The 1936 Soviet First League spring season was the first second tier tournament of the Soviet official football competitions. The season started on May 22, 1936, and stretched through July 15, 1936. The only game between the capital's teams Stalinets and Serp i Molot took place at the Stalinets Stadium (used to stand where today Lokomotiv Stadium stands).
Spring 1936
Teams In the beginning, it was expected that Lokomotiv Tbilisi would be playing in Group B, but later they switched with Dinamo Tbilisi taking their place in the lower Group V.
Competition format The winner was planned to play off against the poorest performer of the Group A. The bottom team was planned to be relegated. Wins were accounted for 3 points, draws - 2 points, losses - 1 point, and no-show - no points.
Final standings
Withdrawn teams
Dynamo Kharkiv Dynamo Kharkiv withdrew from the competition due to health problems of its players. The club had played against Stalinets Moscow, Stalinets Leningrad, and ZiS Moscow having on record 3 games with 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, and goals ratio 3 - 9. All the records were annulled.
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Boris PaichadzeDinamo Tbilisi 2Viktor SemyonovStalin Factory Moscow 3Mikhail AslamovDinamo Tbilisi Mikhail BerdzenishviliGrigoriy FedotovSerp i Molot Moscow Viktor KrivosheyevFC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk
1936 Fall
Overview This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.
League standings
See also Soviet First League 1936 Group A (Soviet football championship) – top tier 1936 Group V (Soviet football championship) – third tier 1936 Group G (Soviet football championship) – fourth tier 1936 Soviet Cup
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