The 1958 Soviet Football Championship, Class B () was the ninth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the eighteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions.
Overview It involved participation of 94 "teams of masters" split in six groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by 30(!) teams and there were added two additional groups. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the six groups with five groups containing 16 teams and one "Far East" group - 14.
Out of all 94 teams only one was set to receive promotion.
Six group winners qualified for the single round-robin final tournament which was won by SKVO Rostov-na-Donu. Note that SKVO Rostov-na-Donu won the league as a debutant. The winner of the final tournament gained promotion to the next season Class A competitions.
Teams Promoted There were 32 teams that promoted from republican competitions. Russian Federation (19): Metallurg Stalingrad (champions), Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk (Group 10), Iskra Kazan (Mid-Ural Group), Dinamo Ulyanovsk, Energiya Volzhskiy (Lower Volga Group 12), Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk, Trud Glukhovo, Volga Kalinin (Group 16), SKVO Rostov-na-Donu (semifinals), Shakhtyor Shakhty (semifinals), Temp Makhachkala (North Caucasus Group), Trud Astrakhan (Lower Volga Group 12), Zvezda Perm (Mid-Ural Group), Metallurg Magnitogorsk (semifinals), Khimik Berezniki (Mid-Ural Group), Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, Lokomotiv Svobodny, Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude (Far Eastern Group) Ukraine (8): SKVO Odessa (champions), Spartak Kherson, Zvezda Kirovograd, Kolhospnik Cherkassy, Avangard Simferopol, Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, Kolhospnyk Rovno, Lokomotiv Artemovsk Other Union Republics (5): Burevestnik Tbilisi, Shirak Leninakan (Champion of Armenia), Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent, Pamir Leninabad, Shakhtyor Karaganda (3rd place, Kazakhstan)
Relegated One team was relegated from Class A. Spartak Minsk
Renamed/relocated There were 21 teams that changed their name before the season. Two more clubs changed their home cities. In 1957 several sports societies Burevestnik, Krasnoye Znamia and Pischevik were reorganized or disbanded and in their place was formed Trud sports society.Добровольные спортивные общества (ДСО). gako2006.narod.ru Not all former "Pischevik" teams adopted the name of Trud because they were transferred to other sports societies. Also, some sports society of agricultural trade unions were named in languages of their home republics. Complete list of renamed and relocated teams LTI Leningrad last season played as Burevestnik LeningradСпиридонов Виктор Алексеевич. www.zenit-history.ruЛТИ Ленинград Буревестник. История чемпионатов СССР по футболу. Часть 2 (1947—1961 гг.) by Евгений Казаков at books.google.com (representing Leningrad Technological Institute with Burevestnik as student sports society) Traktor Stalingrad last season played as Torpedo Stalingrad RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu last season played as Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu Trud Stalinogorsk last season played as Shakhtër Stalinogorsk. Textilshchik Ivanovo last season played as Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo Raketa Gorkiy last season played in Sormovo as Avangard Sormovo Chernomorets Odessa last season played as Pishchevik Odessa Baltika Kaliningrad last season played as Pishchevik Kaliningrad Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk last season played as Avangard Sverdlovsk Devon Ufa last season played as Neftyanik Ufa Hosilot Stalinabad last season played as Urozhai Stalinabad Tomich Tomsk last season played as Burevestnik Tomsk Luch Vladivostok last season played as Dinamo Vladivostok Khimik Kemerovo last season played as Shakhtër Kemerovo Irtysh Omsk last season played as Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk Volga Kalinin last season played as Khimik Kalinin Zvezda Kirovograd last season played as Torpedo Kirovograd Avangard Simferopol last season played as Burevestnik Simferopol Temp Makhachkala last season played as Dinamo Makhachkala Trud Astrakhan last season played as Pischevik Astrakhan Zvezda Perm last season played as SC imeni Kalinina Molotov Lokomotiv Stalino during the season moved from Artëmovsk (Bakhmut) to Stalino (Donetsk)
First stage Zone I
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)12FC Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Traktor Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk, FC Iskra Kazan, FC Dinamo Ulyanovsk, FC Energia Volzhskiy4SKVO Odessa, FC Avangard Nikolayev, FC Spartak Kherson, FC Zirka Kirovograd
Zone II
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)9SKCF Sevastopol, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Kolgospnik Poltava, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Kolgospnik Cherkassy, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk, FC Avangard Simferopol7FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Trud Stalinogorsk, FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, FC Raketa Gorkiy, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk
Zone III
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)7SKVO Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Spartak Stanislav, SKVO Kiev, FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Kolgospnik Rovno4FC Trud Glukhovo, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Baltika Kaliningrad, FC LTI Leningrad2FC Spartak Minsk, FC Urozhai Minsk1FC Dinamo Tallinn1FC Spartak Vilnius1FC Daugava Riga
Zone IV
Play-off for 1st place [in Tbilisi] SKVO Rostov-na-Donu 2-1 Spartak Yerevan
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)8SKVO Rostov-na-Donu, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Terek Grozny, FC Shakhter Shakhty, FC Metallurg Stalingrad, FC Spartak Stavropol, FC Temp Makhachkala, FC Trud Astrakhan3FC Lokomotiv Kutaisi, FC Burevestnik Tbilisi, FC SKVO Tbilisi2FC Spartak Yerevan, FC Shirak Leninakan2FC Lokomotiv Stalino, FC Shakhter Kadievka1FC Neftyanik Baku
Zone V
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)8SKVO Sverdlovsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk, FC Devon Ufa, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk, FC Khimik Berezniki, FC Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil2FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FCShakhter Karaganda2FC Pakhtakor Tashkent, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent2FC Pamir Leninabad, FC Khosilot Stalinabad1FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad1FC Spartak Frunze
Zone VI [All teams are from Russian Federation]
Final stage [Nov 5-22, Tbilisi]
See also 1958 Soviet Class A 1958 Soviet Cup
Notes
References
External links 1958 at rsssf.com