1936 Soviet Top League
The 1936 Soviet football championship (
Format and structure
The idea of new competition was announced on 21 March 1936 in the Russian newspaper "Krasnyi Sport" (Moscow) No. 41 (246).
The official format was announced by "Krasnyi Sport" on 11 May 1936 just couple of weeks before the start of the season on 24 May.
The Soviet championship winner was awarded the Red Banner of the All-Union Committee.[1]
Teams
Teams selection for the competition is not clearly determined. For the first championship were selected four Muscovite teams that previously competed in the 1935 Moscow football championship, two Leningrad teams that previously competed in the 1935 Leningrad football championship and a winner of the 1935 Ukrainian Dynamo football championship (Dynamomania). From Ukraine to the league was admitted the most politically reliable squad. Before the game between Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow on 11 July 1936, "Krasnyi Sport" named it the focal game of the competition and mentioned their previous meetings as part of the Moscow football championship.[4] Just before the season started the Muscovite team Kazanka changed its name to Lokomotiv Moscow upon establishment of the Lokomotiv sport society. It should be mentioned that parallel to the Soviet football championship, there also existed a separate competition that sometimes would coincide with primary football competition and was known as the games of three cities (or games of three capitals) including teams of Moscow, Leningrad and Kharkiv. The 1936 season in Group A also involved teams from only three cities Moscow, Leningrad and capital of Ukraine.
Spring
Biggest away win | Krasnaya Zarya 2–7 Dynamo K. (May 31) CDKA 1–6 Dynamo K. (June 11) |
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Highest scoring | Krasnaya Zarya 2–7 Dynamo K. (May 31) |
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Overview
The first game of the championship took place on May 22, 1936 two days before the official opening day announced earlier with the match
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Republic |
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1 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4.400 | 18 | Russian SFSR |
2 | Dynamo Kiev
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | 14 | Ukrainian SSR |
3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 13 | Russian SFSR |
4 | CDKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 11 | Russian SFSR |
5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 10 | Russian SFSR |
6 | Dynamo Leningrad
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 9 | Russian SFSR |
7 | Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 9 | Russian SFSR |
Results
Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
Top scorers
- 6 goals
- Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow)
- 5 goals
- Vasily Pavlov(Dynamo Moscow)
- Vasily Smirnov(Dynamo Moscow)
- 4 goals
- Georgi Glazkov(Spartak Moscow)
- Makar Honcharenko (Dynamo Kiev)
- Sergei Ilyin (Dynamo Moscow)
- Pavlo Komarov (Dynamo Kiev)
- Konstantin Shchegotsky(Dynamo Kiev)
- 3 goals
- Viktor Lavrov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Mykola Makhynya(Dynamo Kiev)
- Pyotr Nikiforov (Spartak Moscow)
- Yevgeni Shelagin (CDKA Moscow)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
1. FC Dynamo Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Yevgeny Fokin (2 / -3).Defenders: Viktor Teterin (5).Midfielders: Yevgeny Yeliseyev (6), Aleksandr Ryomin (6), Aleksey Lapshin (5), Pavel Korotkov (4), Viktor Dubinin (1). Forwards: Vasily Pavlov (6 / 5), Sergei Ilyin (6 / 4), Mikhail Yakushin (5 / 1), Aleksey Ponomaryov (1), Nikolai Postavnin .
One own goal scored by Ivan Andreyev (FC Lokomotiv Moscow) Manager: Konstantin Kvashnin. Transferred in during the season: Nikolay Postavnin (from FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow). |
2. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
Goalkeepers: Mykola Trusevych (5 / -6), Anton Idzkovsky (2 / -5). Viktor Shylovsky (6), Makar Honcharenko (5 / 4), Pavlo Komarov (5 / 3), Petro Parovyshnikov (3), Mykola Korotkykh (1).
Manager: Moisey Tovarovsky .
Transferred out during the season: . |
3. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Anatoly Akimov (4 / -5), Ivan Ryzhov (3 / -2). Nikolay Starostin (1).
