# 1951 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1951 Class B football championship. FC MVO Moscow winning the championship.

## Teams
### Relegated teams

Six teams were relegated from the 1950 Soviet Class A (top tier).
* Dinamo Minsk (return after a six-year absence)
* Lokomotiv Moscow (return after a three-year absence)
* Neftianik Baku (return after a two-year absence)
* Torpedo Stalingrad (debut)
* Lokomotiv Kharkov (return after a two-year absence)
* Dinamo Yerevan

### Promoted teams

No teams received direct promotion. Only three teams were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs. One more was replaced, Lokomotiv for Krasnaya Zvezda.

## Final standings

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | MVO Kalinin | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 49 | Promoted to Class A |
| 2 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 49 | Promoted to Class A |
| 3 | RUS | Lokomotiv Moskva | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 48 | Promoted to Class A |
| 4 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 45 | |
| 5 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 43 | |
| 6 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 43 | |
| 7 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 38 | |
| 9 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod (R) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 37 | Relegated after play-off |
| 10 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 34 | |
| 11 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 33 | |
| 12 | KAR | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | UZB | DO Tashkent | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 27 | |
| 14 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 25 | |
| 15 | TJK | Dinamo Stalinabad | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 25 | |
| 16 | KGZ | Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 21 | Relegated |
| 17 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 20 | |
| 18 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 34 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 91 | −74 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 -
* ↑ Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk replaced withdrawn Lokomotiv
* ↑ Dinamo Stalinabad replaced withdrawn Bolshevik

## Relegation play-off

To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1951 Soviet Class B.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spartak Uzhgorod | 2–3 | DO Kiev | 0–0 | 2–3 |

## Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | MVO Kalinin, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod |
| 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Dinamo Minsk |
| 1 | Azerbaijan SSR | FC Neftianik Baku |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FC Spartak Vilnius |
| 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Dinamo Yerevan |
| 1 | Moldavian SSR | FC Burevestnik Kishinev |
| 1 | Karelo-Finnish SSR | FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk |
| 1 | Uzbek SSR | DO Tashkent |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Kalev Tallinn |
| 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Dinamo Stalinobad |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Trudovye Rezervy Frunze |
| 1 | Kazakh SSR | FC Dinamo Alma-Ata |
| 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Spartak Asgabat |