# 1956 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1956 Soviet First League football championship. FC Spartak Minsk and FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev winning the championship.

## Final standings
### Zone I

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | BLR | Spartak Minsk | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 47 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Taganrog | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 46 | |
| 3 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 46 | |
| 4 | RUS | Shakhtyor Mosbass | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 44 | |
| 5 | UKR | ODO Lvov | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 41 | |
| 6 | UKR | ODO Kiev | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 39 | |
| 7 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Stupino | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 38 | |
| 8 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 35 | |
| 10 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 35 | |
| 11 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 32 | |
| 12 | UKR | Spartak Stanislav | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 30 | |
| 13 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 29 | |
| 14 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 29 | |
| 15 | UKR | Pishchevik Odessa | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 26 | |
| 16 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 26 | |
| 17 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 25 | |
| 18 | KAR | ODO Petrozavodsk | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 89 | −69 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.
* ↑ On 16 July 1956 the Karelo-Finnish SSR was annexed by the Russian SFSR.

### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, ODO Lvov, ODO Kiev, FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Spartak Stanislav, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Shakhter Mosbass, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Spartak Kalinin |
| 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Spartak Minsk |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FC Spartak Vilnius |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Dinamo Tallinn |
| 1 | Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
| 1 | Karelo-Finnish SSR | ODO Petrozavodsk |

### Zone II

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 19 | +65 | 57 | Promoted |
| 2 | GEO | ODO Tbilisi | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 98 | 32 | +66 | 55 | |
| 3 | ARM | Spartak Yerevan | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 46 | |
| 4 | RUS | Neftyanik Krasnodar | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 42 | |
| 5 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 39 | |
| 6 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Voronezh | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | |
| 7 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 38 | |
| 8 | RUS | Zenit Izhevsk | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 38 | |
| 9 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | RUS | Avangard Chelyabinsk | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 31 | |
| 11 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 31 | |
| 12 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 30 | |
| 13 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 30 | |
| 14 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | KAZ | Kayrat Alma-Ata | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | KGZ | Spartak Frunze | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 75 | −45 | 20 | |
| 17 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 18 | |
| 18 | TJK | Kolhozchi Stalinabad | 34 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 117 | −95 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
* ↑ Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.

### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 10 | Russian SFSR | FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk |
| 1 | Georgian SSR | ODO Tbilisi |
| 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Spartak Yerevan |
| 1 | Azerbaijan SSR | FC Neftyanik Baku |
| 1 | Uzbek SSR | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| 1 | Kazakh SSR | FC Kairat Alma-Ata |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Spartak Frunze |
| 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad |
| 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Kolkhozchi Stalinabad |