1939 Soviet Top League was the fifth season of the Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...

 known at that time as Group A.

It started on May 12 with six games of the first round. The main calendar was scheduled to be finished on October 19 with the Moscow derby between Lokomotiv and Dynamo. However, due to numerous protests and postponed games the championship finished on November 30 in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 with game between Dynamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Odessa. The new champions became Spartak Moscow with two teams being relegated: Elektrik Leningrad and Dynamo Odessa. This was the first full season championship with each team playing over 25 games.

The last year defending champions were Spartak Moscow. There were no newly promoted teams and initially was decided to conduct the championship with 12 teams. However the Soviet sport committee allowed for two Leningrad teams Stalinets and Elektrik to remain in the league.

Spartak once again won the cup competition

Soviet Cup

The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union.-Finals:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:-References:*, rsssf.com. Accessed on 16 May 2006....

 that started in summer with final played in mid-September. That was the last edition of the cup before the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Standings

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Notes
1	Spartak FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	14	9	3	58-23	37	Champions
2	Dynamo Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	26	14	5	7	60-41	33
3	CDKA Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	14	4	8	68-43	32
4	Traktor Stalingrad	26	13	4	9	50-39	30
5	Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	12	6	8	42-39	30
6	Metallurg FC Serp i Molot Moscow FC Serp i Molot Moscow was a Soviet and now Russian football team of the city of Moscow.-History:Serp i Molot won the Soviet First League in Summer 1936, and won promotion to the Soviet Top League...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	12	5	9	53-50	29
7	Dynamo FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	12	4	10	60-46	28
8	Dynamo Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	26	9	8	9	39-44	26
9	Torpedo FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	26	8	7	11	51-51	23
10	Dynamo Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	26	8	6	12	41-56	22
11	Stalinets Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	26	7	7	12	30-46	21
12	Stakhanovets FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...  Stalino	26	5	10	11	40-55	20
13	Elektrik Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	26	6	5	15	32-49	17	Relegated
14	Dynamo Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...	26	7	2	17	25-67	16	Relegated

Top scorers

21 goals

• Grigory Fedotov
  Grigory Fedotov
  Grigory Ivanovich Fedotov was a Soviet professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Fedotov played for FC Serp i Molot Moscow and CSKA Moscow, and was the first player to score over 100 goals in the Soviet Top League...
  
   (CDKA Moscow)

19 goals

• Boris Paichadze
  Boris Paichadze
  Boris Paichadze was a renowned Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him.-External links:*...
  
   (Dinamo Tbilisi)

18 goals

• Sergei Kapelkin (CDKA Moscow)
• Viktor Semyonov (Spartak Moscow)

16 goals

• Ivan Mitronov (Metallurg Moscow)

15 goals

• Viktor Shilovsky (Dynamo Kiev)

14 goals

• Mikhail Semichastny
  Mikhail Semichastny
  Mikhail Vasilyevich Semichastny was a Soviet professional football player and coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1936 , 6 goals.* Soviet Top League champion: 1936 , 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949....
  
   (Dynamo Moscow)

13 goals

• Aleksandr Nazarov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Aleksei Zaytsev (Metallurg Moscow)
• Georgi Zharkov (Torpedo Moscow)