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Withdrawn teams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
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

See also

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