Soviet Class B
Season 1957
Champions Avangard Leningrad (final group winner)
Promoted Avangard Leningrad
Relegated Krylia Sovetov Stupino (dissolved) Dinamo Vladivostok (dissolved)
← 1956 1958 →
The 1957 Soviet Football Championship in Class B (Russian : Первенство СССР 1957 года в классе «Б») was the 17th season of the Soviet second tier football league competition and the 8th since the formation of Class B. The competition consisted of two stages and involved participation of some 64 teams that were split in four groups. The three group winners advanced to the second stage as the final group of three, winner of which received promotion to the 1958 Class A . The fourth group winner (Russian Far East) were given a separate award by the Soviet Government.
The league's newcomer Avangard Leningrad won the championship.
Compared to the 1956 season, the competition expanded from 36 participants to 64 having two more groups added. Number of teams from the Russian SFSR increased substantially by adding the whole Russian Far East region to the tier.
Teams Relegated Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad SKVO Sverdlovsk Promoted Russian SFSR (23): Avangard Leningrad (returned), Lokomotiv Saratov (returned), Khimik Yaroslavl (debut), Neftyanik Grozny (debut), Burevestnik Leningrad (debut), Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol (debut), Pischevik Kaliningrad (debut), Avangard Sormovo (debut), Dinamo Kirov (debut), Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk (debut), Neftianik Ufa (debut), SKVO Khabarovsk (debut), Dinamo Vladivostok (debut), Burevestnik Tomsk (debut), Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk (returned), Energiya Irkutsk (debut), Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk (returned), SKVO Chita (debut), Sibselmash Novosibirsk (debut), Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure (debut), Metallurg Stalinsk (debut), Shakhter Kemerovo (returned), Urozhai Barnaul (debut) Ukrainian SSR (6): SKCF Sevastopol (returned), Trudovye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad (returned), Shakhtar Kadiyevka (returned), Kolhospnyk Poltava (debut), Avangard Mykolaiv (returned), Khimik Dniprodzerzhinsk (debut)Belarusian SSR: Urozhai Minsk (debut) Georgian SSR: Lokomotiv Kutaisi (debut) Withdrew Krylya Sovetov Stupino Dinamo Vladivostok First stage Zone I Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 RUS Avangard Leningrad 34 21 10 3 63 25 +38 52 2 RUS Torpedo Taganrog 34 18 10 6 61 28 +33 46 3 UKR Avangard Kharkov 34 18 5 11 65 41 +24 41 4 RUS Neftyanik Krasnodar 34 17 7 10 56 45 +11 41 5 RUS Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu 34 16 8 10 69 47 +22 40 6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Voronezh 34 15 9 10 54 40 +14 39 7 RUS Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo 34 13 13 8 45 34 +11 39 8 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 34 14 11 9 41 34 +7 39 9 UKR SKCF Sevastopol 34 15 5 14 72 49 +23 35 10 RUS Torpedo Gorkiy 34 12 10 12 43 45 −2 34 11 RUS Lokomotiv Saratov 34 13 8 13 40 43 −3 34 12 RUS Torpedo Stalingrad 34 12 10 12 40 46 −6 34 13 RUS Khimik Yaroslavl 34 8 10 16 46 50 −4 26 14 RUS Neftyanik Grozny 34 11 4 19 47 70 −23 26 15 RUS Burevestnik Leningrad 34 10 2 22 38 72 −34 22 16 UKR Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad 34 6 10 18 18 55 −37 22 17 UKR Shakhtyor Kadiyevka 34 7 7 20 33 61 −28 21 18 RUS Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol 34 8 5 21 30 76 −46 21
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s) 13 Russian SFSR FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Torpedo Taganrog , FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo , FC Torpedo Gorkiy , FC Lokomotiv Saratov , FC Torpedo Stalingrad , FC Khimik Yaroslavl , FC Neftyanik Grozny, FC Burevestnik Leningrad, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol 5 Ukrainian SSR FC Avangard Kharkov , FC Metallurg Zaporozhye , SKCF Sevastopol , FC Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad, FC Shakhter Kadievka
