# 1938 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

The 1938 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1938 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine. In 1938 the All-Union level went through major changes when there was formed one "Super League" which many "teams of masters" from Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv lost their status.
The defending champions were Spartak Dnipropetrovsk.

## Persha Hrupa

Promoted:
* (Druha Hrupa) Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Stal Kryvyi Rih
* (debut) Kharchovyk Odesa, Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kharkiv
Relegated: Stal Kostiantynivka, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Replaced: Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv and Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv → Dynamo Mykolaiv
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation | FDV | FSD | FDM | FSK | FKO | FAK | FZS | D2K | FSP | KRZ | SKR | FLK |
| 1 | FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 3.000 | 31 | Promoted to the Gruppa B | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 20 | 2.000 | 28 | | | — | 2–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 3–0 | 9–1 |
| 3 | FC Dynamo Mykolaiv | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 3.250 | 28 | | | | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | +/- | 3–1 |
| 4 | FC Stal Kostiantynivka | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 1.733 | 25 | | | | | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| 5 | FC Kharchovyk Odesa | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1.000 | 23 | | | | | | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | +/- | 6–1 |
| 6 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 0.900 | 22 | | | | | | | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 0–3 |
| 7 | FC Zenit Stalino | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 0.870 | 20 | | | | | | | | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| 8 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0.840 | 19 | | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 5–3 |
| 9 | FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 0.615 | 19 | Relegated to Druha Hrupa | | | | | | | | | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 |
| 10 | FC Kryla Rad Zaporizhia | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 0.885 | 18 | Relegated to Druha Hrupa | | | | | | | | | | — | -/+ | 3–0 |
| 11 | FC Stal Kryvyi Rih | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 0.324 | 14 | Relegated to Druha Hrupa | | | | | | | | | | | — | 0–4 |
| 12 | FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 0.450 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | — |
* 1 2 1 point deducted for no show

## Druha Hrupa

Promoted: Stal Voroshylovsk (Tretia Hrupa), Kharchovyk Tyraspol (Tretia Hrupa), Avanhard Druzhkivka (Hrupa Pyat A)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation | STV | AVD | AVH | SCH | TMP | TYR |
| 1 | Stal Voroshylovsk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2.333 | 13 | | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 |
| 2 | Avanhard Druzhkivka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1.455 | 13 | | | — | 2–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 6–3 |
| 3 | Avanhard Horlivka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2.286 | 11 | | | | — | 3–0 | 9–1 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Spartak Chernihiv | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 11 | Relegated to Tretia Hrupa | | | | — | +/- | +/- |
| 5 | Temp Vinnytsia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | 6 | Withdrew after the season | | | | | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Kharchovyk Tyraspil (MASSR) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 4 | Withdrew after the season | | | | | | — |
* 1 2 1 point deducted for no show
Stakhanovets Sergo withdrew before the start

## Tretia Hrupa

All lower groups were restructured and groups below the 3rd were consolidated into Tretia Hrupa. Promoted:
* (whole Chetverta Hrupa except Shostka) Stal Makiivka, Berdychiv, Ordzhonikidze, Konotop, Sumy, Kremenchuk, Chystiakove
* (whole Hrupa Pyat A except Mariupol) Voznesensk, Berdyansk, Starobilsk, Krasnyi Luch, Kirovo, Sloviansk
* (whole Hrupa Pyat B except Rubizhne) Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten, Synelnykove, Uman, Koziatyn, Melitopol
* (returning) Artemivsk
* (debut) Smila, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Lokomotyv Lozova

### Zone 1 (East)
#### Subgroup A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KRL | MAK | ORD | CHY |
| 1 | Krasnyi Luch | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | — | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Makiivka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | | — | 2–1 | +/- |
| 3 | Ordzhonikidze | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | | | — | +/- |
| 4 | Chystiakove | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | | | | — |
* ↑ 2 points deducted for 2 games missed

#### Subgroup B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MLT | KRA | SYN | BRD |
| 1 | Melitopol | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | — | +/- | 5–1 | — |
| 2 | Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | | — | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Lokomotyv Synelnykove | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | | | — | — |
| 4 | Berdyansk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ 1 points deducted for no show
* Berdyansk excluded

#### Zone 1 final

* Krasnyi Luch — Melitopol 3:0

### Zone 2 (West)
#### Subgroup A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BRD | ZHY | NOV | KOR |
| 1 | Berdychiv | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | — | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Zhytomyr | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Novohrad-Volynskyi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Korosten | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | | | — |

