Football in the Soviet Union
Season1953
Men's football
Class ASpartak Moscow
Class BDinamo Minsk
Soviet CupDinamo Moscow
Soviet Union

The 1953 Soviet football championship was the 21st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 15th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time and tying with the Army team and Dinamo.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Class ASpartak Moscow (5)Dinamo Tbilisi
Class BDinamo MinskTorpedo Gorkiy
Soviet Cup Dinamo Moscow (2) Zenit Kuibyshev

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

Soviet Union football championship

Class A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 20 11 7 2 47 15 +32 29 League champions
2 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Tbilisi 20 11 5 4 39 24 +15 27
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 20 11 3 6 34 34 0 25
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 20 8 7 5 34 19 +15 23
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 20 11 1 8 25 21 +4 23
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 20 6 6 8 21 28 −7 18
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev 20 6 5 9 22 25 −3 17
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kiev 20 6 5 9 22 26 −4 17
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Kharkov 20 6 4 10 19 34 −15 16
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Leningrad (R) 20 5 4 11 20 33 −13 14 Relegation to Class B
11 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Vilnius (R) 20 2 7 11 10 33 −23 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Class B (second stage)

For places 1-6

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 BLR Dinamo Minsk 5 4 1 0 11 1 +10 9[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 5 3 1 1 9 4 +5 7
3 UKR Shakhtyor Stalino 5 3 0 2 6 5 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 5 2 0 3 6 10 −4 4
5 ARM Dinamo Yerevan 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3
6 GEO Spartak Tbilisi 5 0 1 4 1 10 −9 1[lower-alpha 2]
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Notes:

Sep 13–27, Gorkiy

For places 7-9

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 UKR Metallurg Odessa 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4[lower-alpha 1]
8 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
9 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 2 0 0 2 5 9 −4 0[lower-alpha 1]
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Notes:

For places 10-12

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 RUS Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 4[lower-alpha 1]
11 AZE Neftyanik Baku 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
12 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0
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Notes:

Sep 27 - Oct 1, Baku

For places 13-15

[Oct 11, Riga]
  • Daugava Riga 2-0 Avangard Chelyabinsk
  • Dinamo Alma-Ata withdrew.

For places 16-18

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
16 MDA Burevestnik Kishinev 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 3
17 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2[lower-alpha 1]
18 TKM Spartak Ashkhabad 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
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Notes:

Sep 29 – Oct 3, Kishinev

For places 19-21

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
19 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 4[lower-alpha 1]
20 EST Kalev Tallinn 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
21 UZB Spartak Tashkent 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0[lower-alpha 1]
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Notes:

Sep 27 – Oct 1, Sverdlovsk

For places 22-24

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4[lower-alpha 1]
23 RUS Spartak Kalinin 2 1 0 1 9 5 +4 2[lower-alpha 1]
24 KGZ Iskra Frunze 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0[lower-alpha 1]
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Notes:

Sep 26–29, Dnepropetrovsk

For places 25-27

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
25 RUS Khimik Moskva 2 1 1 0 8 1 +7 3[lower-alpha 1]
26 RUS Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3
27 TJK Gornyak Leninabad 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0[lower-alpha 1]
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Notes:

Sep 25–29, Moskva

Top goalscorers

Class A

References

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