1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class A

21st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Football league season

Soviet Top LeagueSeason| 1959

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1960 →

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

## League standings

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

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1  |  Dynamo Moscow (C) | 22  | 13  | 5  | 4  | 42  | 21  | +21  | 31
2  |  Lokomotiv Moscow | 22  | 12  | 5  | 5  | 42  | 25  | +17  | 29
3  |  Dynamo Tbilisi | 22  | 12  | 3  | 7  | 48  | 33  | +15  | 27
4  |  SKA Rostov-on-Don | 22  | 11  | 4  | 7  | 37  | 31  | +6  | 26
5  |  Torpedo Moscow | 22  | 11  | 3  | 8  | 27  | 23  | +4  | 25
6  |  Spartak Moscow | 22  | 8  | 8  | 6  | 32  | 28  | +4  | 24
7  |  Dynamo Kiev | 22  | 6  | 8  | 8  | 26  | 33  | −7  | 20
8  |  Zenit Leningrad | 22  | 8  | 4  | 10  | 29  | 38  | −9  | 20
9  |  CSK MO Moscow | 22  | 8  | 3  | 11  | 29  | 27  | +2  | 19
10  |  Moldova Kishinyov | 22  | 6  | 5  | 11  | 22  | 45  | −23  | 17
11  |  Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 22  | 6  | 1  | 15  | 26  | 37  | −11  | 13
12  |  Shakhtyor Stalino | 22  | 4  | 5  | 13  | 24  | 43  | −19  | 13

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

## Results

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Home \ Away  | CSK | DYK | DYN | DTB | KRY | LOK | MOL | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZEN

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CSK MO Moscow |  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 7–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–0
Dynamo Kiev | 2–0  |  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 1–2
Dynamo Moscow | 3–0  | 0–0  |  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 7–1  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 3–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 4–1
Dynamo Tbilisi | 4–1  | 4–2  | 1–3  |  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 5–1  | 4–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 5–1
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  |  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 3–1  | 2–0
Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 5–2  |  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 0–0
Moldova Chisinau | 1–0  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–2
Shakhtyor Stalino | 2–1  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 2–0  |  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 2–4
SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–0  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 4–2  |  | 1–3  | 3–1  | 2–1
Spartak Moscow | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 4–5  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 1–1  | 3–1
Torpedo Moscow | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  |  | 2–0
Zenit Leningrad | 1–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–4  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  |

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

## Top scorers

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16 goals

* Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)

14 goals

* Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

11 goals

* Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

10 goals

* Valentin Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moscow)

9 goals

* German Apukhtin (CSK MO Moscow)
* Yuri Korotkov (Moldova Kishinyov)
* Viktor Ponedelnik (SKVO Rostov-on-Don)

8 goals

* Genrikh Fedosov (Dynamo Moscow)
* Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
* Dmitri Shapovalov (Dynamo Moscow)

## 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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1959 in Soviet football

Domestic leagues|

| Levels 1–2 (All-Union)|

* Class A
* Class B

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Level 3 (Republican)|

* Armenian SSR
* Azerbaijan SSR
* Belarusian SSR
* Estonian SSR
* Georgian SSR
* Kazakh SSR
* Kyrgyz SSR
* Latvian SSR
* Lithuanian SSR
* Moldova SSR
* Russian SFSR
* Tajik SSR
* Turkmen SSR
* Ukrainian SSR
* Uzbek SSR

Domestic cups|

* 1959–60 Domestic Cup
* 1959 Amateur Cup

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1958–59 in European football (UEFA)

« 1957–58

1959–60 »

Domestic leagues|

* Albania '58 '59
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark '58 '59
* England
* Faroe Islands '58 '59
* Finland '58 '59
* France
* East Germany '58 '59
* West Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '58 '59
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland '58 '59
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '58 '59
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Domestic cups|

* Albania '58
* Austria
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '58 '59
* Finland '58 '59
* France
* East Germany '58 '59
* West Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '58 '59
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '58
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Wales
* Yugoslavia

League cups|

* Scotland

UEFA competitions|

* European Cup (Final)

Non-UEFA competitions|

* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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1959–60 in European football (UEFA)

« 1958–59

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Domestic leagues|

* Albania '59 '60
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark '59 '60
* England
* Faroe Islands '59 '60
* Finland '59 '60
* France
* East Germany '59 '60
* West Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '59 '60
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland '59 '60
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '59 '60
* Spain
* Sweden '59 '60
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Domestic cups|

* Albania '60
* Austria
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '59 '60
* Finland '59 '60
* France
* East Germany '59 '60
* West Germany
* Greece
* Iceland '60
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '59 '60
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Wales
* Yugoslavia

League cups|

* Scotland

UEFA competitions|

* European Cup (Final)

Non-UEFA competitions|

* Mitropa Cup
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)

International competitions|

* European Nations' Cup
* qualification
* European Under-18 Championship

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