1938 Soviet Top League
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Soviet Top League 1938
)The 1938 Soviet Top League combined all the Groups into one Super League.
The season started on May 10 with the game between
Rostov-na-Donu
. Each team played once with every other. The point system changed as well and stayed this way to the end of the competition in 1991: 2 for win, 1 for draw, and none for loss. This all-National championship was experimental and was disbanded next year. A half of the League was relegated at the end of the season.
Spartak beside becoming the champion in the League format won the national cup competition, defeating a surprise team Elektrik from
Leningrad
, that last year was called Krasnaya Zarya.
Standings
Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Moscow | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 74 | 19 | 3.895 | 39 |
2 | Russian SFSR | CDKA Moscow | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 24 | 2.167 | 37 |
3 | Russian SFSR | Metallurg Moscow | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 1.966 | 37 |
4 | Ukrainian SSR | Kiev
|
25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 76 | 35 | 2.171 | 36 |
5 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Moscow | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 34 | 2.029 | 32 |
6 | Georgian SSR | Dynamo Tbilisi
|
25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 39 | 1.385 | 31 |
7 | Russian SFSR | Leningrad
|
25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 1.625 | 30 |
8 | Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Moscow | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 1.189 | 30 |
9 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Moscow | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 38 | 1.342 | 29 |
10 | Ukrainian SSR | Odessa
|
25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 1.114 | 29 |
11 | Ukrainian SSR | Stalino
|
25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 51 | 1.098 | 29 |
12 | Russian SFSR | Stalingrad
|
25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 53 | 48 | 1.104 | 27 |
13 | Russian SFSR | Leningrad
|
25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 44 | 0.955 | 24 |
14 | Russian SFSR | Leningrad[a]
|
25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 57 | 0.667 | 24 |
15 | Ukrainian SSR | Silmash Kharkiv (R) | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 0.756 | 22 |
16 | Russian SFSR | Stalinets Moscow (R) | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 0.818 | 21 |
17 | Ukrainian SSR | Kiev (R)
|
25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 64 | 0.672 | 21 |
18 | Russian SFSR | Rostov-na-Donu (R)
|
25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 0.907 | 20 |
19 | Azerbaijan SSR | Temp Baku (R) | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 20 |
20 | Russian SFSR | Leningrad (R)
|
25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 20 |
21 | Ukrainian SSR | Spartak Kharkiv (R) | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 63 | 0.683 | 17 |
22 | Russian SFSR | Leningrad (R)
|
25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 57 | 0.614 | 17 |
23 | Russian SFSR | Pishchevik Moscow (R) | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 53 | 0.472 | 16 |
24 | Georgian SSR | Lokomotiv Tbilisi (R)
|
25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 0.710 | 15 |
25 | Russian SFSR | Krylia Sovetov Moscow (R) | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 56 | 0.500 | 15 |
26 | Russian SFSR | Burevestnik Moscow (R) | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 87 | 0.322 | 12 |
- Stalinets Leningradmerged with Zenit in 1939.
Results
Top scorers
- 20 goals
- Makar Goncharenko(Dynamo Kiev)
- 19 goals
- Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow)
- Aleksandr Ponomarev (Traktor Stalingrad)
- 18 goals
- Sergei Kapelkin (Metallurg Moscow)
- Aleksei Sokolov (Spartak Moscow)
- 15 goals
- Pyotr Petrov (Torpedo Moscow)
- Aleksandr Sinyakov (Torpedo Moscow)
- 14 goals
- Arkadi Alov (Dynamo Leningrad)
- Pyotr Layko (Dynamo Kiev)
- Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Sergei Protsenko (Traktor Stalingrad)