Zone II Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 UKR Spartak Stanislav 34 23 6 5 66 27 +39 52 2 UKR SKVO Lvov 34 21 6 7 51 32 +19 48 3 RUS Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad 34 21 5 8 68 32 +36 47 4 UKR Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk 34 17 8 9 65 43 +22 42 5 UKR Pishchevik Odessa 34 16 7 11 65 48 +17 39 6 EST Dinamo Tallinn 34 14 11 9 52 44 +8 39 7 RUS Krylya Sovetov Stupino 34 15 8 11 44 39 +5 38 8 UKR SKVO Kiev 34 14 9 11 42 36 +6 37 9 RUS Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk 34 15 7 12 53 47 +6 37 10 UKR Spartak Uzhgorod 34 12 9 13 41 40 +1 33 11 LTU Spartak Vilnius 34 13 6 15 37 42 −5 32 12 UKR Kolhospnik Poltava 34 12 4 18 43 57 −14 28 13 UKR Avangard Nikolayev 34 10 7 17 50 63 −13 27 14 RUS Pishchevik Kaliningrad 34 9 9 16 35 57 −22 27 15 BLR Urozhai Minsk 34 11 4 19 42 57 −15 26 16 UKR Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk 34 7 9 18 38 65 −27 23 17 RUS Avangard Sormovo 34 6 10 18 29 51 −22 22 18 LVA Daugava Riga 34 4 7 23 22 63 −41 15
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s) 9 Ukrainian SSR FC Spartak Stanislav , SKVO Lvov , FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk , FC Pischevik Odessa , SKVO Kiev , FC Spartak Uzhgorod , FC Kolgospnik Poltava , FC Avangard Nikolayev , FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk 5 Russian SFSR FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk , FC Pischevik Kaliningrad, FC Avangard Sormovo 1 Estonian SSR FC Dinamo Tallinn 1 Lithuanian SSR FC Spartak Vilnius 1 Belarusian SSR FC Urozhai Minsk 1 Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
Zone III Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 GEO SKVO Tbilisi 30 22 5 3 93 26 +67 49 2 ARM Spartak Yerevan 30 21 6 3 73 22 +51 48 3 AZE Neftyanik Baku 30 18 8 4 70 37 +33 44 4 RUS SKVO Sverdlovsk 30 15 9 6 58 18 +40 39 5 RUS Krylya Sovetov Molotov 30 15 9 6 46 18 +28 39 6 GEO Lokomotiv Kutaisi 30 16 6 8 54 28 +26 38 7 KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata 30 16 5 9 49 37 +12 37 8 RUS Avangard Sverdlovsk 30 13 5 12 44 39 +5 31 9 RUS Dinamo Kirov 30 12 4 14 44 64 −20 28 10 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 30 9 6 15 36 39 −3 24 11 RUS Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 30 6 10 14 22 37 −15 22 12 RUS Zenit Izhevsk 30 8 5 17 26 47 −21 21 13 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 30 8 4 18 25 59 −34 20 14 KGZ Spartak Frunze 30 7 3 20 34 76 −42 17 15 RUS Neftyanik Ufa 30 6 5 19 17 64 −47 17 16 TJK Urozhai Stalinabad 30 2 2 26 19 99 −80 6
Number of teams by republics Zone [Russia] Far East Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 SKVO Khabarovsk 22 12 8 2 34 14 +20 32 2 Dinamo Vladivostok 22 12 6 4 39 25 +14 30 3 Burevestnik Tomsk 22 11 6 5 49 29 +20 28 4 Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk 22 10 6 6 45 26 +19 26 5 Energiya Irkutsk 22 7 10 5 36 34 +2 24 6 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 22 10 4 8 38 41 −3 24 7 SKVO Chita 22 9 5 8 30 28 +2 23 8 SibSelMash Novosibirsk 22 7 3 12 26 46 −20 17 9 Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure 22 5 6 11 32 41 −9 16 10 Metallurg Stalinsk 22 4 7 11 28 40 −12 15 11 Shakhtyor Kemerovo 22 6 3 13 37 60 −23 15 12 Urozhai Barnaul 22 5 4 13 30 40 −10 14
Final stage Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Promotion 1 RUS Avangard Leningrad 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 0 6 Promoted 2 UKR Spartak Stanislav 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 1 4 3 GEO SKVO Tbilisi 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 1 4
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