View source for 1936 Soviet Top League

{{Short description|1st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}}
The '''1936 Soviet football championship''' ({{langx|ru|Футболное первество СССР в группе А 1936}}) was the first season conducted between teams (teams of masters) of sports societies and factories (production associations). It was also the seventh in order of primary football competitions in the Soviet Union since 1923 (the Soviet Union was established on 30 December 1922). It was a major transition from a previous season which involved participation of teams representing cities and republics composed of better players of that city or republics teams. The decision about conducting the first Soviet championship among teams of sports societies and factories was adopted by the All-Union Council of Physical Culture (VSFK) of the [[Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union Central Executive Committee]] (Soviet Parliament).<ref name=footballlg>[http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=254&Itemid=775 1936 ГОД. ТАБЛИЦЫ. КАЛЕНДАРИ. СОСТАВЫ КОМАНД.] Luhansk Our Football (football.lg.ua).</ref> On 21 June 1936 the VSFK was liquidated and replaced with the All-Union ''Committee'' of Physical Culture and Sports (VKFKS) of the Soviet Union [[Sovnarkom]] (Soviet Government).<ref name=footballlg/>

==Format and structure==
The idea of new competition was announced on 21 March 1936 in the Russian newspaper "Krasnyi Sport" (Moscow) No. 41 (246).<ref name=krsport41>[http://fc-dynamo.ru/cup/prot.php?id=1930 Game protocol of Bolshevik Kiev – CDKA-2 Moscow]. fc-dynamo.ru</ref> Note that "Krasnyi Sport" was the official publication of the All-Union Council (later Committee) of Physical Culture of the Soviet Union. The decision was adopted as beneficial by the March 27 session of the presidium of the All-Union Council of Physical Culture.<ref name=krsport41/> The season was split into two championships with a cup competition between them that took place in August 1936. The first part (considered spring) started in late May and finished by mid of July with a single match played by each participant against each other ([[round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format). The same format was resumed in the fall that started in September finishing before November. Between first and second halves it was decided to conduct separate competition in [[single elimination tournament|elimination]] format which became the [[Soviet Cup]]. The main contenders for the title appeared to be the Moscow's Spartak and Dynamo.

The official format was announced by "Krasnyi Sport" on 11 May 1936 just couple of weeks before the start of the season on 24 May.<ref name=krsport41/> It was stated that the spring championship is composed of three groups A, B, V and indicated what teams in which group.<ref name=krsport41/> It also mentioned that each team would have a 22 players roster and players of those teams do not have rights transfer to other teams during the year.<ref name=krsport41/> Each group was accounted of 7 teams.<ref name=krsport41/> Krasnyi Sport stated that composition of the autumn championship would be determined on results of the spring championship.<ref name=krsport41/> The points system was calculated in a following manner: 3 points for a win, 2 for a tie, 1 for a loss, no points was awarded for failing to appear for a game. The seasons' regulations also provided that in case of tie for the first position there would be organized additional "championship" game between tied teams.<ref name=footballlg/> In case of other teams would tie for certain position, for the tiebreaker was used [[goal ratio|ratio of goals scored to allowed]]<ref name=footballlg/> which was common tiebreak calculation throughout Europe at that time. About the use of goal ratio as a tiebreaker is also mentioned in the "Chronicles of Aksel Vartanian" that referenced to another Soviet journalist and sports researcher of football Aleksandr Perel. The same chronicles also state that originally there was supposed to have been a promotion-relegation play-off between the last placed team of the Group A (top tier) and the winner of the Group B (second tier). The play-off game was eventually canceled and the winner of Group B was simply admitted to Group A for the next season (same year, autumn half).<ref name=tiebreaker>Aksel Vartanian. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20091127050032/http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2003-09-26/13_1/ Chronicles of Aksel Vartanian. Year 1936. Part IV. The firstborn with deviations (ending) (ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. Год 1936. Часть четвертая. ПЕРВЕНЕЦ С ОТКЛОНЕНИЯМИ. ОКОНЧАНИЕ]". Sport-Ekspress Futbol. 26 September 2003</ref> According to Vartanian in his own opinion, the goal ratio as a tiebreaker may have not been the case as previously thought and possibly the reason why the promotion-relegation play-off was canceled.<ref name=tiebreaker/>

