# 1959 in Soviet football

The 1959 Soviet football championship was the 27th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 21st among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A | Dinamo Moscow (9*) | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Class B | Trud Voronezh (Group 1) | Dinamo Kirov (Group 1) |
| Class B | Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2) | Trud Glukhovo (Group 2) |
| Class B | Spartak Yerevan (Group 3) | Terek Grozny (Group 3) |
| Class B | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4) | Baltika Kaliningrad (Group 4) |
| Class B | Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5) | Volga Kalinin (Group 5) |
| Class B | Pamir Leninabad (Group 6) | Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk (Group 6) |
| Class B | SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7) | Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (Group 7) |
| Soviet Cup | N/A | N/A |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Class A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 31 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 29 |
| 3 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 27 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 26 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 24 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kiev | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 20 |
| 8 | Zenit Leningrad | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 20 |
| 9 | CSK MO Moscow | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 19 |
| 10 | Moldova Kishinyov | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 17 |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 13 |
| 12 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 13 |

### Class B
#### Group 1

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | FC Trud Voronezh | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 16 | +41 | 46 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Dinamo Kirov | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 39 |
| 3 | UKR | FC Avangard Nikolayev | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 37 |
| 4 | UKR | FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 34 |
| 5 | RUS | FC Iskra Kazan | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 33 |
| 6 | UKR | FC Metallurg Zaporozhye | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 32 |
| 7 | RUS | FC Khimik Yaroslavl | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 28 |
| 8 | RUS | FC Lokomotiv Saratov | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 27 |
| 9 | RUS | FC Spartak Leningrad | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 27 |
| 10 | UKR | FC Spartak Kherson | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 24 |
| 11 | UKR | FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 24 |
| 12 | RUS | FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 24 |
| 13 | RUS | FC Torpedo Vladimir | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 21 |
| 14 | RUS | FC Trud Ryazan | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 13 |
| 15 | MDA | FC Lokomotiv Bendery | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 75 | −56 | 11 |
* ↑ Trud Voronezh was called Krylya Sovetov.
* 1 2 3 4 +

#### Group 2

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 44 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Trud Glukhovo | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 37 |
| 3 | UKR | FC Avangard Kharkov | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 37 |
| 4 | UKR | FC Kolhospnik Cherkassy | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 36 |
| 5 | UKR | FC Arsenal Kiev | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 34 |
| 6 | UKR | FC Zvezda Kirovograd | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 32 |
| 7 | BLR | FC Spartak Minsk | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 31 |
| 8 | RUS | FC Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 29 |
| 9 | UKR | FC Avangard Zhitomir | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 27 |
| 10 | RUS | FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 26 |
| 11 | RUS | FC Trudovye Rezervy Kursk | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 25 |
| 12 | UKR | FC Avangard Krivoi Rog | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 19 |
| 13 | RUS | FC Trud Tula | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 18 |
| 14 | UKR | FC Kolhospnik Poltava | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 18 |
| 15 | BLR | FC Lokomotiv Gomel | 28 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 61 | −44 | 7 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 +
* ↑ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk was called Trud.

#### Group 3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ARM | FC Spartak Yerevan | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 41 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Terek Grozny | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 35 |
| 3 | RUS | FC Torpedo Taganrog | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 33 |
| 4 | ARM | FC Shirak Leninakan | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 28 |
| 5 | RUS | FC Kuban Krasnodar | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 28 |
| 6 | GEO | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 28 |
| 7 | GEO | FC SKVO Tbilisi | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 27 |
| 8 | RUS | FC RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 25 |
| 9 | RUS | FC Spartak Stavropol | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 23 |
| 10 | RUS | FC Spartak Nalchik | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 22 |
| 11 | GEO | FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 21 |
| 12 | AZE | FC Neftyanik Baku | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 20 |
| 13 | RUS | FC Temp Makhachkala | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 17 |
| 14 | AZE | FC Textilshchik Kirovabad | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 16 |
* ↑ Torpedo Kutaisi was called Lokomotiv.
* 1 2 3 +

