The 1951 Soviet football championship was the 19th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 13th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDSA Moscow again won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time and tied with Dynamo for the number of league titles won.
The defending champions CDSA defeated their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 2–0) and took this season title.
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Source:
rsssf.com (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion
1
RUS
MVO Kalinin
34
19
11
4
62
26
+36
49[ a]
Promoted
2
BLR
Dinamo Minsk
34
21
7
6
57
30
+27
49[ b]
3
RUS
Lokomotiv Moskva
34
19
10
5
72
38
+34
48[ b]
4
AZE
Neftyanik Baku
34
17
11
6
56
27
+29
45[ b]
5
RUS
Torpedo Stalingrad
34
16
11
7
66
38
+28
43[ b]
6
UKR
Lokomotiv Kharkov
34
17
9
8
60
38
+22
43[ b]
7
LTU
Spartak Vilnius
34
15
9
10
47
40
+7
39
8
ARM
Dinamo Yerevan
34
14
10
10
40
22
+18
38[ b]
9
UKR
Spartak Uzhgorod (R)
34
14
9
11
51
41
+10
37[ a]
Relegated after play-off
10
MDA
Burevestnik Kishinev
34
12
10
12
47
37
+10
34
11
RUS
Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo
34
13
7
14
49
49
0
33
12
KAR
Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk[ c]
34
10
9
15
28
39
−11
29[ a]
13
UZB
DO Tashkent
34
10
7
17
30
48
−18
27
14
EST
Kalev Tallinn
34
9
7
18
31
48
−17
25
15
TJK
Dinamo Stalinabad[ d]
34
10
5
19
33
74
−41
25[ a]
16
KGZ
Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze
34
7
7
20
36
67
−31
21
17
KAZ
Dinamo Alma-Ata
34
6
8
20
30
59
−29
20
18
TKM
Spartak Ashkhabad
34
2
3
29
17
91
−74
7
^ a b c d +
^ a b c d e f -
^ Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk replaced withdrawn Lokomotiv
^ Dinamo Stalinabad replaced withdrawn Bolshevik
Class A
CDSA Moscow (C)
Dynamo Tbilisi
Shakhtyor Stalino
Daugava Riga