# 1956 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

The 1956 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1956 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine.

## Qualification group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 24 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Kolshospnyk Poltava | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 20 | Promoted to Class B |
| 3 | Chernihiv | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 15 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar Oleksandriya | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 14 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 13 | |
| 6 | Zhytomyr | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 9 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Sumy | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 9 | |
| 8 | Spartak Bila Tserkva | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 8 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kolhospnyk Rivne | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 21 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Burevisnyk Cherkasy | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 21 | |
| 3 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 19 | |
| 4 | Vinnytsia | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Avanhard Kriukiv | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 15 | |
| 6 | Spartak Kyiv | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 13 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 6 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Lutsk | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lokomotyv Artemivsk | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 20 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Torpedo Kharkiv | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 16 | |
| 3 | Shakhtar Bryanka | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 14 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar Staline | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 12 | |
| 5 | Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 10 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 9 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Nikopol | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 3 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shakhtar Kadiivka | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 6 | +23 | 21 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Metalurh Zhdanov | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 20 | |
| 3 | Khimik Severodonetsk | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 18 | |
| 4 | Enerhiya Kharkiv | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Chystyakove | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 12 | |
| 6 | Avanhard Voroshylovhrad | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 12 | |
| 7 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 9 | |
| 8 | Enerhiya Osypenko | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 8 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | OBO Odesa | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 24 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Torpedo Kirovohrad | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 22 | |
| 3 | Avanhard Mykolaiv | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 18 | Promoted to Class B |
| 4 | Avanhard Sevastopol | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 13 | |
| 5 | Dzerzhynsky Mine Administration Kryvyi Rih | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 13 | |
| 6 | Spartak Kherson | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 9 | |
| 7 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 48 | −37 | 8 | |
| 8 | Burevisnyk Simferopol | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 5 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DOF Sevastopol | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 8 | +35 | 25 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 21 | |
| 3 | Budivelnyk Mykolaiv | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Libknekht Mine Administration Kryvyi Rih | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 13 | |
| 5 | Metalurh Odesa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Lokomotyv Lozova | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 12 | |
| 7 | Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 11 | Promoted to Class B |
| 8 | Metalurh Kerch | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 49 | −36 | 2 | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Burevisnyk Vynohradiv | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 20 | Qualified to Final Group |
| 2 | Kolhospnyk Berehove | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 16 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Ternopil | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 16 | |
| 4 | Burevisnyk Mukacheve | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 15 | |
| 5 | Khimik Kalush | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 15 | |
| 6 | Burevisnyk Chernivtsi | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 12 | |
| 7 | Naftovyk Drohobych | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 12 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Lviv | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 6 | |

## Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shakhtar Kadiivka | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Play-off |
| 2 | FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | ODO Odessa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | |
| 4 | DOF Sevastopol | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | Promoted to Class B |
| 5 | FC Burevisnyk Vynohradiv | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | |
| 6 | FC Kolhospnyk Rivno | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
| 7 | FC Lokomotyv Artemivsk | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 | |

## Champion's title replay series

* FC Shakhtar Kadiivka – FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv 1:1, 0:0 (replay), 2:0 (replay)

## Promotion play-off

* FC Kharchovyk Odessa – FC Shakhtar Kadiivka 2:1 1:1

## Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

* Class A (2): Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Stalino
* Class B (8): Metalurh Zaporizhia, Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk, Spartak Uzhhorod, ODO Lviv, Spartak Stanislav, ODO Kyiv, Kharchovyk Odesa, Avanhard Kharkiv

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) | Team(s) |
| Number | Region | Ukrainian SSR | All-Union |
| 6 (2) | Kyiv Oblast | Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv, Torpedo Kyiv, Spartak Bila Tserkva, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv (klubnaya) | Dynamo Kyiv, ODO Kyiv |
| 5 (1) | Donetsk Oblast | Lokomotyv Artemivsk, Shakhtar Stalino (klubnaya), Metalurh Zhdanov, Shakhtar Chystiakove, Avanhard Kramatorsk | Shakhtar Stalino |
| 5 (1) | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Mashynobudivnyk Dnipropetrovsk, Metalurh Nikopol, r/u imeni Dzerzhynskoho Kryvyi Rih, r/u imeni Libknekhta Kryvyi Rih, Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk | Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk |
| 4 (0) | Crimea | Avanhard Sevastopol, Burevisnyk Simferopol, DOF Sevastopol, Metalurh Kerch | – |
| 4 (0) | Luhansk Oblast | Shakhtar Bryanka, Shakhtar Kadiivka, Khimik Severodonetsk, Avanhard Voroshylovhrad | – |
| 3 (1) | Zakarpattia Oblast | Burevisnyk Vynohradove, Kolhospnyk Berehove, Burevisnyk Mukachevo | Spartak Uzhhorod |
| 3 (1) | Kharkiv Oblast | Torpedo Kharkiv, Enerhiya Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Lozova | Avanhard Kharkiv |
| 2 (1) | Zaporizhia Oblast | Enerhiya Osypenko, Mashynobudivnyk Zaporizhia | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
| 2 (1) | Odesa Oblast | ODO Odesa, Metalurh Odesa | Kharchovyk Odesa |
| 2 (0) | Mykolaiv Oblast | Budivelnyk Mykolaiv, Avanhard Mykolaiv | – |
| 2 (0) | Kherson Oblast | Spartak Kherson, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | – |
| 2 (0) | Poltava Oblast | Kolhospnyk Poltava, Avanhard Kryukiv | – |
| 2 (0) | Kirovohrad Oblast | Shakhtar Oleksandriya, Torpedo Kirovohrad | – |
| 1 (1) | Lviv Oblast | Dynamo Lviv | ODO Lviv |
| 1 (1) | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Khimik Kalush | Spartak Stanislav |
| 1 (0) | Sumy Oblast | Torpedo Sumy | – |
| 1 (0) | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernihiv | – |
| 1 (0) | Drohobych Oblast | Naftovyk Drohobych | – |
| 1 (0) | Vinnytsia Oblast | Vinnytsia | – |
| 1 (0) | Zhytomyr Oblast | Zhytomyr | – |
| 1 (0) | Chernivtsi Oblast | Burevisnyk Chernivtsi | – |
| 1 (0) | Rivne Oblast | Kolhospnyk Rivne | – |
| 1 (0) | Volyn Oblast | Dynamo Lutsk | – |
| 1 (0) | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | – |
| 1 (0) | Ternopil Oblast | Dynamo Ternopil | – |
| 1 (0) | Cherkasy Oblast | Burevisnyk Cherkasy | – |