1955 Soviet Class B

Soviet Class B
Season	1955
← 1954 1956 →

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

Teams

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

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

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

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^[a]
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^[b]
10	UKR	Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk	30	14	2	14	53	47	+6	30
11	RUS	Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk^[c]	30	10	9	11	34	38	−4	29
12	UKR	Pishchevik Odessa^[d]	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^[a]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

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

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^[a]
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^[b]	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	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

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

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