Championship of the Ukrainian SSR among cities teams () was a football competition of the Ukrainian SSR before the formal establishing of the Soviet Union. The competition lost its importance with introduction of the Soviet Top League (All Soviet competitions Group A) in 1936 being converted to a regional championship of sports societies and departments.
Until transfer of capital of Ukraine from Kharkiv to Kiev in 1934, the Kharkiv city team was the winner almost every season expect of one. Sometimes at that time frame the western Ukraine became involved in league competitions that were established in Poland in 1927, Polish Football League (1927–1939).
Winners SeasonGroupChampionRunner-up3rd Position1921KharkivOdessa?1922KharkivOdessa?1923KharkivYuzivka?1924KharkivOdessaDonbas1927KharkivMykolaivOdessa1928KharkivHorlivkaMykolaiv1931KyivKharkiv?1932KharkivDonbasDnipropetrovsk1934KharkivKyiv1935DnipropetrovskKyivKharkiv
Results by year 1921. Final tournament (Kharkiv) Quarterfinals
Kharkiv - Kherson 5:0 Tahanroh - Kiev 1:0 Odessa - Katerynoslav 5:1 Mykolaiv - Poltava 7:0 Semifinals Kharkiv - Tahanroh 2:1 Odessa - Mykolaiv 1:0 Final Kharkiv - Odessa 2:1 Kharkiv: Vinnykov, Levin, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Bem, Bizyayev, Alfyorov, Kapustin, Varzhenynov, Makeyev, Ordin, Kazakov, Romanenko, Lazunenko. 1922. Final tournament (Kharkiv)
Quarterfinals Kharkiv - Katerynoslav 2:0 Kiev - Poltava 3:0 Odessa - Crimea +:- Mykolaiv - Druzhkivka 2:1 Semifinals Kharkiv - Mykolaiv 4:0 Odessa - Kiev 5:2 Final Kharkiv - Odessa 1:0 Kharkiv: Romanenko, Kolotukhin, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Romatovsky, Privalov, Bandurin, Kapustin, Varzhenynov, Krotov, Kazakov. 1923. Final tournament (Kharkiv)
Group 1 Kharkiv - Mykolaiv +:- Odessa - Kiev +:- Group finals Kharkiv - Odessa 1:0 Group 2 Druzhkivka - Poltava 5:1 Crimea - Katerynoslav 2:1 Group finals Druzhkivka - Crimea 2:0 Group 3 Yuzovka - Chernihiv +:- Vinnytsia - Zhytomyr 2:1 Group finals Yuzovka - Vinnytsia 8:0 Semifinal Yuzivka - Druzhkivka 1:0 Final Kharkiv - Yuzovka 1:1, 5:1 (replay) 1924. Final tournament (Kharkiv)
Preliminaries Stalino - Katerynoslav 5:0 Odessa - Podillya +:- Kharkiv - Poltava 1:0 Kiev - Chernihiv +:- Final tournament (Kiev forfeited) Kharkiv - Donbas 2:0 Kharkiv - Odessa 1:0 Odessa - Donbas 6:1 Final group. 1) Kharkiv, 2) Odessa, 3) Donbas Kharkiv: Norov, Krotov, K. Fomin, Privalov, V. Fomin, Kapustin, Kazakov, Alfyorov, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Kostykov, Us, Vinnykov, Bem, Hrushyn, Hubaryev. 1925-1926. ? 1927. Final tournament (Kharkiv)
A mass tournament with participation of some 41 teams took place. To the finals qualified Katerynoslav, Odessa, Mykolaiv, and Stalino. To the finals were also allowed Kharkiv and Kadiyevka, although they were defeated by Mykolaiv and Stalino, respectively. # Club Win Draw Loss Goals Points1Kharkiv41024-592Mykolaiv40114-1483Odessa31113-574Dnipropetrovsk10413-1725Kadiyevka0144-1416Stalino0142-151 Games Kharkiv: Mykolaiv 10:2, Odessa 1:1, Dnipropetrovsk 4:2, Kadiyevka 4:0, Stalino 5:0 Mykolaiv: Odessa 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 5:3, Kadiyevka 3:0, Stalino 2:0 Odessa: Dnipropetrovsk 4:0, Kadiyevka 3:1, Stalino 4:1 Dnipropetrovsk: Kadiyevka 4:3, Stalino 4:1 Kadiyevka: Stalino 0:0 Kharkiv: Kravchenko, Kladko, Krotov, K.Fomin, Privalov, V.Fomin, Semenov, Lesny, Andreyev, Natarov, Shpakovsky, Myshchenko, Us, Sorokin, Bem, M.Fomin, Hubaryev. 