1955 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1955 Soviet First League football championship. FC Burevestnik Kishinev and FC ODO Sverdlovsk winning the championship.

Soviet Class B

Season	1955
← 1954 1956 →

Teams

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 1954 Soviet Class A (top tier).

• Lokomotiv Kharkov – (return after a two-year absence)
• Torpedo Gorkiy – (return after a year absence)

Promoted teams

• Krylia Sovetov Stupino – debut, Champion of the 1954 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR
• Dinamo Tallinn – debut, Champion of the 1954 Football Championship of the Estonian SSR and promotion/relegation play-off

Replaced and renamed teams

• Metallurg Odessa was replaced with Pischevik Odessa, while Metallurg restarted at republican level.
• Stupino → Krylia Sovetov Stupino
• Shakhter Mosbass → Shakhter Stalinogorsk
• Lokomotiv Alma-Ata → Urozhai Alma-Ata

Final standings

Zone I

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	MDA	Burevestnik Kishinev	30	20	6	4	86	46	+40	46	Promoted
2	RUS	Spartak Kalinin	30	16	5	9	48	31	+17	37
3	UKR	ODO Kiev	30	14	8	8	44	27	+17	36
4	LTU	Spartak Vilnius	30	13	10	7	40	29	+11	36
5	RUS	Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo	30	13	10	7	43	33	+10	36
6	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Stupino	30	13	6	11	48	35	+13	32
7	UKR	ODO Lvov	30	13	6	11	47	40	+7	32
8	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	30	13	6	11	37	33	+4	32
9	UKR	Lokomotiv Kharkov	30	12	6	12	48	34	+14	30
10	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	30	14	2	14	53	47	+6	30
11	RUS	Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk	30	10	9	11	34	38	−4	29
12	UKR	Pishchevik Odessa	30	11	5	14	39	47	−8	27
13	UKR	Spartak Uzhgorod	30	8	9	13	33	40	−7	25
14	LVA	Daugava Riga	30	6	10	14	29	57	−28	22
15	UKR	DOF Sevastopol	30	7	6	17	25	61	−36	20
16	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	30	2	6	22	22	78	−56	10

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
8	Ukrainian SSR	ODO Kiev, ODO Lvov, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, DOF Sevastopol
4	Russian SFSR	FC Spartak Kalinin, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk
1	Moldavian SSR	FC Burevestnik Kishinev
1	Lithuanian SSR	FC Spartak Vilnius
1	Latvian SSR	FC Daugava Riga
1	Estonian SSR	FC Dinamo Tallinn

Zone II

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	ODO Sverdlovsk	30	20	5	5	56	23	+33	45	Promoted
2	ARM	Spartak Yerevan	30	18	6	6	44	17	+27	42
3	GEO	ODO Tbilisi	30	18	5	7	61	32	+29	41
4	RUS	Torpedo Gorkiy	30	17	6	7	53	28	+25	40
5	RUS	Neftyanik Krasnodar	30	17	4	9	60	39	+21	38
6	AZE	Neftyanik Baku	30	12	9	9	48	44	+4	33
7	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Voronezh	30	12	9	9	37	37	0	33
8	RUS	Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.)	30	9	10	11	24	29	−5	28
9	RUS	Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu	30	9	9	12	35	52	−17	27
10	KAZ	Urozhai Alma-Ata	30	7	12	11	24	32	−8	26
11	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Molotov	30	8	9	13	24	41	−17	25
12	RUS	Avangard Sverdlovsk	30	8	6	16	40	49	−9	22
13	RUS	Avangard Chelyabinsk	30	8	6	16	28	52	−24	22
14	UZB	Spartak Tashkent	30	6	9	15	26	44	−18	21
15	RUS	Torpedo Stalingrad	30	7	5	18	36	55	−19	19
16	RUS	Energiya Saratov	30	4	10	16	23	45	−22	18

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Number of teams by republics

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
11	Russian SFSR	ODO Sverdlovsk, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Neftianik Krasnodar, FC Krylia Sovetov Voronezh, FC Zenit Kaliningrad, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylia Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Chelyabinsk, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Energia Saratov
1	Armenian SSR	FC Spartak Yerevan
1	Georgian SSR	ODO Tbilisi
1	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Neftianik Baku
1	Kazakh SSR	FC Urozhai Alma-Ata
1	Uzbek SSR	FC Spartak Tashkent

See also

• 1955 Soviet Class A
• 1955 Soviet Cup

References

• 1955 at rsssf.com