1938 Soviet Top League

The 1938 Soviet Top League combined all the Groups into one Super League.

Group A
Season1938
ChampionsFC Spartak Moscow
Relegated12 teams
Matches played325
Goals scored1,175 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer(20) Makar Honcharenko (Dynamo K.)
Biggest home winMetallurg 8–1 Burevestnik (August 28)
Biggest away winBurevestnik 1–9 Dynamo L. (May 25)
Highest scoringBurevestnik 1–9 Dynamo L. (May 25)
1937
1939

The season started on May 10 with the game between FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Spartak Kharkiv in Moscow. The last game was played on November 14 between FC Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu and FC Dynamo Odessa in Rostov-na-Donu. Each team played once with every other. The point system changed as well and stayed this way to the end of the competition in 1991: 2 for win, 1 for draw, and none for loss. This all-National championship was experimental and was disbanded next year. A half of the League was relegated at the end of the season.

Spartak beside becoming the champion in the League format won the national cup competition, defeating a surprise team Elektrik from Leningrad, that last year was called Krasnaya Zarya.

Standings

PosRepublicTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1  Russian SFSRSpartak Moscow25183474193.89539
2  Russian SFSRCDKA Moscow25173552242.16737
3  Russian SFSRMetallurg Moscow25165457291.96637
4  Ukrainian SSRDynamo Kiev25156476352.17136
5  Russian SFSRDynamo Moscow25144769342.02932
6  Georgian SSRDynamo Tbilisi25119554391.38531
7  Russian SFSRDynamo Leningrad25126752321.62530
8  Russian SFSRLokomotiv Moscow25126744371.18930
9  Russian SFSRTorpedo Moscow25911551381.34229
10  Ukrainian SSRDynamo Odessa25911539351.11429
11  Ukrainian SSRStakhanovets Stalino25117756511.09829
12  Russian SFSRTraktor Stalingrad251231053481.10427
13  Russian SFSRElektrik Leningrad2588942440.95524
14  Russian SFSRStalinets Leningrad[a]25710838570.66724
15  Ukrainian SSRSilmash Kharkiv (R)25861134450.75622
16  Russian SFSRStalinets Moscow (R)25851236440.81821
17  Ukrainian SSRLokomotyv Kiev (R)25851243640.67221
18  Russian SFSRDynamo Rostov-na-Donu (R)25761239430.90720
19  Azerbaijan SSRTemp Baku (R)25681133400.82520
20  Russian SFSRSpartak Leningrad (R)25681130390.76920
21  Ukrainian SSRSpartak Kharkiv (R)25571343630.68317
22  Russian SFSRZenit Leningrad (R)25731535570.61417
23  Russian SFSRPishchevik Moscow (R)25561425530.47216
24  Georgian SSRLokomotiv Tbilisi (R)25551544620.71015
25  Russian SFSRKrylia Sovetov Moscow (R)25471428560.50015
26  Russian SFSRBurevestnik Moscow (R)25441728870.32212
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBURCDKDYKDLEDYNDODDRDDTBELEKSMLOKLTBLKYMTMPSHSKHSPKSPLSPASTSSTLSTMTBKTORTRAZEN
Burevestnik Moscow0–61–92–62–21–23–13–21–10–60–52–31–0
CDKA Moscow2–01–02–23–00–12–03–01–06–02–11–02–1
Dynamo Kiev2–10–13–04–14–11–14–23–07–02–06–03–3
Dynamo Leningrad2–01–13–22–13–22–21–17–03–41–00–01–22–1
Dynamo Moscow7–12–33–06–24–24–15–27–11–14–01–42–02–2
Dynamo Odessa1–01–13–10–03–12–12–00–12–21–11–11–0
Dynamo Rostov-na-Donu4–05–30–14–01–11–02–30–02–20–20–20–0
Dynamo Tbilisi2–02–22–22–05–32–04–14–33–21–17–11–62–1
Elektrik Leningrad1–12–12–10–41–32–04–12–32–00–10–36–01–1
Krylia Sovetov Moscow0–31–21–41–11–11–10–12–12–10–12–21–00–1
Lokomotiv Moscow2–21–12–10–12–02–13–30–04–33–12–3
Lokomotiv Tbilisi3–42–13–13–31–14–12–12–21–33–31–31–1
Lokomotyv Kiev2–52–20–13–11–11–02–30–34–23–22–61–12–33–2
Metallurg Moscow8–10–23–26–21–14–22–11–04–22–12–22–13–0
Pishchevik Moscow0–61–10–02–10–53–02–12–20–22–21–00–2
Silmash Kharkiv1–00–41–21–02–23–00–25–20–10–02–00–21–0
Spartak Kharkiv2–22–12–22–62–25–11–30–12–00–21–45–10–3
Spartak Leningrad6–01–22–21–00–02–11–10–10–03–00–32–1
Spartak Moscow1–21–10–47–10–06–15–03–05–05–05–12–35–1
Stakhanovets Stalino4–01–11–01–11–35–23–22–22–22–01–12–25–2
Stalinets Leningrad1–12–71–23–22–22–12–11–10–45–11–51–1
Stalinets Moscow1–33–22–10–00–11–34–11–11–22–33–20–12–2
Temp Baku0–11–00–22–22–25–23–01–10–01–33–02–0
Torpedo Moscow2–25–10–33–30–23–51–02–22–21–11–15–2
Traktor Stalingrad6–20–13–22–44–02–16–22–01–24–02–14–3
Zenit Leningrad3–21–20–62–31–43–21–20–14–33–20–12–6+:-
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

20 goals
19 goals
18 goals
  • Sergei Kapelkin (Metallurg Moscow)
  • Aleksei Sokolov (Spartak Moscow)
15 goals
  • Pyotr Petrov (Torpedo Moscow)
  • Aleksandr Sinyakov (Torpedo Moscow)
14 goals

References