1937 FC Traktor Stalingrad season

The 1937 Traktor Stalingrad season was the 2nd season in USSR championships.

Traktor Stalingrad

1937 season
Manager	A. Sitnikov
Stadium	Traktor, Stalingrad
Group IV	1st
Soviet Cup	Round of 64 vs Spartak Moscow
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Ponomarev (9) Georgi Shlyapin (9)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	URS	Anatoli Kopylov
—	GK	URS	Arkadi Usov (captain)
—	DF	URS	Lev Kabov
—	DF	URS	Fedor Klochkov
—	DF	URS	Ivan Tyazhlov
—	MF	URS	Georgi Ivanov
—	MF	URS	Sergei Kolesnikov
—	MF	URS	Ivan Pichugin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	URS	Nikolai Pokrovski
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Voevodin
—	FW	URS	Vasili Inzhevatkin
—	FW	URS	Valentin Liventsev
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Ponomarev
—	FW	URS	Vasili Provornov
—	FW	URS	Boris Terentyev
—	FW	URS	Georgi Shlyapin

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Ponomarev (from Spartak Kharkiv)
—	MF	URS	Ivan Pichugin
—	FW	URS	Vasili Inzhevatkin
—	FW	URS	Valentin Liventsev (from Spartak Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Boris Terentyev (from Stakhanovets Stalino)
—	FW	URS	Georgi Shlyapin (from Dynamo Stalingrad)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	URS	S. Izmailov
—	MF	URS	Vladimir Kharchenko
—	FW	URS	Konstantin Vavilov (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
—	FW	URS	Valentin Pozdnyshev
—	FW	URS	Aleksandr Sapronov

Competitions

Friendlies

Traktor Stalingrad v Traktor Factory Chelyabinsk

22 April 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Traktor Factory Chelyabinsk	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 2,000

Traktor Stalingrad v Torpedo Moscow

26 May 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	4 – 3	Torpedo Moscow	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor

Traktor Stalingrad v Spartak Kuybyshev

18 June 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 1	Spartak Kuybyshev	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor

Traktor Stalingrad v Spartak Moscow (reserve)

26 June 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 0	Spartak Moscow (reserve)	Stalingrad
	1:0 Aleksandr Ponomarev 2:0 Nikolai Pokrovski 24'			Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V.Lapshin (Moscow)

Traktor Stalingrad v Team from Novocherkassk

30 September 1937

Traktor Stalingrad

? – ?

Team from Novocherkassk

Traktor Stalingrad v Team of NKMD

12 October 1937

Traktor Stalingrad

5 – 1

Team of NKMD

Soviet Cup

Main article: 1937 Soviet Cup

Traktor Stalingrad v Dynamo Saratov

24 May 1937 Round of 128	Traktor Stalingrad	9 – 1	Dynamo Saratov	Stalingrad
	1:0 Ponomarev 6' 8:0 Shlyapin 80'		9:1 ? 87'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: V.Chepurov (Stalingrad)

Spartak Moscow v Traktor Stalingrad

31 May 1937 Round of 64	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	1:1 Semenov 50' 2:2 V.Stepanov 85' 3:2 Glazkov 131'		0:1 Ponomarev 23' 1:2 Shlyapin 58'	Stadium: Stalinets Attendance: 5,000 Referee: S.Khavchin (Kyiv)

USSR Championship. Group IV

Main article: 1937 Soviet Second League B

Traktor Stalingrad v Neftyanik Baku

18 July 1937 1	Traktor Stalingrad	4 – 0	Neftyanik Baku	Stalingrad
	1:0 Inzhevatkin 17' 2:0 Shlyapin 25' 3:0 Terentyev 4:0 Terentyev			Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 10,000

Traktor Stalingrad v Stal Dnipropetrovsk

24 July 1937 2	Traktor Stalingrad	5 – 1	Stal Dnipropetrovsk	Stalingrad
	Liventsev Ponomarev Provornov Shlyapin Terentyev		Kletskin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: V.Lapshin (Moscow)

Traktor Stalingrad v Dinamo Baku

30 July 1937 3	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 0	Dinamo Baku	Stalingrad
	1:0 Shlyapin 4' 2:0 Liventsev 10' 3:0 Shlyapin 79'			Stadium: Traktor Referee: V.Butusov (Leningrad)

Traktor Stalingrad v Burevestnik Moscow

7 August 1937 4	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 0	Burevestnik Moscow	Stalingrad
	1:1 Ponomarev 2:1 Liventsev 37' 3:1 Shlyapin		0:1 Afonin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Bystrov

Stal Kostiantynivka v Traktor Stalingrad

12 August 1937 5	Stal Kostiantynivka	2 – 6	Traktor Stalingrad	Kostiantynivka
	1:2 Lomov 2:4 Yakovlev		0:1 Provornov 0:2 Provornov 1:3 Ponomarev 1:4 Ponomarev 2:5 Liventsev 2:6 Terentyev	Stadium: im. Frunze Referee: A.Ikonnikov (Gorky)

Spartak Yerevan v Traktor Stalingrad

18 August 1937 6	Spartak Yerevan	1 – 4	Traktor Stalingrad	Yerevan
	1:0 Akopyan 26'		1:1 Shlyapin 27' 1:2 Terentyev 32' 1:3 Ponomarev 1:4 Provornov	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Mikhailov