The Soviet championship winner was awarded the Red Banner of the All-Union Committee.<ref name=footballlg/>

===Teams===
Teams selection for the competition is not clearly determined. For the first championship were selected four Muscovite teams that previously competed in the 1935 Moscow football championship, two Leningrad teams that previously competed in the 1935 Leningrad football championship and a winner of the 1935 Ukrainian Dynamo football championship (Dynamomania). From Ukraine to the league was admitted the most politically reliable squad. Before the game between Dynamo Moscow and Spartak Moscow on 11 July 1936, "Krasnyi Sport" named it the focal game of the competition and mentioned their previous meetings as part of the Moscow football championship.<ref>[http://fc-dynamo.ru/champ/prot.php?id=1800 Game protocol of Dynamo Moscow – Spartak Moscow]. fc-dynamo.ru</ref> Just before the season started the Muscovite team Kazanka changed its name to Lokomotiv Moscow upon establishment of the Lokomotiv sport society. It should be mentioned that parallel to the Soviet football championship, there also existed a separate competition that sometimes would coincide with primary football competition and was known as the games of three cities (or games of three capitals) including teams of Moscow, Leningrad and Kharkiv. The 1936 season in Group A also involved teams from only three cities Moscow, Leningrad and capital of Ukraine.
{{  Location map+|USSR|width=1000|float=center|caption=Teams of the 1936 spring championship in Group A|places=
   {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=right|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo M]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=50|lat_min=27|lon_deg= 30|lon_min=31|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo K]]'''</big>}}
   {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=top|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=bottom|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]]'''</big>}}
 {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=59|lat_min=57|lon_deg=30|lon_min=19|background=#FFFFFF|position=right|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dinamo L]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=59|lat_min=57|lon_deg=30|lon_min=19|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zaria]]'''</big>}}
}}

==Spring==
{{Infobox football league season
| competition                = [[Soviet Top League|Group A]]
| season                     = 1936 spring
| winners                    = [[FC Dynamo Moscow]]
| relegated                  = none
| continentalcup1            =
| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| continentalcup2            =
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| continentalcup3            =
| continentalcup3 qualifiers =
| league topscorer           = (6) [[Mikhail Semichastny]] ([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo M.]])
| biggest home win           = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]] 6–1 [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo L.]] <small>(June 10)</small>
| biggest away win           = [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya]] 2–7 [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo K.]] <small>(May 31)</small> <br /> [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]] 1–6 [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo K.]] <small>(June 11)</small>
| highest scoring            = [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya]] 2–7 [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo K.]] <small>(May 31)</small>
| matches                    = 21
| total goals                = 85
| longest wins               =
| longest unbeaten           =
| longest losses             =
| highest attendance         =
| lowest attendance          =
| average attendance         =
| prevseason                 = 
| nextseason                 = [[1936 Soviet Top League#Autumn|1936 autumn]]
}}

===Overview===
The first game of the championship took place on May 22, 1936 two days before the official opening day announced earlier with the match [[FC Dynamo Leningrad]] - [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]] on the Dynamo Stadium in [[Leningrad]] that ended in 3:1 win for the Leningrad team.<ref>[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/champ/prot.php?id=100 Report of the first Soviet League game] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528110212/http://fc-dynamo.ru/champ/prot.php?id=100 |date=2018-05-28 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> The spring half finished on July 17, 1936, with two games in [[Moscow]] and [[Leningrad]]. The decisive game that guaranteed the title for Dynamo Moscow took place on July 11, 1936, when they beat Spartak 1:0 at Dynamo Stadium (Moscow). The host team for that game was considered to be Spartak.<ref name="league_standings">[http://helmsoccer.narod.ru/Europa/Euro_Liges/USSR_Russia/Champ_from_1936/1936-01.html 1936 spring Calendar]</ref> Please, also note that FC Krasnaya Zaria won a match against their city-mates FC Dynamo 1:0 at Dynamo Stadium (Leningrad) on June 5, 1936.

