The 1959 Soviet football championship was the 27th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 21st among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upClass ADinamo Moscow (9*)Lokomotiv MoscowClass BTrud Voronezh (Group 1)Dinamo Kirov (Group 1)Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad (Group 2)Trud Glukhovo (Group 2)Spartak Yerevan (Group 3)Terek Grozny (Group 3)Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Group 4)Baltika Kaliningrad (Group 4)Admiralteyets Leningrad (Group 5)Volga Kalinin (Group 5)Pamir Leninabad (Group 6)Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk (Group 6)SKVO Sverdlovsk (Group 7)Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (Group 7)Soviet CupN/AN/A
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
Class A
Class B
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Play-Off for 1st place [in Rostov-na-Donu] Admiralteyets Leningrad 4-1 Volga Kalinin
Group 6
Group 7 [All teams are from Russian Federation]
Play-Off for 1st place [in Rostov-na-Donu] SKVO Sverdlovsk 4-1 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk
Final (Russian Federation) [Nov 6-10, Grozny]
Top goalscorers
Class A Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 16 goals
References
External links 1959 Soviet football championship. RSSSF