1946 Soviet First League

The Soviet First League (1936-91) was the second tier league of association football in the Soviet Union. In the 1946 season, VVS Moscow finished top of the Southern Group, and FC Pishchevik Moscow finished top of the Eastern Group. VVS won the two-leg playoff.

League standings

Southern Group

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc
1	VVS Moscow	42	25	12	5	68-31	62	Russian SFSR
2	DO Tbilisi	42	23	13	6	59-26	58	Georgian SSR
3	FC Lokomotiv Kharkov	42	19	15	8	65-35	50	Ukrainian SSR
4	FC Pishchevik Odessa	42	19	8	15	55-45	46	Ukrainian SSR
5	FC Shakhtyor Stalino	42	17	12	13	62-46	46	Ukrainian SSR
6	FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi	42	16	14	12	46-36	44	Georgian SSR
7	FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow	42	16	12	14	47-44	44	Russian SFSR
8	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	42	15	9	18	45-54	39	Russian SFSR
9	FC Neftyanik Baku	42	15	10	17	58-63	40	Azerbaijan SSR
10	FC Dinamo Yerevan	42	14	12	16	54-53	40	Armenian SSR
11	FC Dynamo Rostov-on-Donu	42	14	13	15	49-55	40	Russian SFSR
12	FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk	42	16	7	19	40-56	39	Ukrainian SSR
13	FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev	42	15	8	19	55-59	38	Ukrainian SSR

Note

Eastern Group (all Russia  Russian SFSR)

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Notes
1	FC Pishchevik Moscow	42	25	12	5	68-31	62
2	FC Torpedo Gorky	42	23	13	6	59-26	58
3	MVO Moscow	42	19	15	8	65-35	50
4	FC Spartak Leningrad	42	19	8	15	55-45	46
5	DO Novosibirsk	42	17	12	13	62-46	46
6	VMS Moscow	42	16	14	12	46-36	44
7	FC Burevestnik Moscow	42	16	12	14	47-44	44
8	FC Dynamo Ivanovo	42	15	9	18	45-54	39
9	FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov	42	15	10	17	58-63	40
10	FC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk	42	14	12	16	54-53	40
11	FC Elektrosila Leningrad	42	14	13	15	49-55	40
12	DO Sverdlovsk	42	16	7	19	40-56	39
13	FC Pishchevik Leningrad	42	15	8	19	55-59	38

Note

Play off

VVS - Pishchevik 3:2 1:0 (first game on September 18, second - September 22, all in Moscow)