The 1946 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR were part of the 1946 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine as well as so called Soviet "Tretya Gruppa" (Group 3) which by some football enthusiasts consider a predecessor of the Soviet Second League.
It was the first republican league competition in Ukraine following the World War II. Competitions were restructured and instead of tiered competitions, all tiers were combined into single tier divided by geographic groups.
Except for Spartak Kyiv, the top 2 from each qualification group also qualified for the 1947 Vtoraya Gruppa, Zone Ukraine.
Beside Ukrainian teams, in competitions took place one Moldovan team, Spartak Chisinau (Southern Group).
Teams Debuting Bilshovyk Zaporizhia, Dynamo Chernihiv, Dynamo Chortkiv (withdrew), Dynamo Kirovohrad, Dynamo Lutsk, Dynamo Rivne, Dynamo Sumy, Dynamo Voroshylovhrad, Dzerzhynets Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Ternopil, Lokomotyv Yasynuvata, Spartak Chernivtsi, Spartak Chisinau, Spartak Drohobych, Spartak Izmail, Spartak Kherson, Spartak Lviv, Spartak Stanislav, Spartak Uzhhorod, Stakhanovets Rutchenkove, Stal Mariupol, Zdorovia Kharkiv
Relegated Lokomotyv Kyiv, Silmash Kharkiv
Returning Dynamo Odesa (last in 1939), ODO Kyiv (last in 1939), Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (last in 1937), Spartak Kyiv (last in 1937)
Renamed UDKA Kyiv → ODO Kyiv
Qualification group stage West
Lokomotyv Ternopil replaced Dynamo Chortkiv which withdrew after Round 2. The Dynamo's record was passed on to Lokomotyv.
Center
East
South
Final
Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level First Group (1): Dynamo Kyiv Second Group (5): Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Kharchovyk Odesa, Shakhtar Stalino, Stal Dnipropetrovsk, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
Number of teams by region Number RegionTeam(s)Ukrainian SSRAll-Union6 (1)Stal Mariupol, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Stal Kostiantynivka, Lokomotyv Yasynuvata, Avanhard Horlvika, Stakhanovets RutchenkoveStakhanovets Stalino3 (1)ODO Kyiv, Spartak Kyiv, Lokomotyv KyivDynamo Kyiv3 (1)Dzerzhynets Kharkiv, Silmash Kharkiv, Zdorovia KharkivDynamo Kharkiv2 (1)Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk Stal Dnipropetrovsk2 (0)Lokomotyv Ternopil, Dynamo Chortkiv –1 (1)Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv1 (1)Dynamo OdesaKharchovyk Odesa1 (0)Dynamo Voroshylovhrad 1 (0)Bilshovyk Zaporizhia –1 (0)Spartak Poltava –1 (0)Dynamo Sumy –1 (0)Dynamo Chernihiv –1 (0)Dynamo Zhytomyr –1 (0)Dynamo Proskuriv –1 (0)Dynamo Kirovohrad –1 (0)Spartak Vinnytsia –1 (0)Spartak Stanislav –1 (0)Spartak Lviv –1 (0)Dynamo Lutsk –1 (0)Dynamo Rivne –1 (0)Spartak Uzhhorod –1 (0)Spartak Chernivtsi –1 (0)Spartak Kherson –1 (0) Drohobych OblastSpartak Drohobych –1 (0) Izmail OblastSpartak Izmail –1 (0)Spartak Chisinau –
References
External links 1946. Football Championship of the UkrSSR (1946. Первенство УССР.) Luhansk Nash Futbol. Group 1: ukr-football.org.ua Group 2: ukr-football.org.ua Group 3: ukr-football.org.ua Group 4: ukr-football.org.ua Group 5: ukr-football.org.ua Group 6: ukr-football.org.ua Final: ukr-football.org.ua