1940 Soviet Top League

6th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Football league season

Soviet Top LeagueSeason| 1940

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← 1939

1941 →

Following are the results of the 1940 Soviet Top League football championship.

## Standings

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Pos | Republic  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Russian SFSR | Dynamo Moscow | 24  | 16  | 4  | 4  | 74  | 30  | +44  | 36
2  |  Georgian SSR | Dynamo Tbilisi | 24  | 15  | 4  | 5  | 56  | 30  | +26  | 34
3  |  Russian SFSR | Spartak Moscow | 24  | 13  | 5  | 6  | 54  | 35  | +19  | 31
4  |  Russian SFSR | CDKA Moscow | 24  | 10  | 9  | 5  | 46  | 35  | +11  | 29
5  |  Russian SFSR | Dynamo Leningrad | 24  | 11  | 5  | 8  | 47  | 44  | +3  | 27
6  |  Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Moscow | 24  | 10  | 5  | 9  | 36  | 52  | −16  | 25
7  |  Russian SFSR | Traktor Stalingrad | 24  | 8  | 7  | 9  | 38  | 37  | +1  | 23
8  |  Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Kiev | 24  | 6  | 9  | 9  | 32  | 49  | −17  | 21
9  |  Russian SFSR | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 24  | 6  | 7  | 11  | 26  | 34  | −8  | 19
10  |  Russian SFSR | Zenit Leningrad | 24  | 6  | 6  | 12  | 37  | 42  | −5  | 18
11  |  Russian SFSR | Torpedo Moscow | 24  | 6  | 6  | 12  | 36  | 50  | −14  | 18
12  |  Ukrainian SSR | Stakhanovets Stalino | 24  | 6  | 4  | 14  | 32  | 43  | −11  | 16
13  |  Russian SFSR | Metallurg Moscow | 24  | 5  | 5  | 14  | 37  | 70  | −33  | 15
14  |  Georgian SSR | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: rsssf.com

## Results

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Home \ Away  | CDK | DYK | DLE | DYN | DTB | KSM | LOK | MTM | SPA | STS | TOR | TRA | ZEN

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CDKA Moscow |  | 1–1  | 5–0  | 2–4  | 3–3  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 0–5  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–1
Dinamo Kiev | 4–1  |  | 2–1  | 0–7  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 4–1
Dinamo Leningrad | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 6–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 3–4  | 1–3  | 2–1
Dinamo Moscow | 2–1  | 8–5  | 3–0  |  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 6–1  | 2–3  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 3–2  | +:-
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0  | 6–1  | 5–0  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 6–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 4–2
Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 2–4  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  |  | 0–1  | 5–0  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–4  | 0–5  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 1–6
Metallurg Moscow | 1–5  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 2–8  | 1–3  | 5–1  | 3–1  |  | 5–3  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 1–5  | 1–2
Spartak Moscow | 1–3  | 5–1  | 3–1  | 1–5  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 7–1  |  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–0
Stakhanovets Stalino | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 2–5  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 0–2  |  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 1–0
Torpedo Moscow | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–4  | 2–2  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 4–3  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 0–3  |  | 2–1  | 1–2
Traktor Stalingrad | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 4–2  | 1–1  |  | 2–0
Zenit Leningrad | 2–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 3–4  | 5–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 3–4  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  |

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

## Top scorers

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21 goals

* Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow)
* Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow)

15 goals

* Nikolay Dementyev (Dynamo Moscow)

14 goals

* Aleksandr Ponomarev (Traktor Stalingrad)

13 goals

* Gaioz Jejelava (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Pavel Kornilov (Spartak Moscow)
* Viktor Semyonov (Spartak Moscow)
* Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow)

12 goals

* Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)

11 goals

* Viktor Berezhnoy (Dinamo Tbilisi)

## References

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* Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Soviet Top League

Seasons|

| Gruppa "A" (Group A)|

* 1936 (spring, autumn)
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941 (unfinished)

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Pervaya Gruppa (First Group)|

* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

Klass "A" (Class A)|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970

Vysshaya Liga (Top League)|

* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976 (spring, autumn)
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992 (canceled)

Winners|

* Dinamo Kiev (13)
* Spartak Moscow (12)
* Dinamo Moscow (11)
* CSKA Moscow (7)
* Torpedo Moscow (3)
* Dinamo Tbilisi (2)
* Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (2)
* Zenit Leningrad (1)
* Dinamo Minsk (1)
* Ararat Yerevan (1)
* Zaria Voroshilovgrad (1)

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1940 in Soviet football

League competitions|

| Levels 1–2 (All-Union)|

* A
* B

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Republican leagues|

* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Georgia
* Kirgizia
* Moldavia
* Ukraine

Domestic cups|

* ~~Cup~~

National teams|

* National team

Club seasons

Group A|

* Dynamo Moscow
* Spartak Moscow
* Dynamo Kiev
* Dynamo Tbilisi
* Metallurg Moscow
* Lokomotiv Moscow
* Dynamo Leningrad
* Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad
* CDKA Moscow

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1939–40 in European football

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Domestic leagues|

* Austria
* Bohemia and Moravia
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Finland '39 '40
* Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '39 '40
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Palestine
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Soviet Union '39 '40
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40)
* Yugoslavia

Domestic cups|

* Bulgaria '39 '40
* Cyprus
* Estonia
* France
* Germany '39 '40
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Latvia '39
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '39 '40
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Spain '39 '40
* Switzerland

International competitions|

* Mitropa Cup '39 '40

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1940–41 in European football

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1941–42 »

Domestic leagues|

* Bohemia and Moravia
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland '40 '41
* Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '40 '41
* Italy
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Soviet Union '40 '41
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey (National Division '40 '41, Football Championship '40 '41)

Domestic cups|

* Bulgaria '40 '41
* Cyprus
* France
* Germany '40 '41
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Malta
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '40
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Spain '40 '41
* Switzerland
* Sweden '41

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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