1945 in Soviet football

The 1945 Soviet football championship was the 13th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 7th among teams of sports societies and factories. It also was the first season full season with league competitions after the World War II. Unlike before the World War II, tiers were renamed as the First Group for Group A and the Second Group for Group B. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fourth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1945
Men's football
1st GroupDinamo Moscow
2nd GroupKrylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
Soviet CupCDKA Moscow

The defending champions Dinamo were somewhat struggling against the Army team in the first half, but managed preserve their domestic title this time.

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
1st GroupDinamo Moscow (4*)CDKA Moscow
2nd GroupKrylia Sovetov KuybyshevVVS Moscow
Soviet Cup CDKA Moscow (1) Dinamo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1945 Soviet Top League

First Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dynamo Moscow 22 19 2 1 73 13 +60 40
2 CDKA Moscow 22 18 3 1 69 23 +46 39
3 Torpedo Moscow 22 12 3 7 41 21 +20 27
4 Dynamo Tbilisi 22 9 8 5 37 22 +15 26
5 Dynamo Leningrad 22 11 3 8 42 29 +13 25
6 Zenit Leningrad 22 8 7 7 35 31 +4 23
7 Traktor Stalingrad 22 9 3 10 23 38 −15 21
8 Krylia Sovetov Moscow 22 6 6 10 23 48 −25 18
9 Dynamo Minsk 22 5 7 10 20 39 −19 17
10 Spartak Moscow 22 6 3 13 22 44 −22 15
11 Dynamo Kiev 22 1 6 15 13 50 −37 8
12 Lokomotiv Moscow 22 1 3 18 14 54 −40 5
Source:

Second Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (P) 17 12 3 2 37 20 +17 27
2 VVS Moscow 17 9 6 2 32 12 +20 24
3 MVO Moscow 17 10 4 3 37 16 +21 24
4 DKA Tbilisi 17 8 7 2 22 15 +7 23
5 FC Stakhanovets Stalino 17 9 5 3 36 25 +11 23
6 FC Torpedo Gorky 17 8 4 5 43 30 +13 20
7 FC Pishchevik Odessa 17 9 1 7 26 22 +4 19
8 FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 17 5 6 6 31 27 +4 16
9 FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 17 7 2 8 33 30 +3 16
10 FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 17 7 1 9 23 32 −9 15
11 DKA Novosibirsk 17 7 0 10 21 27 −6 14
12 FC Dinamo Yerevan 17 5 4 8 24 31 −7 14
13 FC Traktor Chelyabinsk 17 5 4 8 18 30 −12 14
14 FC Dinamo Baku 17 3 7 7 17 25 −8 13
15 KBF Leningrad 17 5 3 9 21 31 −10 13
16 FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 17 5 2 10 26 39 −13 12
17 FC Spartak Leningrad 17 4 2 11 23 40 −17 10
18 FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 17 2 5 10 22 40 −18 9
Source: footballfacts.ru
(P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

1st Group

2nd Group

  • Sergei Zaikin (Torpedo Gorkiy) – 11 goals

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics[1]

Football championships
  • Azerbaijan SSR – Neftianik Baku
  • Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
  • Belarusian SSR – Dinamo-2 Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
  • Estonian SSR – Dinamo Tallin
  • Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi
  • Kazakh SSR – none
  • Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
  • Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
  • Latvian SSR – Dinamo Riga
  • Lithuanian SSR – Spartak Kaunas
  • Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
  • Russian SFSR – none
  • Tajik SSR – none
  • Turkmen SSR – none
  • Uzbek SSR – none
  • Ukrainian SSR – none (see Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)

Football cups
  • Azerbaijan SSR – Neftianik Baku
  • Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
  • Belarusian SSR – ODO Minsk
  • Estonian SSR – none
  • Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi
  • Kazakh SSR – none
  • Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
  • Kirgiz SSR – none
  • Latvian SSR – none
  • Lithuanian SSR – none
  • Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
  • Russian SFSR – none
  • Tajik SSR – none
  • Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
  • Uzbek SSR – none
  • Ukrainian SSR – FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv (see 1945 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References
  1. 1945 год. regional-football.ru
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