Manager: Mikhail Kozlov. Transferred out during the season: . |
Group A 1936 winners |
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FC Dynamo Moscow First title |
Stadiums
- Dynamo Stadium Krestovsky Island, Leningrad (Dynamo)
- Stadium of CDKA Sokolniki, Moscow (CDKA)
- Kiev(Dynamo)
- Dynamo Stadium Moscow(Dynamo, Spartak)
- Red Triangle Stadium Leningrad(Krasnaya Zaria)
- Lokomotiv Stadium Moscow (Lokomotiv) (called Stalinets at first)
- Lenin Stadium Leningrad(Krasnaya Zaria)
Note:
Autumn
Overview
This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points. The Georgian FC Dynamo Tbilisi was admitted to the League expanding it to eight teams. The defending champion was FC Dynamo Moscow.
It opened with two games in
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Republic |
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1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1.900 | 17 | Russian SFSR |
2 | Dynamo Moscow | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1.750 | 16 | Russian SFSR |
3 | Dynamo Tbilisi
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1.556 | 16 | Transcaucasian SFSR |
4 | Lokomotiv Moscow[a] | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1.286 | 15 | Russian SFSR |
5 | Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 13 | Russian SFSR |
6 | Dynamo Kiev
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7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 0.842 | 12 | Ukrainian SSR |
7 | Dynamo Leningrad
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7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 12 | Russian SFSR |
8 | CDKA Moscow[b] (R) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0.450 | 11 | Russian SFSR |
- ^ Lokomoyiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi in the Cup final 2:0. The first Soviet Cup edition took place exactly between the spring and the fall parts of 1936 seasons.
- ^ CDKA Moscow was relegated to the Group B (second tier) for the next season, however, soon after playing only 3 games in the 1937 season, the team was returned back to the top tier for the next 1937 season.
Results
Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
Top scorers
- 7 goals
- Georgi Glazkov(Spartak Moscow)
- 6 goals
- Mikhail Berdzenishvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Sergei Ilyin (Dynamo Moscow)
- Viktor Lavrov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Vladimir Stepanov (Spartak Moscow)
- 5 goals
- Mikhail Kireyev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Vasili Smirnov(Dynamo Moscow)
- Pyotr Terenkov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 4 goals
- Mykola Makhynya(Dynamo Kiev)
- Viktor Shylovsky(Dynamo Kiev)
- Mikhail Yakushin (Dynamo Moscow)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Group A 1936 winners |
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FC Spartak Moscow First title |
Stadiums
- Lenin Stadium Leningrad(Dynamo, Krasnaya Zaria)
- Stadium of CDKA Sokolniki, Moscow (CDKA)
- Kiev(Dynamo)
- (Dynamo, Spartak)
- Lokomotiv Stadium Preobrazhenskoye, Moscow (Lokomotiv, CDKA) (Preobrazhenskoye is next to Sokolniki)
- Dynamo Stadium Tbilisi(Dynamo)
See also
- 1936 Group B (Soviet football championship) – second tier
- 1936 Group V (Soviet football championship) – third tier
- 1936 Group G (Soviet football championship)– fourth tier
- 1936 Soviet Cup
References
- ^ a b c d e f g 1936 ГОД. ТАБЛИЦЫ. КАЛЕНДАРИ. СОСТАВЫ КОМАНД. Luhansk Our Football (football.lg.ua).
- ^ a b c d e f g Game protocol of Bolshevik Kiev – CDKA-2 Moscow. fc-dynamo.ru
- ^ a b Aksel Vartanian. "Chronicles of Aksel Vartanian. Year 1936. Part IV. The firstborn with deviations (ending) (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. Год 1936. Часть четвертая. ПЕРВЕНЕЦ С ОТКЛОНЕНИЯМИ. ОКОНЧАНИЕ". Sport-Ekspress Futbol. 26 September 2003
- ^ Game protocol of Dynamo Moscow – Spartak Moscow. fc-dynamo.ru
- ^ Report of the first Soviet League game Archived 2018-05-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b 1936 spring Calendar
- ^ Report on CDKA-Spartak Oct. 30, 1936 Archived 2018-01-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)