Dinamo Tashkent v Traktor Stalingrad

26 August 1937 7	Dinamo Tashkent	1 – 4	Traktor Stalingrad	Tashkent
	1:0 Adisman 6'		1:1 Provornov 57' 1:2 Provornov 67' 1:3 Terentyev 1:4 Shlyapin	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Bukharin

Traktor Stalingrad v Torpedo Gorky

3 September 1937 8	Traktor Stalingrad	7 – 2	Torpedo Gorky	Stalingrad
	1:1 Ponomarev 2:1 Ponomarev 16' 3:1 Terentyev 55' 4:1 Terentyev 59' 5:1 Shlyapin 6:1 Ponomarev 7:1 Provornov		0:1 Salakov 8' 7:2 Dunaev	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Andronnikov

Krylia Sovetov Moscow v Traktor Stalingrad

7 September 1937 9	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	3 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	Yenushkov Karasev Rzhevtsev		Shlyapin	Stadium: Krylia Sovetov Referee: G.Fenopov (Leningrad)

Traktor Stalingrad v DKA BVO Smolensk

12 September 1937 10	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 2	DKA BVO Smolensk	Stalingrad
	1:0 Ponomarev 2:0 Provornov 10'		Petrov Marushkin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Bychkov

Kirov's Factory Leningrad v Traktor Stalingrad

18 September 1937 11	Kirov's Factory Leningrad	1 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Leningrad
	Zherdin		Kolesnikov	Stadium: Kirov's Factory Referee: Korneyev

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Traktor Stalingrad	11	8	2	1	40	14	+26	29
2	DKA BVO Smolensk	11	8	1	2	30	12	+18	28
3	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	11	6	3	2	28	19	+9	26
4	Burevestnik Moscow	11	6	1	4	33	20	+13	24
5	Dinamo Baku	11	5	2	4	24	15	+9	23
6	Stal Kostiantynivka	11	6	0	5	23	25	−2	23
7	Kirov's Factory Leningrad	11	5	2	4	15	19	−4	23
8	Dinamo Tashkent	11	4	3	4	16	21	−5	22
9	Stal Dnipropetrovsk	11	3	4	4	20	27	−7	21
10	Torpedo Gorky	11	2	2	7	19	34	−15	16
11	Neftyanik Baku	11	2	1	8	14	31	−17	16
12	Spartak Yerevan	11	0	1	10	6	31	−25	10

  Promoted

  Relegated

Statistics

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USSR Championship		Soviet Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	URS	Arkadi Usov	11	-14	9	-11	2	-3
	GK	URS	Anatoli Kopylov	3	-4	2	-3	1	-1
	DF	URS	Ivan Tyazhlov	12	0	10	0	2	0
	DF	URS	Fedor Klochkov	11	0	9	0	2	0
	DF	URS	Lev Kabov	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	URS	Georgi Ivanov	12	0	10	0	2	0
	MF	URS	Sergei Kolesnikov	13	1	11	1	2	0
	MF	URS	Nikolai Pokrovski	13	0	11	0	2	0
	MF	URS	Ivan Pichugin	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	URS	Aleksandr Ponomarev	13	11	11	9	2	2
	FW	URS	Georgi Shlyapin	13	11	11	9	2	2
	FW	URS	Vasili Provornov	13	8	11	8	2	0
	FW	URS	Boris Terentyev	11	8	11	8	0	0
	FW	URS	Valentin Liventsev	10	4	10	4	0	0
	FW	URS	Vasili Inzhevatkin	5	1	3	1	2	0
	FW	URS	Aleksandr Voevodin	4	0	2	0	2	0

Note: The seven goals scored are not considered because unknown who goalscorers in Tractor Stalingrad – Dynamo Saratov.

Top scorers

Player	USSR Championship	Soviet Cup	Total
Aleksandr Ponomarev	9	2	11
Georgi Shlyapin	9	2	11
Boris Terentyev	8	0	8
Vasili Provornov	8	0	8
Valentin Liventsev	4	0	4
Sergei Kolesnikov	1	0	1
Vasiliy Inzhevatkin	1	0	1
Total	40	11	51

Note: The seven goals scored are not considered because unknown who goalscorers in Tractor Stalingrad – Dynamo Saratov.

General statistics

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	YC	RC	Pts
USSR Championship	11	8	2	1	40	14	+26	2	3	29/33 (87,9 %)
Soviet Cup	2	1	0	1	11	4	+7	?	1	4/6 (66,7 %)
Total	13	9	2	2	51	18	+33	2	4	33/39 (84,6 %)

Sources

• Летопись областного футбола. Царицын. Сталинград. Волгоград. 1909-1962 [Chronicles of the regional football. Tsaritsyn. Stalingrad. Volgograd. 1909-1962] (in Russian). 2000. p. 238.
• Sklyarenko, Aleksandr (2000). «РОТОР» от сталинградского «Трактора» до наших дней. Футбольные хроники [Rotor from Traktor Stalingrad to this day. Football chronicles] (in Russian). Volgograd: Volgogradskaya pravda. p. 288. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-13.