# 1956 in Soviet football

The 1956 Soviet football championship was the 24th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 18th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A | Spartak Moscow (6) | Dinamo Moscow |
| Class B | Spartak Minsk (Group I) | Torpedo Taganrog (Group I) |
| Class B | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Group II) | ODO Tbilisi (Group II) |
| 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 | Qualification |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 34 | League champions |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 28 | |
| 3 | CDSA Moscow | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 25 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Kiev | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 23 | |
| 6 | Burevestnik Kishinyov | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 23 | |
| 7 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 21 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Zenit Leningrad | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 19 | |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 18 | |
| 11 | ODO Sverdlovsk (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 16 | Relegation to Class B |
| 12 | Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad (R) | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 13 | Relegation to Class B |

### Class B
#### Group I

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | BLR | Spartak Minsk | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 47 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Torpedo Taganrog | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 46 | |
| 3 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 46 | |
| 4 | RUS | Shakhtyor Mosbass | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 44 | |
| 5 | UKR | ODO Lvov | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 41 | |
| 6 | UKR | ODO Kiev | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 39 | |
| 7 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Stupino | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 38 | |
| 8 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 35 | |
| 10 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 35 | |
| 11 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 32 | |
| 12 | UKR | Spartak Stanislav | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 30 | |
| 13 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 29 | |
| 14 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 29 | |
| 15 | UKR | Pishchevik Odessa | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 26 | |
| 16 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 26 | |
| 17 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 25 | |
| 18 | RUS | ODO Petrozavodsk | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 89 | −69 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk relocated to Mosbass.

#### Group II

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 19 | +65 | 57 | Promoted |
| 2 | GEO | ODO Tbilisi | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 98 | 32 | +66 | 55 | |
| 3 | ARM | Spartak Yerevan | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 46 | |
| 4 | RUS | Neftyanik Krasnodar | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 42 | |
| 5 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 39 | |
| 6 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Voronezh | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | |
| 7 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 38 | |
| 8 | RUS | Zenit Izhevsk | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 38 | |
| 9 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 33 | |
| 10 | RUS | Avangard Chelyabinsk | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 31 | |
| 11 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 31 | |
| 12 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 30 | |
| 13 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 30 | |
| 14 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | KAZ | Kayrat Alma-Ata | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | KGZ | Spartak Frunze | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 75 | −45 | 20 | |
| 17 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 18 | |
| 18 | TJK | Kolhozchi Stalinabad | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 117 | −95 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Pahtakor Tashkent was called Spartak.
* ↑ Kayrat Alma-Ata was called Urozhai.

### Top goalscorers

Class A
* Vasiliy Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk) – 17 goals