1928. Final tournament (Kharkiv) There were 30 teams participating in the qualifiers. # Club Win Draw Loss Goals Points1Kharkiv3009-362Horlivka1114-533Mykolaiv1024-424Dnipropetrovsk0122-71 Games Kharkiv: Horlivka 3:1, Mykolaiv 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 4:1 Horlivka: Mykolaiv 2:1, Dnipropetrovsk 1:1 Mykolaiv: Dnipropetrovsk 2:0 Kharkiv: Norov, Kladko, Moskvin, K.Fomin, Privalov, V.Fomin, Semenov, Volodymyrsky, Alfyorov, Kapustin, Shpakovsky, Myshchenko, Hubaryev. 1929-1930. ? 1931. Final tournament (Kiev) Quarterfinals Kiev - Dnipropetrovsk 4:0 Kadiyevka - Horlivka 2:1 Stalino - Kharkiv 2:6 Mykolaiv - Odessa 3:2 Semifinals Kiev - Kadiyevka 3:1 Kharkiv - Mykolaiv 5:2 Final Kiev - Kharkiv 3:1 Kiev: Idzkovsky, Denysov, Vesen'yev, Dolhov, Piontkowski, Tyutchev, Sadovsky, Korotkykh, Schultz-Serdyuk, Malkhasov, Svyrydovsky. 1932. Final tournament (Dnipropetrovsk / Zaporizhia) Preliminaries Stalino - Moldavian Autonomy 17:0 Kharkiv - Stalino +:- Dnipropetrovsk - Odessa Region +:- Vinnytsia - Kiev 3:1 # Club Win Draw Loss Goals Points1Kharkiv20111-342Donbas2018-743Dnipropetrovsk1024-1124Vinnytsia1025-72 Games Kharkiv: Donbas 4:1, Dnipropetrovsk 6:0, Vinnytsia 1:2 Donbas: Dnipropetrovsk 4:1, Vinnytsia 3:2 Dnipropetrovsk: Vinnytsia 3:1 1933. Holodomor 1934. Quarterfinals Kiev - Dnipropetrovsk 6:0 Moldavian Autonomy - Vinnytsia 0:7 Khakriv - Chernihiv 10:2 Odessa - Donbas 5:2 Semifinals Vinnytsia - Kiev 0:4 Kharkiv - Odessa 7:0 Final Kiev - Kharkiv 0:1 Kharkiv: Moskvin, Kyryllov, K.Fomin, M.Fomin, V.Fomin, Shvedov, Kulykov, Lesny, Zub, Parovyshnykov, Privalov. 1935. Group 1 # Club Win Draw Loss Goals Points1Dnipropetrovsk2119-692Kiev2118-693Kharkiv1217-884Odessa1125-675Stalino1125-87 Games Dnipropetrovsk: Kiev 3:3, Kharkiv 1:2, Odessa 2:1, Stalino 3:0 Kiev: Kharkiv 3:2, Odessa 1:0, Stalino 0:1 Kharkiv: Odessa 1:1, Stalino 2:2 Odessa: Stalino 3:2 Dnipropetrovsk: Makhovsky, Hutaryev, Aleksopolski, Chyzhov, Belov, V.Kryvosheyev, Butenko, Hreber, Andreyev, Borodin, Bily, Laiko, Korchanynov, Kornylov, Zabuha, Shpynyov, P.Kryvosheyev, Starostin
1936. (part of the Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
Quarterfinals Dynamo Kyiv - Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 5:2 KhTZ Kharkiv - Lokomotyv Kyiv 0:1 Stakhanovets Stalino - Dynamo Odessa 2:3 (in Horlivka) Dynamo Kharkiv - ZiL Dnipropetrovsk 0:2 Semifinals Dynamo Kyiv - Lokomotyv Kyiv 2:1 Dynamo Odessa - ZiL Dnipropetrovsk 1:0 Final Dynamo Kyiv - Dynamo Odessa 6:0 Dynamo Kyiv: Trusevych, Pravoverov, Klymenko, Tyutchev, Kuzmenko, Putystin, Honcharenko, Shylovsky, Shehodsky, Komarov, Korotkykh, Makhynya. Coach: Moisei Tovarovsky.
Performance by club TeamWinnersRunners-upYearsKharkiv811921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934Kiev121931Dnipropetrovsk101935Odessa03Donbas (Horlivka)02Stalino01Mykolaiv01
External links Championship of the Ukrainian SSR among cities teams. UkrSoccerHistory.com. 1936 Championship of the Ukrainian SSR. "Zaria Lugansk" History and Statistics (http://football.lg.ua). Championships of Russia and Ukraine before 1936. helmsoccer.narod.ru.