiv |
|
Shakhter Karaganda |
Kazakhstan |
1958 |
1991 |
Joined Kazakhstani competitions |
|
Terek Grozny |
Russia |
1957 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
Ukraine |
1956 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
Ukraine |
1939 |
1991 |
Turned into Evis Mykolaiv |
|
Rubin Kazan |
Russia |
1958 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Dinamo Batumi |
Georgia |
1939 |
1989 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
Volga Kalinin |
Russia |
1949 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Sokol Saratov |
Russia |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk |
Russia |
1957 |
1987 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Kolos Nikopol |
Ukraine |
1962 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Spartak Nalchik |
Russia |
1959 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
SKA Tbilisi |
Georgia |
1946 |
1959 |
Joined Georgian competitions |
|
SKA Novosibirsk |
Russia |
1945 |
1968 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Irtysh Omsk |
Russia |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
|
Nyva Vinnytsia |
Ukraine |
1958 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Avtomobilist Leningrad |
Russia |
1936 |
1966 |
Dissolved |
|
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
Ukraine |
1947 |
1991 |
Joined Ukrainian competitions |
|
Torpedo Taganrog |
Russia |
1948 |
1991 |
Joined Russian competitions |
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