Football in the Soviet Union
Season1938
Men's football
Group ASpartak Moscow
Soviet CupSpartak Moscow
Soviet Union

The 1938 Soviet football championship was the 8th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Group ASpartak Moscow (2)CDKA Moscow
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (1) Elektrik Leningrad

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Organization

The football competitions were conducted by the All-Union Committee on sports and physical culture under the rules adopted in 1937 and 1938.[1] Competitions were conducted among team of masters of four categories of sports societies: the Workers-Peasants Red Army team (CDKA), trade union sports societies (16), the Order of Lenin sports society "Dynamo" (6), the Order of Lenin sports society "Spartak" (3).[1]

The competitions followed its playing calendar adopted by the Central sports inspection.[1] All societies were mandated to provide a grass turf field for games that corresponds to requirements presented by the international rules with corresponding equipment on the field: locker rooms for players and office space for referees.[1] Each team was mandated to have no more than 25 players on its roster.[1] Additional players or replacing players could be added no less than 10 days before a game and had to be approved by the Central sports inspection.[1] If a team would field a player who is not on the approved roster, that team despite the outcome of game receives a loss and their opponents a win.[1] For teams that participate in the Championship have the right to play all fizkulturniks (athletes) who are members of the corresponding sports society.[1] Servicing of the Championship by the referee staff is entrusted to the All-Union Judging Panel.[1]

The championship winner is awarded the All-Union Committee banner.[1] Beside players, certificates, tokens and premiums are also given to nachalnik komandy (team's chief), politruk (political officer), and coach.[1]

All teams are obligated to play the season's calendar to the end.[1] A withdrawn team would be barred from the 1939 season.[1] Points that were received in games with the withdrawn team are zeroed.[1] Players of the withdrawn team cannot play for other collectives to the end of the season's calendar.[1]

On equal points for two or more teams, additional games would be conducted in a single round-robin format to determine the order of their places.[1]

Protests about the improperly played game are submitted by team's official representative to the Central Sports Inspection no later than 24 hours after the game either personally or by telegraph and simultaneously to the game's referee, and representative of the opposing team.[1] All replay games must be finished by end of the season's calendar.[1]

Ejected from the field players for disciplinary fouls automatically miss one game and furthermore until the Central Sport Inspection decision are barred to play.[1] In case of a rough evil-minded play, they are subject to criminal liability.[1]

Organization that would host a team for a match are obligated to provide footballs of corresponding size and weight according to the rules; in case of football availability of the visiting team, the match is conducted by a better ball deemed by a referee.[1] The stadium administration is obligated on the referee's request provide scales, measuring tape, calipers to measure a ball, turf fields and goal posts.[1]

It was mandated that the stadium entrance fee would be no more than 2 rubles, side seats no more than 3 rubles, center seats no more than 5 rubles.[2] For every game there also should be allocated 10% of preferential tickets for the price of no more than 1 ruble for the Red Army servicemembers and students. The visiting team has a right to receive 50 free tickets.

Two teams that place the last league's table position will leave the competition and won't participate in the 1939 season.[1] Two teams that showed good technique results, in competitions of Soviet Cup, republican or city championships, friendlies with the best team of the Union, may be allowed in the 1939 season among demonstration teams.[1]

Soviet Cup

Spartak Moscow beat Elektrik Leningrad 3–2 in the Soviet Cup final. The decisive goal was scored by Viktor Semyonov.

Soviet Union football championship

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Russian SFSR Spartak Moscow 25 18 3 4 74 19 3.895 39
2  Russian SFSR CDKA Moscow 25 17 3 5 52 24 2.167 37
3  Russian SFSR Metallurg Moscow 25 16 5 4 57 29 1.966 37
4  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kiev 25 15 6 4 30 24 1.250 36
5  Russian SFSR Dynamo Moscow 25 14 4 7 69 34 2.029 32
6  Georgian SSR Dynamo Tbilisi 25 11 9 5 53 38 1.395 31
7  Russian SFSR Dynamo Leningrad 25 12 6 7 52 32 1.625 30
8  Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Moscow 25 12 6 7 44 37 1.189 30
9  Russian SFSR Torpedo Moscow 25 9 11 5 51 38 1.342 29
10  Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Odessa 25 9 11 5 39 35 1.114 29
11  Ukrainian SSR Stakhanovets Stalino 25 11 7 7 55 50 1.100 29
12  Russian SFSR Traktor Stalingrad 25 12 3 10 53 48 1.104 27
13  Russian SFSR Elektrik Leningrad 25 8 8 9 42 44 0.955 24
14  Russian SFSR Stalinets Leningrad[lower-alpha 1] 25 7 10 8 38 57 0.667 24
15  Ukrainian SSR Silmash Kharkiv (R) 25 8 6 11 34 45 0.756 22
16  Russian SFSR Stalinets Moscow (R) 25 8 5 12 36 44 0.818 21
17  Ukrainian SSR Lokomotyv Kiev (R) 25 8 5 12 43 64 0.672 21
18  Russian SFSR Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu (R) 25 7 6 12 39 43 0.907 20
19  Azerbaijan SSR Temp Baku (R) 25 6 8 11 33 40 0.825 20
20  Russian SFSR Spartak Leningrad (R) 25 6 8 11 30 39 0.769 20
21  Ukrainian SSR Spartak Kharkiv (R) 25 5 7 13 43 63 0.683 17
22  Russian SFSR Zenit Leningrad (R) 25 7 3 15 35 57 0.614 17
23  Russian SFSR Pishchevik Moscow (R) 25 5 6 14 25 53 0.472 16
24  Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi (R) 25 5 5 15 44 62 0.710 15
25  Russian SFSR Krylia Sovetov Moscow (R) 25 4 7 14 28 56 0.500 15
26  Russian SFSR Burevestnik Moscow (R) 25 4 4 17 28 87 0.322 12
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Stalinets Leningrad merged with Zenit in 1939.

Top goalscorers

Group A

Republican level

Football competitions of union republics[3]

Football championships

Football cups

  • Azerbaijan SSR – Temp Baku
  • Armenian SSR – none
  • Belarusian SSR – none
  • Georgian SSR – none
  • Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
  • Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze
  • Russian SFSR – none
  • Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
  • Turkmen SSR – Lokomotiv Ashkhabad
  • Uzbek SSR – none
  • Ukrainian SSR – Dynamo Kyiv (see 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)

References

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