1954 Soviet Class B Football league season
Soviet Class B Season 1954 Champions Shakhter Stalino (Final) (Group 1) Zenit Kaliningrad (Group 2) (Group 3)
The 1954 Class B Soviet Football Championship was the 5th season in the Soviet second tier competitions since its reorganization in 1950 and the 14th season since the establishment of the tier in 1936.
FC Shakhter Stalino won the championship by placing 1st in the 6 teams final group and a home turf advantage.
Teams
Renamed teams
Dinamo Yerevan → Spartak Yerevan
Voronezh → Krylia Sovetov Voronezh First stage
Zone I
Pos Rep Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
ARM
Spartak Yerevan
22
13
9
0
34
9
+25
35[ a]
2
AZE
Neftyanik Baku
22
13
8
1
59
23
+36
34
3
GEO
ODO Tbilisi
22
12
5
5
47
22
+25
29[ a]
4
KAZ
Lokomotiv Alma-Ata[ b]
22
11
7
4
25
13
+12
29
5
TJK
Gornyak Leninabad
22
10
5
7
27
27
0
25
6
RUS
Avangard Chelyabinsk
22
7
7
8
31
37
− 621
7
RUS
Avangard Sverdlovsk
22
8
5
9
24
30
− 621
8
TKM
Spartak Ashkhabad
22
6
6
10
22
29
− 718
9
UZB
Spartak Tashkent
22
4
6
12
17
32
− 1514
10
RUS
ODO Sverdlovsk
22
5
3
14
20
34
− 1413[ a]
11
KGZ
Iskra Frunze
22
4
5
13
20
39
− 1913
12
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Molotov
22
5
2
15
16
47
− 3112
1 2 3 + ↑ Lokomotiv Alma-Ata was called Dinamo
Number of teams by republics
Zone II
Pos Rep Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
RUS
Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)
22
14
5
3
31
14
+17
33
2
LTU
Spartak Vilnius
22
13
6
3
33
13
+20
32[ a]
3
RUS
Khimik Moskva
22
12
5
5
36
21
+15
29
4
RUS
Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo
22
7
10
5
20
15
+5
24
5
RUS
Spartak Kalinin
22
8
8
6
32
27
+5
24
6
BLR
Pishchevik Minsk
22
6
9
7
17
16
+1
21[ b]
7
LVA
Daugava Riga
22
9
3
10
20
24
− 421
8
RUS
Energiya Saratov
22
8
5
9
21
30
− 921[ b]
9
RUS
Krylya Sovetov Voronezh
22
7
3
12
21
29
− 817[ b]
10
RUS
Shakhtyor Mosbass
22
6
3
13
22
31
− 915[ b]
11
EST
Kalev Tallinn
22
6
3
13
18
33
− 1515
12
KAR
Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk
22
2
8
12
11
29
− 1812
Number of teams by republics
Zone III
Pos Rep Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
UKR
Shakhtyor Stalino
22
17
4
1
56
16
+40
38
2
RUS
Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu
22
11
7
4
35
20
+15
29
3
UKR
Metallurg Zaporozhye
22
11
5
6
34
24
+10
27
4
UKR
Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk
22
8
9
5
30
27
+3
25
5
UKR
Spartak Uzhgorod
22
9
5
8
37
35
+2
23[ a]
6
UKR
Metallurg Odessa
22
8
4
10
37
42
− 520
7
UKR
ODO Lvov
22
7
6
9
24
32
− 820[ a]
8
RUS
Torpedo Stalingrad
22
7
5
10
31
39
− 819
9
UKR
DOF Sevastopol
22
5
8
9
19
31
− 1218[ a]
10
RUS
Neftyanik Krasnodar
22
6
5
11
29
41
− 1217[ a]
11
UKR
ODO Kiev
22
6
4
12
34
45
− 1116[ a]
12
MDA
Burevestnik Kishinev
22
2
8
12
26
40
− 1412
Number of teams by republics
Final stage
Pos Rep Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1
UKR
Shakhtyor Stalino
5
4
1
0
10
1
+9
9
Promoted
2
LTU
Spartak Vilnius
5
2
3
0
4
2
+2
7[ a]
3
AZE
Neftyanik Baku
5
2
1
2
7
7
0
5
4
RUS
Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)
5
2
1
2
4
5
− 15
5
ARM
Spartak Yerevan
5
0
2
3
3
7
− 42[ b]
6
RUS
Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu
5
0
2
3
3
9
− 62
Played in Stalino
References
Soviet Class B seasons
Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
