The 1938 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1938 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine. In 1938 the All-Union level went through major changes when there was formed one "Super League" which many "teams of masters" from Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv lost their status.
The defending champions were Spartak Dnipropetrovsk.
Persha Hrupa Promoted: (Druha Hrupa) Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Stal Kryvyi Rih (debut) Kharchovyk Odesa, Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kharkiv Relegated: Stal Kostiantynivka, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Replaced: Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv and Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv → Dynamo Mykolaiv
Druha Hrupa Promoted: Stal Voroshylovsk (Tretia Hrupa), Kharchovyk Tyraspol (Tretia Hrupa), Avanhard Druzhkivka (Hrupa Pyat A)
Stakhanovets Sergo withdrew before the start
Tretia Hrupa All lower groups were restructured and groups below the 3rd were consolidated into Tretia Hrupa. Promoted: (whole Chetverta Hrupa except Shostka) Stal Makiivka, Berdychiv, Ordzhonikidze, Konotop, Sumy, Kremenchuk, Chystiakove (whole Hrupa Pyat A except Mariupol) Voznesensk, Berdyansk, Starobilsk, Krasnyi Luch, Kirovo, Sloviansk (whole Hrupa Pyat B except Rubizhne) Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten, Synelnykove, Uman, Koziatyn, Melitopol (returning) Artemivsk (debut) Smila, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Lokomotyv Lozova
Zone 1 (East) Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Berdyansk excluded
Zone 1 final Krasnyi Luch — Melitopol 3:0
Zone 2 (West) Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Koziatyn excluded Zone 2 final Mohyliv-Podilskyi — Berdychiv 1:0
Zone 3 (Centre) Subgroup A
Kremenchuk was excluded for no show to matches with Kherson and Voznesensk.
Subgroup B Team12341Poltava3:1 ?Konotop ?Sumy ?Smila
Zone 3 final Poltava — Znannia Kherson 3:2
Zone 4 (East) Subgroup A
Subgroup B
Zone 4 final z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy — Lokomotyv Lozova ?:?
Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level Group A (6): Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Odesa, Stakhanovets Stalino, Silmash Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kharkiv
Withdrawn (all-Union level) Stal (z-d im. Lenina) Dnipropetrovsk (1936), Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Stal (z-d im. Petrovskoho) Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Traktor Kharkiv (1937), Dynamo Kharkiv (1937), Spartak Kyiv (1937) (Republican) UDKA Kiev (1936), z-d im. Stalina Stalino (1936), z-d KinAp Odesa (1936), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Vympel Kyiv (1937), Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv (1937), Stakhanovets Serho (1937), Mariupol (1937), Rubizhne (1937), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Shostka (1937)
Number of teams by region Number RegionTeam(s)Ukrainian SSRAll-Union4-3-9 (1)Dzerzhynets Voroshilovhrad, Stal Kostiantynivka, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Zenit Stalino, Stal Voroshylovsk, Avanhard Druzhkivka, Avanhard Horlvika, Krasnyi Luch, Makiivka, Chystiakove, Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Starobilsk, Artemivsk, SlovianskStakhanovets Stalino4-0-4 (0)Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Kryla Rad Zaporizhia, Stal Kryvyi Rih, Ordzhonikidze, Melitopol, Lokomotyv Synelnykove, Berdiansk –1-0-3 (2)Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Sumy, Kupiansk, Lokomotyv LozovaSilmash Kharkiv, Spartak Kharkiv1-0-2 (0)Dynamo Mykolaiv, Znannia Kherson, Kirovo –1-0-1 (2)Dynamo-2 Kyiv, SmilaDynamo Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv1-0-1 (1)Kharchovyk Odesa, VoznesenskDynamo Odesa0-1-3 (0)Temp Vinnytsia, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Uman, Koziatyn –0-1-1 (0)Spartak Chernihiv, Konotop –0-1-0 (0) Moldavian ASSR Kharchovyk Tyraspol –0-0-4 (0)Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten –0-0-2 (0)Kremenchuk, Poltava –0-0-1 (0)Kamianets-Podilsk –
See also 1938 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
References
External links 1938. Football Championship of the UkrSSR (1938. Первенство УССР.) Luhansk Nash Futbol. 1938 (1938 год). History of Soviet championships among KFK.