#### Subgroup B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MOH | KAM | UMN | KOZ |
| 1 | Mohyliv-Podilskyi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | — | 2–1 | +/- | — |
| 2 | Kamianets-Podilsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | — | 2–2 | — |
| 3 | Uman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | — | — |
| 4 | Koziatyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ 1 points deducted for no show
* Koziatyn excluded

#### Zone 2 final

* Mohyliv-Podilskyi — Berdychiv 1:0

### Zone 3 (Centre)
#### Subgroup A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KHE | VOZ | KRV | KRE |
| 1 | Znannia Kherson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | — |
| 2 | Voznesensk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | | — | 2–0 | — |
| 3 | Kirovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | | | — | — |
| 4 | Kremenchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
* Kremenchuk was excluded for no show to matches with Kherson and Voznesensk.

#### Subgroup B

| Pos | Team | 2 |
| 1 | Poltava | 3:1 |
| ? | Konotop | |
| ? | Sumy | |
| ? | Smila | |

#### Zone 3 final

* Poltava — Znannia Kherson 3:2

### Zone 4 (East)
#### Subgroup A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | VRX | LYS | KUP | STA |
| 1 | z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | — | | 5–0 | +/- |
| 2 | Stakhanovets Lysychansk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Kupiansk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | | — | -/- |
| 4 | Starobilsk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | | | | — |
* ↑ 1 point deducted for no show
* ↑ 2 points deducted for 2 games missed

#### Subgroup B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LOZ | ART | SLO |
| 1 | Lokomotyv Lozova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | — | +/- | 5–0 |
| 2 | Artemivsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | — | +/- |
| 3 | Sloviansk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | | | — |
* ↑ 1 point deducted for no show
* ↑ 1 point deducted for no show

#### Zone 4 final

* z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy — Lokomotyv Lozova ?:?

## Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

* Group A (6): Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Odesa, Stakhanovets Stalino, Silmash Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kharkiv

## Withdrawn

* (all-Union level) Stal (z-d im. Lenina) Dnipropetrovsk (1936), Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Stal (z-d im. Petrovskoho) Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Traktor Kharkiv (1937), Dynamo Kharkiv (1937), Spartak Kyiv (1937)
* (Republican) UDKA Kiev (1936), z-d im. Stalina Stalino (1936), z-d KinAp Odesa (1936), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Vympel Kyiv (1937), Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv (1937), Stakhanovets Serho (1937), Mariupol (1937), Rubizhne (1937), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Shostka (1937)

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) | Team(s) |
| Number | Region | Ukrainian SSR | All-Union |
| 4-3-9 (1) | Donetsk Oblast | Dzerzhynets Voroshilovhrad, Stal Kostiantynivka, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Zenit Stalino, Stal Voroshylovsk, Avanhard Druzhkivka, Avanhard Horlvika, Krasnyi Luch, Makiivka, Chystiakove, Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Starobilsk, Artemivsk, Sloviansk | Stakhanovets Stalino |
| 4-0-4 (0) | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Kryla Rad Zaporizhia, Stal Kryvyi Rih, Ordzhonikidze, Melitopol, Lokomotyv Synelnykove, Berdiansk | – |
| 1-0-3 (2) | Kharkiv Oblast | Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Sumy, Kupiansk, Lokomotyv Lozova | Silmash Kharkiv, Spartak Kharkiv |
| 1-0-2 (0) | Mykolaiv Oblast | Dynamo Mykolaiv, Znannia Kherson, Kirovo | – |
| 1-0-1 (2) | Kyiv Oblast | Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Smila | Dynamo Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv |
| 1-0-1 (1) | Odesa Oblast | Kharchovyk Odesa, Voznesensk | Dynamo Odesa |
| 0-1-3 (0) | Vinnytsia Oblast | Temp Vinnytsia, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Uman, Koziatyn | – |
| 0-1-1 (0) | Chernihiv Oblast | Spartak Chernihiv, Konotop | – |
| 0-1-0 (0) | Moldavian ASSR | Kharchovyk Tyraspol | – |
| 0-0-4 (0) | Zhytomyr Oblast | Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten | – |
| 0-0-2 (0) | Poltava Oblast | Kremenchuk, Poltava | – |
| 0-0-1 (0) | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Kamianets-Podilsk | – |