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
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| 1
| align=left|FC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev(P)||42||25||12||5||68||31|| 37||62
| align=left| Russian SFSR
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| 2
| align=left|VVS Moscow||42||23||13||6||59||26|| 33||58
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Russian SFSR
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| 3
| align=left|MVO Moscow||42||19||15||8||65||35|| 30||50
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Russian SFSR
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| 4
| align=left|DKA Tbilisi||42||19||8||15||55||45|| 10||46
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Georgian SSR
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| 5
| align=left|FC Stakhanovets Stalino||42||17||12||13||62||46|| 16||46
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Ukrainian SSR
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| 6
| align=left|FC Torpedo Gorky||42||16||14||12||46||36|| 10||44
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Russian SFSR
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| 7
| align=left|FC Pishchevik Odessa||42||16||12||14||47||44|| 3||44
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Ukrainian SSR
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| 8
| align=left|FC Lokomotiv Kharkov||42||15||10||17||58||63|| -5||40
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Ukrainian SSR
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| 9
| align=left|FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov||42||14||12||16||54||53|| 1||40
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Russian SFSR
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| 10
| align=left|FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo||42||14||13||15||49||55|| -6||40
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Russian SFSR
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| 11
| align=left|DKA Novosibirsk||42||16||7||19||40||56|| -16||39
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Russian SFSR
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| 12
| align=left|FC Dinamo Yerevan||42||15||9||18||45||54|| -9||39
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Armenian SSR
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| 13
| align=left|FC Traktor Chelyabinsk||42||15||8||19||55||59|| -4||38
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Russian SFSR
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| 14
| align=left|FC Dinamo Baku||42||13||15||14||46||52|| -6||38
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Azerbaijan SSR
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| 15
| align=left|KBF Leningrad||42||13||15||14||46||60|| -14||38
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Russian SFSR
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| 16
| align=left|FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk||42||13||10||19||45||50|| -5||36
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Russian SFSR
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| 17
| align=left|FC Spartak Leningrad||42||12||12||18||37||46|| -9||36
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Russian SFSR
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| 18
| align=left|FC Trudovye Rezervy Moscow||42||12||12||18||37||46|| -9||36
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Russian SFSR
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- Note
See also
External links
- 1945 Soviet Second Group. RSSSF.