1951 Soviet Class B

Following are the results of the 1951 Class B football championship. FC MVO Moscow winning the championship.

Teams Relegated teams Six teams were relegated from the 1950 Soviet Class A (top tier). Dinamo Minsk (return after a six-year absence) Lokomotiv Moscow (return after a three-year absence) Neftianik Baku (return after a two-year absence) Torpedo Stalingrad (debut) Lokomotiv Kharkov (return after a two-year absence) Dinamo Yerevan

Promoted teams No teams received direct promotion. Only three teams were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs. One more was replaced, Lokomotiv for Krasnaya Zvezda.

Final standings

Relegation play-off To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1951 Soviet Class B.

Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)4MVO Kalinin, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo2FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, FC Spartak Uzhgorod1FC Dinamo Minsk1FC Neftianik Baku1FC Spartak Vilnius1FC Dinamo Yerevan1FC Burevestnik Kishinev1FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk1DO Tashkent1FC Kalev Tallinn1FC Dinamo Stalinobad1FC Trudovye Rezervy Frunze1FC Dinamo Alma-Ata1FC Spartak Asgabat

See also 1951 Soviet Class A 1951 Soviet Cup

References

1951 at rsssf.com