1956 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season	1956
	← 1955 1957 →

12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

League standings

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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	BUR	CDS	DYK	DYN	DTB	LOK	ODO	SHA	SPA	TOR	TRL	ZEN
Burevestnik Chişinău		3–1	3–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	4–3	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–3
CDSA Moscow	1–0		1–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–4	4–2	4–2	3–1
Dynamo Kiev	2–1	1–0		0–2	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Dynamo Moscow	6–0	1–0	0–2		5–2	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	4–0
Dynamo Tbilisi	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1		0–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	4–0
Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	2–2	0–0	7–1	9–2		1–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2
ODO Sverdlovsk	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–4		0–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3
Shakhtyor Stalino	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–3	1–0	2–5		0–5	1–1	4–1	0–0
Spartak Moscow	9–2	3–0	4–3	1–1	4–2	3–1	6–0	5–1		2–1	3–0	1–1
Torpedo Moscow	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–0		5–3	3–1
Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad	0–2	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	4–1		1–1
Zenit Leningrad	1–1	1–5	5–1	3–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–6	1–3	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.