# 1940 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

The 1940 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR were part of the 1940 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine. Competitions in all three tiers were conducted in the fall.

## Persha Hrupa

Promoted:
* (Druha Hrupa) Avanhard Horlivka
* (debut) Zenit Kharkiv
* (reinstated) Spartak Dnipropetrovsk
Relegated: Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LZA | AKR | SOR | STD | DVO | AHO | SPD | ZKH |
| 1 | FC Lokomotyv Zaporizhia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 19 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 14 | | — | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | +/- | ?–? | 3–2 |
| 3 | FC Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 13 | | | — | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–1 | ?–? |
| 4 | FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 13 | | | | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | ?–? |
| 5 | FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | | | | | — | 2–0 | ?–? | ?–? |
| 6 | FC Avanhard Horlivka | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 8 | | | | | | — | ?–? | 3–0 |
| 7 | FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | | | | | | | — | ?–? |
| 8 | FC Zenit Kharkiv | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | | | | | | | | — |
* FC Stal Kostiantynivka withdrew from competitions

## Druha Hrupa

Promoted:
* (Tretia Hrupa) Tsukrovyk Sumy, Spartak Poltava
* (reinstated) Stal Voroshylovsk
Relegated: Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TSS | S2M | STV | SPP | AVD | STS |
| 1 | FC Tsukrovyk Sumy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | — | 3–1 | +/- | 2–1 | | |
| 2 | FC Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | | — | 3–0 | 6–0 | | |
| 3 | FC Stal Voroshylovsk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | | | — | 5–1 | | |
| 4 | FC Spartak Poltava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | | | — | | |
| 5 | FC Avanhard Druzhkivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | — | |
| 6 | FC Stakhanovets Serho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | — |

## Tretia Hrupa

Promoted: Spartak Vinnytsia Replaced: Voskhod Zhytomyr → Dynamo Zhytomyr, Dynamo Kamianets-Podilskyi → Dynamo Proskurov
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SCH | DZH | SPV | SKI | DPR |
| 1 | FC Spartak Chernihiv | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | FC Dynamo Zhytomyr | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | | — | 5–1 | 5–0 | |
| 3 | FC Spartak Vinnytsia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 4 | FC Silmash Kirovohrad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | | | | — | |
| 5 | FC Dynamo Proskurov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | — |

## Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

* Group A (2): Dynamo Kyiv, Stakhanovets Stalino
* Group B (5): Dynamo Kharkiv, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, Silmash Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Kharchovyk Odesa

## Withdrawn

* (all-Union level) Stal (z-d im. Lenina) Dnipropetrovsk (1936), Stal (z-d im. Petrovskoho) Dnipropetrovsk (1939), Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Traktor Kharkiv (1937), Spartak Kharkiv (1939), Spartak Kyiv (1937), Dynamo Odesa (1939, Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad (1939)
* (Republican) Spartak Kryvyi Rih, Kryla Rad Zaporizhia, Kharchovyk Tiraspol, Temp Vinnytsia, Stal Makiivka, Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, Lokomotyv Synelnykove, Znannia Kherson, z-d im. Lenina Verkhiy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Lokomotyv Lozova, Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Zenit Stalino, Zenit Voroshylovhrad, z-d im. Stalina Stalino, z-d KinAp Odesa, UDKA Kyiv, Stalinets Kharkiv, Voskhod Zhytomyr, Dynamo Kamianets-Podilskyi, Krasnyi Luch, Chystiakove, Melitopol, Berdiansk, Berdychiv, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Uman, Koziatyn, Voznesensk, Kremenchuk, Konotop, Smila, Kupiansk, Starobilsk, Artemivsk, Sloviansk

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) | Team(s) |
| Number | Region | Ukrainian SSR | All-Union |
| 3-1-0 (1) | Donetsk Oblast | Avanhard Kramatorsk, Avanhard Horlvika, Stal Kostiantynivka, Avanhard Druzhkivka | Stakhanovets Stalino |
| 3-0-0 (1) | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | Stal Dnipropetrovsk |
| 1-2-0 (0) | Luhansk Oblast | Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad, Stal Voroshylovsk, Stakhanovets Serho | |
| 1-0-0 (2) | Kharkiv Oblast | Zenit Kharkiv | Silmash Kharkiv, Dynamo Kharkiv |
| 1-0-0 (0) | Zaporizhia Oblast | Lokomotyv zavodiv Zaporizhia | – |
| 0-1-0 (1) | Mykolaiv Oblast | Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
| 0-1-0 (0) | Poltava Oblast | Spartak Poltava | – |
| 0-1-0 (0) | Sumy Oblast | Tsukrovyk Sumy | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Chernihiv Oblast | Spartak Chernihiv | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Zhytomyr Oblast | Dynamo Zhytomyr | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Dynamo Proskuriv | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Kirovohrad Oblast | Silmash Kirovohrad | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Vinnytsia Oblast | Spartak Vinnytsia | – |
| 0-0-0 (2) | Kyiv Oblast | – | Dynamo Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv |
| 0-0-0 (1) | Odesa Oblast | – | Kharchovyk Odesa |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Moldavian ASSR | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Lviv Oblast | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Volyn Oblast | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Rivne Oblast | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Ternopil Oblast | – | – |
| 0-0-0 (0) | Drohobych Oblast | – | – |