1945 Soviet First League

The 1945 Soviet First League was the first post-war season and the fifth since the establishing of the second tier. The tier was named the Second Group which before carried name Group B.

After the Great Patriotic War some team managed to preserve themselves since the last season which was played five years ago in 1940. The following teams returned to the league Spartak Leningrad, Pishchevik Odessa, Torpedo Gorky, Dinamo (Spartak) Yerevan. The rest 14 teams were newly formed. Notable is the fact that season saw participation of two teams from the Moscow Military District (VVS and MVO) both of which finished at the top of season table, yet missing a promotion after allowing Krylya Sovetov to squeeze by.

League standings
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (P) 42 25 12 5 68 31 +37 62
2  Russian SFSR VVS Moscow 42 23 13 6 59 26 +33 58[lower-alpha 1]
3  Russian SFSR MVO Moscow 42 19 15 8 65 35 +30 50[lower-alpha 2]
4  Georgian SSR DKA Tbilisi 42 19 8 15 55 45 +10 46
5  Ukrainian SSR FC Stakhanovets Stalino 42 17 12 13 62 46 +16 46
6  Russian SFSR FC Torpedo Gorky 42 16 14 12 46 36 +10 44[lower-alpha 3]
7  Ukrainian SSR FC Pishchevik Odessa 42 16 12 14 47 44 +3 44
8  Ukrainian SSR FC Lokomotiv Kharkov 42 15 10 17 58 63 −5 40
9  Russian SFSR FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov 42 14 12 16 54 53 +1 40
10  Russian SFSR FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 42 14 13 15 49 55 −6 40[lower-alpha 4]
11  Russian SFSR DKA Novosibirsk 42 16 7 19 40 56 −16 39
12  Armenian SSR FC Dinamo Yerevan 42 15 9 18 45 54 −9 39
13  Russian SFSR FC Traktor Chelyabinsk 42 15 8 19 55 59 −4 38
14  Azerbaijan SSR FC Dinamo Baku 42 13 15 14 46 52 −6 38[lower-alpha 5]
15  Russian SFSR KBF Leningrad 42 13 15 14 46 60 −14 38[lower-alpha 6]
16  Russian SFSR FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk 42 13 10 19 45 50 −5 36
17  Russian SFSR FC Spartak Leningrad 42 12 12 18 37 46 −9 36
18  Russian SFSR FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow 42 12 12 18 37 46 −9 36
Source:
(P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted?
  2. 3 points deducted?
  3. 2 points deducted?
  4. 1 point deducted?
  5. 3 points deducted?
  6. 3 points deducted?

See also
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