1945 in Soviet football

The 1945 Soviet football championship was the 13th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 7th featuring teams hailing from sports societies and factories. It also was the first full season with league competitions after World War II. The tiers were renamed after World War II, with Group A being renamed to First Group and Group B renamed to Second Group. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship, becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fourth time.

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1945
Men's football
1st Group	Dynamo Moscow
2nd Group	Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
Soviet Cup	CSKA Moscow

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
1st Group	Dynamo Moscow (4*)	CSKA Moscow
2nd Group	Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	VVS Moscow
Soviet Cup	CSKA Moscow (1)	Dynamo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1945 Soviet Top League

First Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dynamo Moscow	22	19	2	1	73	13	+60	40
2	CSKA Moscow	22	18	3	1	69	23	+46	39
3	Torpedo Moscow	22	12	3	7	41	21	+20	27
4	Dynamo Tbilisi	22	9	8	5	37	22	+15	26
5	Dynamo Leningrad	22	11	3	8	42	29	+13	25
6	Zenit Leningrad	22	8	7	7	35	31	+4	23
7	Traktor Stalingrad	22	9	3	10	23	38	−15	21
8	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	22	6	6	10	23	48	−25	18
9	Dynamo Minsk	22	5	7	10	20	39	−19	17
10	Spartak Moscow	22	6	3	13	22	44	−22	15
11	Dynamo Kiev	22	1	6	15	13	50	−37	8
12	Lokomotiv Moscow	22	1	3	18	14	54	−40	5

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Second Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (P)	17	12	3	2	37	20	+17	27
2	VVS Moscow	17	9	6	2	32	12	+20	24
3	MVO Moscow	17	10	4	3	37	16	+21	24
4	DKA Tbilisi	17	8	7	2	22	15	+7	23
5	FC Stakhanovets Stalino	17	9	5	3	36	25	+11	23
6	FC Torpedo Gorky	17	8	4	5	43	30	+13	20
7	FC Pishchevik Odessa	17	9	1	7	26	22	+4	19
8	FC Lokomotiv Kharkov	17	5	6	6	31	27	+4	16
9	FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov	17	7	2	8	33	30	+3	16
10	FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	17	7	1	9	23	32	−9	15
11	DKA Novosibirsk	17	7	0	10	21	27	−6	14
12	FC Dynamo Yerevan	17	5	4	8	24	31	−7	14
13	FC Traktor Chelyabinsk	17	5	4	8	18	30	−12	14
14	FC Dynamo Baku	17	3	7	7	17	25	−8	13
15	KBF Leningrad	17	5	3	9	21	31	−10	13
16	FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk	17	5	2	10	26	39	−13	12
17	FC Spartak Leningrad	17	4	2	11	23	40	−17	10
18	FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow	17	2	5	10	22	40	−18	9

Source: footballfacts.ru
(P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

1st Group

• Vsevolod Bobrov (CSKA Moscow) – 24 goals

2nd Group

• Sergei Zaikin (Torpedo Gorkiy) – 11 goals

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics

Football championships

• Azerbaijan SSR – Neftianik Baku
• Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
• Belarusian SSR – Dynamo-2 Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
• Estonian SSR – Dynamo Tallin
• Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi
• Kazakh SSR – none
• Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
• Kirgiz SSR – Dynamo Frunze
• Latvian SSR – Dynamo Riga
• Lithuanian SSR – Spartak Kaunas
• Moldavian SSR – Dynamo Kishinev
• Russian SFSR – none
• Tajik SSR – none
• Turkmen SSR – none
• Uzbek SSR – none
• Ukrainian SSR – none (see Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)

Football cups

• Azerbaijan SSR – Neftianik Baku
• Armenian SSR – Dynamo Yerevan
• Belarusian SSR – ODO Minsk
• Estonian SSR – none
• Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi
• Kazakh SSR – none
• Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
• Kirgiz SSR – none
• Latvian SSR – none
• Lithuanian SSR – none
• Moldavian SSR – Dynamo Kishinev
• Russian SFSR – none
• Tajik SSR – none
• Turkmen SSR – Dynamo Ashkhabad
• Uzbek SSR – none
• Ukrainian SSR – FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv (see 1945 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

External links

• 1945 Soviet football championship. RSSSF