1959 Soviet Top League

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

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Dynamo Moscow	22	13	5	4	42	21	21	31
2.	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	12	5	5	42	25	17	29
3.	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	12	3	7	48	33	15	27
4.	SKA Rostov-on-Don	22	11	4	7	37	31	6	26
5.	Torpedo Moscow	22	11	3	8	27	23	4	25
6.	Spartak Moscow	22	8	8	6	32	28	4	24
7.	Dynamo Kiev	22	6	8	8	26	33	-7	20
8.	Zenit Leningrad	22	8	4	10	29	38	-9	20
9.	CSK MO Moscow	22	8	3	11	29	27	2	19
10.	Moldova Kishinyov	22	6	5	11	22	45	-23	17
11.	Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	22	6	1	15	26	37	-11	13
12.	Shakhtyor Stalino	22	4	5	13	24	43	-19	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

16 goals

Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)

14 goals

Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

11 goals

Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

10 goals

Valentin Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moscow)

9 goals

German Apukhtin (CSK MO Moscow)
Yuri Korotkov (Moldova Kishinyov)
Viktor Ponedelnik (SKVO Rostov-on-Don)

8 goals

Genrikh Fedosov (Dynamo Moscow)
Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
Dmitri Shapovalov (Dynamo Moscow)

References

Soviet Top League seasons

1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Russian League

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