1936 Soviet First League

The 1936 Soviet First League spring season was the very first second tier tournament of the Soviet official football competitions. The season started on May 22, 1936, and stretched through July 15, 1936. The only game between the capital's teams Stalinets and Serp i Molot took place at the Stalinets Stadium (used to stand where today Lokomotiv Stadium stands).

Spring 1936

Competition format

The winner was planned to play off against the poorest performer of the Group A. The bottom team was planned to be relegated. Wins were accounted for 3 points, draws - 2 points, losses - 1 point, and no-show - no points.

Final standings

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc	Notes
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (P)	6	5	1	0	19-4	17	Georgian SSR	Promoted
2	Stalin Factory Moscow	6	3	1	2	10-7	13	Russian SFSR
3	Stalinets Leningrad	6	2	3	1	9-9	13	Russian SFSR
4	Stalinets Moscow	6	1	4	1	8-9	12	Russian SFSR
5	Serp i Molot Moscow	6	1	2	3	7-8	10	Russian SFSR
6	Spartak Leningrad	6	1	2	3	8-17	10	Russian SFSR
7	FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk(R)	6	1	1	4	7-14	9	Ukrainian SSR
8	Dynamo Kharkiv(R)							Ukrainian SSR	withdrew - results annulled

Withdrawn teams

Dynamo Kharkiv

Dynamo Kharkiv withdrew from the competition due to health problems of its players. The club had played against Stalinets Moscow, Stalinets Leningrad, and ZiS Moscow having on record 3 games with 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, and goals ratio 3 - 9. All the records were annulled.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Boris Paichadze	7	Dinamo Tbilisi
2	Viktor Semyonov	5	Stalin Factory Moscow
3	Mikhail Aslamov	4	Dinamo Tbilisi
	Mikhail Berdzenishvili		Dinamo Tbilisi
	Grigoriy Fedotov		Serp i Molot Moscow
	Viktor Krivosheyev		FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk

1936 Fall

Overview

This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.

League Standings

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Republic
1	Serp i Molot Moscow	7	6	0	1	25-6	19	Russian SFSR
2	Temp Baku	7	5	1	1	16-7	18	Azerbaijan SSR
3	Stalinets Moscow	7	4	1	2	13-10	16	Russian SFSR
4	Torpedo Moscow	7	4	0	3	11-7	15	Russian SFSR
5	FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu	7	3	0	4	13-18	13	Russian SFSR
6	Stalinets Leningrad	7	2	1	4	6-13	12	Russian SFSR
7	Spartak Leningrad	7	1	2	3	8-13	10	Russian SFSR
8	Serp i Molot Kharkiv	7	0	1	6	6-24	8	Ukrainian SSR

Soviet First League seasons

1936 1937 1939 1940 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

1936 in Soviet football

Domestic leagues	Group A Group B Group V Group G

Domestic cups	National Cup

Club seasons

Group A	Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Kiev Spartak Moscow CDKA Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow Dynamo Leningrad Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad Dynamo Tbilisi

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