1946 in Soviet football

1946 in Soviet football
The 1946 Soviet football championship was the 14th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 8th among teams of sports societies and factories. Among the worst teams of the top tier before the World War II, CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.
The defending champions Dinamo once again had a slow start in the first half and were not able to regain their champion pace in the second half as well almost placing third behind clubmates from Tbilisi.
In 1946 there was reintroduced the third tier for a season, status of which is not determined and data for which is sparse.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
First Group
Second Group
Subgroup South
Subgroup East
All Russia
Tier final
[Sep 18, 22]
VVS Moskva 3-2 1-0 Pishchevik Moskva
Top goalscorers
1st Group
Aleksandr Ponomarev (Torpedo Moscow) – 18 goals
2nd Group
Aleksandr Surianinov (Torpedo Gorkiy) – 14 goals
Third Group (Russian SFSR)
West
Dinamo Riga
Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad
DO Leningrad
Spartak Kaunas
Dinamo Tallinn
Stroitel Moscow
Energiya Moscow
Aeroflot Moscow
DO Petrozavodsk
Center
Zenit Kaliningrad
Zenit Kovrov
Spartak Podolsk
Traktor Liubetsy
Zenit Tula
Krasnoye Znamia Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Dinamo Yaroslavl
Spartak Kursk
Dinamo Oryol
Dinamo Voronezh
Lower Volga
Dinamo Saratov
ODO Kuybyshev
Pischevik Astrakhan
Lokomotiv Kuybyshev
Dinamo Stalingrad
ZiV Kuybyshev
Traktor Penza
Volga
Krylia Sovetov Gorkiy
Zenit Izhevsk
Krasnaya Etna Gorkiy
Azot Dzerzhinsk
Spartak Ivanovo
Dinamo Gorkiy
Dinamo Kazan
DO Gorkiy
Ural
Dinamo Sverdlovsk
Dinamo Cheliabinsk
Dinamo Molotov
Dzerzhinets Nizhniy Tagil
Lokomotiv Tyumen
Metallurg Vostoka Pervouralsk
Tsvetmet Kamensk-Uralsky
Metallurg Vostoka Lysva
Sibir
Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk
Krylia Sovetov Omsk
Traktor Barnaul
Dinamo Novosibirsk
Metallurg Vostoka Stalinsk-Kuznetsk
Traktor Novosibirsk
Ugolschik Prokopyevsk
Azot Kemerovo
Northern Caucasus
Dinamo Krasnodar
Dinamo Stavropol
Traktor Taganrog
SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Dinamo Nalchik
Dinamo Groznyi
Dinamo Makhachkala
Dinamo Dzaudzhikau
Far East
Dinamo Khabarovsk
Dinamo Komsomolsk-na-Amure
DOF Vladivostok
DKA Khabarovsk
Dinamo Chita
Lokomotiv Irkutsk
Play-offs for the Final group
Dinamo Saratov v Dinamo Krasnodar 2–0
Krylia Sovetov Gorkiy v Dinamo Sverdlovsk 1–1, 1–3
Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk v Dinamo Khabarovsk 2–1
Final
Dinamo Riga
Zenit Kaliningrad
Dinamo Sverdlovsk
Dinamo Saratov
Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk
Third Group (Union republics)
Ukraine
Spartak Uzhgorod
DO Kiev
Dzerzhinets Kharkiv
Bolshevik Zaporozhye
Belarus
DO Minsk
Spartak Bobruisk
Lokomotiv Grodno
Dinamo-2 Minsk
Lokomotiv Gomel
DO Baranovichi
Lokomotiv Brest
Caucasus
Krylia Sovetov Tbilisi
Dinamo Sukhumi
Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Kutaisi
Dinamo Baku
Spartak Yerevan
Dinamo Leninakan
Central Asia
Dinamo Alma-Ata
DO Tashkent
Lokomotiv Ashkhabad
Dinamo Stalinabad
Dinamo Frunze
Final
Spartak Uzhgorod
Krylia Sovetov Tbilisi
Dinamo Alma-Ata
DO Minsk
DO Kiev
Republican level
Football competitions of union republics
Football championships
Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
Belarusian SSR – ODO Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
Estonian SSR – Baltflot Tallin
Georgian SSR – Dinamo Kutaisi
Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
Kirgiz SSR – none
Latvian SSR – Daugava Liepaja
Lithuanian SSR – Dinamo Kaunas
Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
Russian SFSR – unknown
Tajik SSR – none
Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
Uzbek SSR – none
Ukrainian SSR – Spartak Uzhhorod (see Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
Football cups
Azerbaijan SSR – none
Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
Belarusian SSR – ODO Minsk
Estonian SSR – Dinamo Tallin
Georgian SSR – Burevestnik Tbilisi
Kazakh SSR – none
Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
Kirgiz SSR – none
Latvian SSR – Daugava Liepaja
Lithuanian SSR – none
Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
Russian SFSR – Dinamo Sverdlovsk
Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
Uzbek SSR – DO Tashkent
Ukrainian SSR – FC Dynamo Kyiv (see 1946 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
References
External links
1946 Soviet football championship. RSSSF