# 1936 in Soviet football

The 1936 Soviet football championship was the 6th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union split into two halves. It was also the inaugural competition for the Soviet league format (round-robin) transitioning from the cities football competition format that was grandfathered from the Imperial Russian sports events.
FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship in spring and FC Spartak Moscow won it in fall. Between both championships in the summer there was held the first Soviet Cup competition.
In the fall the defending champions Dynamo were going neck-to-neck with their main rivals Spartak, but just a round away from the finish line they tied with weaker Dynamo Leningrad which costed them the title.
Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad avoided relegation from Group A in the spring, while CDKA Moscow avoided relegation in the fall.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner (spring) | Runner-up (spring) | Winner (fall) | Runner-up (fall) |
| Group A | Dinamo Moscow (1*) | Dinamo Kiev | Spartak Moscow (1) | Dinamo Moscow |
| Group B | Dinamo Tbilisi | ZiS Moscow | Serp i Molot Moscow | Temp Baku |
| Group V | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu | Stroiteli Baku | Dinamo Kazan | Spartak Kharkov |
| Group G | KhTZ Kharkov | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | KhTZ Kharkov | Stal Dnepropetrovsk |
| Soviet Cup | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Soviet Cup | Lokomotiv Moscow (1*) | Lokomotiv Moscow (1*) | Dinamo Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Cup

Lokomotiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 in the Soviet Cup final. Goals were scored by Aleksei Sokolov and Viktor Lavrov. The Georgian side was coached by a foreign head coach out of France Jules Limbeck.

## Soviet Union spring football championship
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Republic |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4.400 | 18 | Russian SFSR |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1.636 | 14 | Ukrainian SSR |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 13 | Russian SFSR |
| 4 | CDKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 11 | Russian SFSR |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 10 | Russian SFSR |
| 6 | Dynamo Leningrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 9 | Russian SFSR |
| 7 | Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 9 | Russian SFSR |

### Group B

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Georgian SSR | Dinamo Tbilisi (P) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.750 | 17 | Promoted |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | Zavod imeni Stalina Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | 13 | |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | Stalinets Leningrad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 13 | |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | Stalinets Moscow | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 12 | |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | Serp i Molot Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 10 | |
| 6 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Leningrad | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0.471 | 10 | |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 9 | |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Dinamo Kharkov (R) | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | Withdrew - results annulled |

### Group V

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu (P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1.583 | 18 | Promoted |
| 2 | Azerbaijan SSR | Stroiteli Baku (P) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1.800 | 16 | |
| 3 | Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Odessa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1.667 | 15 | |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Kazan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 0.933 | 15 | |
| 5 | Georgian SSR | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1.273 | 14 | |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | Spartak Kharkiv | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Ugolschiki Staline | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 0.583 | 12 | |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Lokomotyv Kyiv (R) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 10 | Relegated |

### Group G

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 1 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Traktor Plant Kharkiv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 11 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 9 |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | FC Dynamo Piatigorsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 8 |
| 4 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 8 |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | FC Molotov Automobile Plant Gorky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0.385 | 3 |
* ↑ The Gorky's Club was docked a point for a failure to play a scheduled game against the Dnipropetrovsk's club.

### Top goalscorers

Group A
* Mikhail Semichastny (Dinamo Moscow) – 6 goals
Group B
* Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 7 goals

## Soviet Union fall football championship
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Republic |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1.900 | 17 | Russian SFSR |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1.750 | 16 | Russian SFSR |
| 3 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1.556 | 16 | Transcaucasian SFSR |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1.286 | 15 | Russian SFSR |
| 5 | Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 13 | Russian SFSR |
| 6 | Dynamo Kiev | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 0.842 | 12 | Ukrainian SSR |
| 7 | Dynamo Leningrad | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 12 | Russian SFSR |
| 8 | CDKA Moscow (R) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0.450 | 11 | Russian SFSR |
* ↑ Lokomoyiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi in the Cup final 2:0. The first Soviet Cup edition took place exactly between the spring and the fall parts of 1936 seasons.
* ↑ CDKA Moscow was relegated to the Group B (second tier) for the next season, however, soon after playing only 3 games in the 1937 season, the team was returned back to the top tier for the next 1937 season.

### Group B

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Serp i Molot Moscow (P) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 4.167 | 19 | Promoted |
| 2 | Azerbaijan SSR | Temp Baku | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 18 | |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | Stalinets Moscow | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1.300 | 16 | |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Moscow | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 15 | |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0.722 | 13 | |
| 6 | Russian SFSR | Stalinets Leningrad | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0.462 | 12 | |
| 7 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Leningrad | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 9 | |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Selmash Kharkov (R) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 0.250 | 8 | Relegated |
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

### Group V

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Kazan (P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2.000 | 18 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | Spartak Kharkiv | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1.364 | 17 |
| 3 | Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1.000 | 15 |
| 4 | Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Odessa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1.286 | 13 |
| 5 | Georgian SSR | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0.933 | 13 |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | Ugolschiki Staline | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0.786 | 13 |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Kharkiv | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0.429 | 12 |
| 8 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Pyatigorsk (R) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 0.727 | 7 |
* ↑ −1 point
* ↑ −3 points

### Group G

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| 1 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Traktor Plant Kharkiv | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1.500 | 12 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1.300 | 10 |
| 3 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Lokomotyv Kyiv | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 10 |
| 4 | Russian SFSR | FC Dynamo Gorky | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 10 |
| 5 | Russian SFSR | FC Traktor Stalingrad | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0.556 | 10 |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Frunze Plant Kostiantynivka | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 7 |
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

## Republican level

Football competitions of union republics
* No republican-level round-robin competitions were conducted in Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR
* No republican-level cup competitions were conducted in Russian SFSR, Tajik SSR, Uzbek SSR
* New union republics were established in 1936: Kazakh SSR and Kirgiz SSR
* Transcaucasian SFSR was dissolved into its three constituent republics

### Football championships

* Ukrainian SSR – Ordzhonikidze Factory Kramatorsk (see 1936 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
* Belarusian SSR – city of Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
* Transcaucasian SFSR – unknown
* Uzbek SSR – city of Tashkent

### Football cups

* Ukrainian SSR – FC Dynamo Kyiv (see 1936 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
* Belarusian SSR – FC Dinamo Minsk
* Transcaucasian SFSR – unknown
* Turkmen SSR – Lokomotiv Ashkhabad