1956 Soviet Top League

12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Spartak Moscow	22	15	4	3	68	28	40	34
2.	Dynamo Moscow	22	10	8	4	45	31	14	28
3.	CDSA Moscow	22	10	5	7	40	32	8	25
4.	Dynamo Kiev	22	7	10	5	32	31	1	24
5.	Torpedo Moscow	22	8	7	7	40	37	3	23
6.	Burevestnik Kishinyov	22	9	5	8	38	49	-11	23
7.	Shakhtyor Stalino	22	7	7	8	30	39	-9	21
8.	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	8	4	10	42	46	-4	20
9.	Zenit Leningrad	22	4	11	7	27	43	-16	19
10.	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	5	8	9	38	28	10	18
11.	ODO Sverdlovsk	22	6	4	12	31	45	-14	16
12.	Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad	22	3	7	12	25	47	-22	13

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top scorers

17 goals

• Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)

16 goals

• Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)

15 goals

• Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)

14 goals

• Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

• Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)

12 goals

• Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Ivan Mozer (Spartak Moscow)

9 goals

• Boris Khasaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Pyotr Ponomarenko (Shakhtyor Stalino)
• Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Vitali Vatskevich (Burevestnik Kishinyov)

References