1956 Soviet Top League
Encyclopedia
12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow
winning the championship.
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals
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...
winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spartak Moscow 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... |
22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 40 | 34 |
| 2. | Dynamo Moscow 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... |
22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 28 |
| 3. | CDSA Moscow | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 8 | 25 |
| 4. | Dynamo Kiev | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 24 |
| 5. | Torpedo Moscow 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... |
22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 23 |
| 6. | Burevestnik Kishinyov FC Zimbru Chisinau FC Zimbru Chişinău is a Moldovan football club based in Chişinău, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football.-History:... |
22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 49 | ||
| 23 | |||||||||
| 7. | Shakhtyor Stalino | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 39 | ||
| 21 | |||||||||
| 8. | Dynamo Tbilisi | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 46 | ||
| 20 | |||||||||
| 9. | Zenit Leningrad FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League... |
22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 43 | ||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 10. | Lokomotiv Moscow 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... |
22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 18 |
| 11. | ODO Sverdlovsk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 45 | ||
| 16 | |||||||||
| 12. | Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 47 | ||
| 13 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Top scorers
17 goals- Vasili Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)
16 goals
- Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)
15 goals
- Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)
14 goals
- Anatoli IsayevAnatoli IsayevAnatoli Konstantinovich Isayev is a retired Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1956.* Soviet Top League winner: 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.* Soviet Cup winner: 1958....
(Spartak Moscow)
13 goals
- Valentin IvanovValentin Kozmich IvanovValentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...
(Torpedo Moscow)
12 goals
- Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
- Eduard StreltsovEduard StreltsovEduard Anatolyevich Streltsov was a Soviet footballer who represented Torpedo Moscow as a forward. Joining Torpedo at the age of 16 from the Fraser factory team in 1953, Streltsov made his international debut two years later and played a key role in winning the gold medal for the Soviet national...
(Torpedo Moscow)
11 goals
- Avtandil ChkuaseliAvtandil ChkuaseliAvtandil Noyevich Chkuaseli was a Soviet football player.-International career:Chkuaseli played his only game for USSR on 22 July 1952 in the 1952 Olympics game against Yugoslavia....
(Dinamo Tbilisi) - Ivan MozerIvan MozerIvan Ivanovich Mozer was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player, coach and director.-International career:Mozer made his debut for USSR on July 1, 1956 in a friendly against Denmark.-External links:...
(Spartak Moscow)
9 goals
- Boris Khasaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Pyotr Ponomarenko (Shakhtyor Stalino)
- Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Vitali Vatskevich (Burevestnik Kishinyov)