1948 in Soviet football
| Season | 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| 1st Group | CDKA Moscow | |
| 2nd Group | Lokomotiv Kharkov | |
| Soviet Cup | CDKA Moscow | |
| ||
The 1948 Soviet football championship was the 16th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 10th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the third time straight and the first to win a league title three years in the row.
The defending champions CDKA as in the previous season allowed their main rivals Dinamo to take lead early in the season and managed to catch up only at the end defeating them in the last game of the season 3–2 to preserve their title.
Honours[edit]
| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Group | CDKA Moscow (3) | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2nd Group | Lokomotiv Kharkov | Metallurg Moscow |
| Soviet Cup | CDKA Moscow (2) | Spartak Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship[edit]
First Group[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CDKA Moscow | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 30 | +52 | 41 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 85 | 28 | +57 | 40 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 37 |
| 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 33 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 33 |
| 6 | Dynamo Leningrad | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 24 |
| 8 | Torpedo Stalingrad | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 21 |
| 9 | VVS Moscow | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 21 |
| 10 | Dynamo Kiev | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 20 |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 19 |
| 12 | Dynamo Minsk | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 18 |
| 13 | Zenit Leningrad | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 17 |
| 14 | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 15 |
Source: rsssf.com
Second Group[edit]
Subgroup Center[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metallurg Moscow | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 42 |
| 2 | Dynamo Riga | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 38 |
| 3 | MVO Moscow | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 38 |
| 4 | Spartak Vilnius | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 36 |
| 5 | Sudostroitel Leningrad | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 35 |
| 6 | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 32 |
| 7 | Kalev Tallinn | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Daugava Riga | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 27 |
| 9 | DO Leningrad | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 26 |
| 10 | Spartak Minsk | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 24 |
| 11 | VMS Moscow | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 23 |
| 12 | Metro Moscow | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 19 |
| 13 | DO Minsk | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 19 |
| 14 | Spartak Leningrad | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 18 |
| 15 | Dinamo Tallinn | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 15 |
Source: rsssf.com
Subgroup Russia West[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kazan | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 18 | +53 | 43 |
| 2 | Torpedo Gorky | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 31 | +50 | 39 |
| 3 | Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 39 |
| 4 | Khimik Dzerzhynsk | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 37 |
| 5 | Khimik Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 35 |
| 6 | Dinamo Moscow Region | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 30 |
| 7 | Zenit Kaliningrad | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 27 |
| 8 | Zenit Kovrov | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 20 |
| 9 | Dzerzhinets Kolomna | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 18 |
| 10 | Zenit Izhevsk | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 18 |
| 11 | Dynamo Saratov | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 17 |
| 12 | Spartak Ivanovo | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 16 |
| 13 | Spartak Voronezh | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 70 | −51 | 13 |
| 14 | Spartak Penza | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 92 | −53 | 12 |
Source: rsssf.com
Subgroup Russia East[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 27 | +53 | 39 |
| 2 | ODO Novosibirsk | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 39 |
| 3 | ODO Sverdlovsk | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 30 |
| 4 | Krylia Sovetov Molotov | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 30 |
| 5 | Dynamo Sverdlovsk | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 27 |
| 6 | Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Dynamo Chelyabinsk | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 23 |
| 9 | Krylia Sovetov Omsk | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 21 |
| 10 | Khimmik Kemerovo | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 21 |
| 11 | Metallurg Magnitagorsk | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 15 |
| 12 | TsvetMet Kamensk-Uralskiy | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 33 | 91 | −58 | 10 |
| 13 | Gornyak Kemerovo | 24 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 80 | −60 | 6 |
Source: rsssf.com
Subgroup Ukraine A[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 10 | +30 | 21 |
| 2 | Stal Dnepropetrovsk (Q) | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 20 |
| 3 | Shakhter Stalino (P) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 19 |
| 4 | Dynamo Voroshylovgrad | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 14 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Zaporozhie | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 11 |
| 6 | Avangard Kramatorsk | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 10 |
| 7 | Dzerzhynets Kharkov | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 9 |
| 8 | Shakhter Kadievka | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 8 |
Subgroup Ukraine B[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolshevik Mukachevo (Q) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 22 |
| 2 | DO Kiev (Q) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 22 |
| 3 | Spartak Lvov | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 17 |
| 4 | Spartak Uzhgorod | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 16 |
| 5 | Pishchevik Odessa | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 15 |
| 6 | Spartak Kherson | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 13 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kishenev | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 4 |
| 8 | Sudostroitel Nikolaev | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 3 |
Subgroup Ukraine Final[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q, P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| 2 | Stal Dnepropetrovsk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| 3 | ODO Kiev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | Bolshevik Mukachevo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
1st place play-off[edit]
Lokomotiv Kharkov v Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3–1
Subgroup South (Caucasus)[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Yerevan | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 30 |
| 2 | ODO Tbilisi | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 29 |
| 3 | Spartak Tbilisi | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 25 |
| 4 | Neftyanik Baku | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 21 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 19 |
| 6 | Dynamo Rostov-on-Don | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 17 |
| 7 | Dynamo Baku | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 16 |
| 8 | Spartak Yerevan | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 11 |
| 9 | Traktor Taganrog | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 9 |
| 10 | Pishchevik Astrakhan | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 72 | −62 | 3 |
Source: rsssf.com
Central Asia[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ODO Tashkent | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 9 | +28 | 18 |
| 2 | Dynamo Alma-Ata | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 17 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Ashkhabad | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 13 |
| 4 | Zenit Frunze | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 11 |
| 5 | Dynamo Tashkent | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 9 |
| 6 | Dynamo Stalinabad | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 9 |
| 7 | Spartak Alma-Ata | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 7 |
Source: rsssf.com
Tier final[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 |
| 2 | Metallurg Moscow | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Dinamo Yerevan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 |
| 4 | Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | Dinamo Kazan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5[a] |
| 6 | ODO Tashkent | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 1 |
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ 1 bonus point?
Top goalscorers[edit]
1st Group
- Sergei Solovyov (Dinamo Moscow) – 25 goals