1936 Group B (Soviet football championship)

Group B
Season	1936
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The 1936 Soviet First League spring season was the first second tier tournament of the Soviet official football competitions. The season started on May 22, 1936, and stretched through July 15, 1936. The only game between the capital's teams Stalinets and Serp i Molot took place at the Stalinets Stadium (used to stand where today Lokomotiv Stadium stands).

Spring 1936

Teams

In the beginning it was expected that Lokomotiv Tbilisi would be playing in Group B, but later they switched with Dinamo Tbilisi taking their place in the lower Group V.

Competition format

The winner was planned to play off against the poorest performer of the Group A. The bottom team was planned to be relegated. Wins were accounted for 3 points, draws - 2 points, losses - 1 point, and no-show - no points.

Final standings

Pos	Republic	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Georgian SSR	Dinamo Tbilisi (P)	6	5	1	0	19	4	+15	17	Promoted
2	Russian SFSR	Zavod imeni Stalina Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	13
3	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Leningrad	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	13
4	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Moscow	6	1	4	1	8	9	−1	12
5	Russian SFSR	Serp i Molot Moscow	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	10
6	Russian SFSR	Spartak Leningrad	6	1	2	3	8	17	−9	10
7	Ukrainian SSR	Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk (R)	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	9
8	Ukrainian SSR	Dinamo Kharkov (R)	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew - results annulled

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(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Withdrawn teams

Dynamo Kharkiv

Dynamo Kharkiv withdrew from the competition due to health problems of its players. The club had played against Stalinets Moscow, Stalinets Leningrad, and ZiS Moscow having on record 3 games with 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, and goals ratio 3 - 9. All the records were annulled.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Boris Paichadze	7	Dinamo Tbilisi
2	Viktor Semyonov	5	Stalin Factory Moscow
3	Mikhail Aslamov	4	Dinamo Tbilisi
	Mikhail Berdzenishvili		Dinamo Tbilisi
	Grigoriy Fedotov		Serp i Molot Moscow
	Viktor Krivosheyev		FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk

1936 Fall

Overview

This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.

League standings

Pos	Republic	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Russian SFSR	Serp i Molot Moscow (P)	7	6	0	1	25	6	+19	19	Promoted
2	Azerbaijan SSR	Temp Baku	7	5	1	1	16	7	+9	18
3	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Moscow	7	4	1	2	13	10	+3	16
4	Russian SFSR	Torpedo Moscow	7	4	0	3	11	7	+4	15
5	Russian SFSR	Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu	7	3	0	4	13	18	−5	13
6	Russian SFSR	Stalinets Leningrad	7	2	1	4	6	13	−7	12
7	Russian SFSR	Spartak Leningrad	7	1	2	4	8	13	−5	11
8	Ukrainian SSR	Selmash Kharkov (R)	7	0	1	6	6	24	−18	8	Relegated