#### Group 4

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UKR | FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 41 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 40 |
| 3 | UKR | SKVO Odessa | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 36 |
| 4 | UKR | FC Chernomorets Odessa | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 34 |
| 5 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 34 |
| 6 | UKR | SKVO Lvov | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 33 |
| 7 | UKR | FC Spartak Uzhgorod | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 28 |
| 9 | UKR | FC Kolhospnyk Rovno | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | UKR | SKCF Sevastopol | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 23 |
| 11 | LVA | FC Daugava Riga | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 21 |
| 12 | UKR | FC Avangard Simferopol | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 21 |
| 13 | BLR | FC Urozhai Minsk | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 20 |
| 14 | UKR | FC Spartak Stanislav | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 18 |
| 15 | UKR | FC Avangard Ternopol | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 18 |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | FC Admiralteyets Leningrad | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 36 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Volga Kalinin | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 36 |
| 3 | RUS | FC Zenit Izhevsk | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 34 |
| 4 | UKR | FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 33 |
| 5 | UKR | FC Lokomotiv Stalino | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 33 |
| 6 | UKR | FC Shakhtyor Kadiyevka | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 28 |
| 7 | RUS | FC Traktor Stalingrad | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 26 |
| 8 | RUS | FC Torpedo Gorkiy | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 25 |
| 9 | RUS | FC Raketa Gorkiy | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 22 |
| 10 | RUS | FC Spartak Ulyanovsk | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 21 |
| 11 | RUS | FC Textilshchik Ivanovo | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 19 |
| 12 | UKR | FC Shakhtyor Gorlovka | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 19 |
| 13 | RUS | FC Energiya Volzhskiy | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 19 |
| 14 | RUS | FC Shakhtyor Shakhty | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 13 |
* ↑ Spartak Ulyanovsk was called Dinamo.

##### Play-Off for 1st place

* Admiralteyets Leningrad 4-1 Volga Kalinin

#### Group 6

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | TJK | FC Pamir Leninabad | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 36 |
| 2 | RUS | FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 32 |
| 3 | RUS | FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 32 |
| 4 | UZB | FC Pahtakor Tashkent | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 32 |
| 5 | RUS | FC Zvezda Perm | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 31 |
| 6 | KAZ | FC Kayrat Alma-Ata | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 30 |
| 7 | UZB | FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 29 |
| 8 | KGZ | FC Spartak Frunze | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | RUS | FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 24 |
| 10 | RUS | FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 20 |
| 11 | KAZ | FC Shakhtyor Karaganda | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 20 |
| 12 | TKM | FC Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 20 |
| 13 | RUS | FC Stroitel Ufa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 19 |
| 14 | TJK | FC Hosilot Stalinabad | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 61 | −35 | 13 |
* ↑ Stroitel Ufa was called Devon.

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC SKVO Sverdlovsk | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 39 |
| 2 | FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 39 |
| 3 | FC SKVO Khabarovsk | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 36 |
| 4 | FC Khimik Kemerovo | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 33 |
| 5 | FC SibSelMash Novosibirsk | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 30 |
| 6 | FC Irtysh Omsk | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 27 |
| 7 | FC Metallurg Stalinsk | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 26 |
| 8 | FC Urozhai Barnaul | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 25 |
| 9 | FC SibElectroMotor Tomsk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 24 |
| 10 | FC Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 23 |
| 11 | FC Energiya Irkutsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 22 |
| 12 | FC SKVO Chita | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 52 | −30 | 15 |
| 13 | FC Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 14 |
| 14 | FC Luch Vladivostok | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 11 |
* ↑ SibElectroMotor Tomsk was called Tomich.

##### Play-Off for 1st place

* SKVO Sverdlovsk 4-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk

#### Final (Russian Federation)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Admiralteyets Leningrad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 |
| 2 | FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FC Trud Voronezh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| 4 | FC SKVO Sverdlovsk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |

### Top goalscorers

Class A
* Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 16 goals