# 1951 in Soviet football

The 1951 Soviet football championship was the 19th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 13th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDSA Moscow again won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time and tied with Dynamo for the number of league titles won.
The defending champions CDSA defeated their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 2–0) and took this season title.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A | CDSA Moscow (5) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Class B | MVO Kalinin | Dinamo Minsk |
| Soviet Cup | CDSA Moscow (3) | MVO Kalinin |
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 | Qualification |
| 1 | CDSA Moscow (C) | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 43 | League champions |
| 2 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 36 | |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 34 | |
| 4 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 34 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 32 | |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 31 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Kiev | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 27 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Leningrad | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 27 | |
| 10 | VVS Moscow | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 26 | |
| 11 | Daugava Riga | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 25 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Moscow | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 24 | |
| 13 | VMS Moscow (R) | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 23 | Relegation to Class B |
| 14 | Spartak Tbilisi (R) | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 16 | Relegation to Class B |
| 15 | Torpedo Gorky (R) | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 62 | −42 | 14 | Relegation to Class B |

### Class B

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | MVO Kalinin | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 49 | Promoted |
| 2 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 49 | Promoted |
| 3 | RUS | Lokomotiv Moskva | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 48 | Promoted |
| 4 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 45 | |
| 5 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 43 | |
| 6 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 43 | |
| 7 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 38 | |
| 9 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod (R) | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 37 | Relegated after play-off |
| 10 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 34 | |
| 11 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 33 | |
| 12 | KAR | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | UZB | DO Tashkent | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 27 | |
| 14 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 25 | |
| 15 | TJK | Dinamo Stalinabad | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 25 | |
| 16 | KGZ | Trudoviye Rezervy Frunze | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 21 | |
| 17 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 20 | |
| 18 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 34 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 91 | −74 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 -
* ↑ Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk replaced withdrawn Lokomotiv
* ↑ Dinamo Stalinabad replaced withdrawn Bolshevik

### Top goalscorers

Class A
* Avtandil Gogoberidze (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 16 goals