===League standings===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
| winpoints = 3 | drawpoints = 2 | losspoints = 1
|use_goal_ratio=y
| team1 = DMO | team2 = DKI | team3 = SMO | team4 = CMO | team5 = LMO | team6 = DLE | team7 = KZL
| name_DMO = [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| name_DKI = [[FC Dynamo Kiev|Dynamo Kiev]]
| name_SMO = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| name_CMO = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
| name_LMO = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| name_DLE = [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
| name_KZL = [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad]]
| win_DMO = 6 | draw_DMO = 0| loss_DMO = 0| gf_DMO = 22| ga_DMO = 5
| win_DKI = 4 | draw_DKI = 0| loss_DKI = 2| gf_DKI = 18| ga_DKI = 11
| win_SMO = 3 | draw_SMO = 1| loss_SMO = 2| gf_SMO = 12| ga_SMO = 7
| win_CMO = 2 | draw_CMO = 1| loss_CMO = 3| gf_CMO = 13| ga_CMO = 18
| win_LMO = 2 | draw_LMO = 0| loss_LMO = 4| gf_LMO = 7 | ga_LMO = 11
| win_DLE = 1 | draw_DLE = 1| loss_DLE = 4| gf_DLE = 5 | ga_DLE = 12
| win_KZL = 1 | draw_KZL = 1| loss_KZL = 4| gf_KZL = 8 | ga_KZL = 21
| col_R1 = green1 | col_R2 = green3 | col_R3 = green3
| res_col_header = Republic
| result1 = R1  | text_R1 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result2 = R2  | text_R2 = {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|1927}}
| result3 = R3  | text_R3 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}} 
| result4 = R4  | text_R4 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result5 = R5  | text_R5 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result6 = R6  | text_R6 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result7 = R7  | text_R7 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| update = complete
| source = <ref name="league_standings" />
| class_rules=Classification is done by points and then [[goal ratio]].<ref name=footballlg/>
}}

===Results===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=CDK|team2=DYK|team3=DLE|team4=DYN|team5=KZL
|team6=LOK|team7=SPA

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_DYK=null
|match_DYN_SPA=1–0
|match_DYN_CDK=6–2
|match_DYN_LOK=3–1
|match_DYN_DLE=2–0
|match_DYN_KZL=5–1

|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kiev|Dynamo Kiev]]
|match_DYK_DYN=1–5
|match_DYK_SPA=1–3
|match_DYK_CDK=null
|match_DYK_LOK=null
|match_DYK_DLE=1–0
|match_DYK_KZL=null

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_DYN=null
|match_SPA_DYK=null
|match_SPA_CDK=0–3
|match_SPA_LOK=null
|match_SPA_DLE=6–1
|match_SPA_KZL=null

|name_CDK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|match_CDK_DYN=null
|match_CDK_DYK=1–6
|match_CDK_SPA=null
|match_CDK_LOK=0–3
|match_CDK_DLE=null
|match_CDK_KZL=6–2

|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|match_LOK_DYN=null
|match_LOK_DYK=0–2
|match_LOK_SPA=0–2
|match_LOK_CDK=null
|match_LOK_DLE=null
|match_LOK_KZL=null

|name_DLE=[[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
|match_DLE_DYN=null
|match_DLE_DYK=null
|match_DLE_SPA=null
|match_DLE_CDK=1–1
|match_DLE_LOK=3–1
|match_DLE_KZL=0–1

|name_KZL=[[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad]]
|match_KZL_DYN=null
|match_KZL_DYK=2–7
|match_KZL_SPA=1–1
|match_KZL_CDK=null
|match_KZL_LOK=1–2
|match_KZL_DLE=null

|update=complete|source=
}}

===Round by round===
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|sortable=y|legendpos=br

|team1= [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
| pos1= 1/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 4
|team2= [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| pos2= 6/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 4/ 2/ 2
|team3= [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
| pos3= 3/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6
|team4= [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| pos4= 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1
|team5= [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zaria]]
| pos5= 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7
|team6= [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| pos6= 4/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 5
|team7= [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| pos7= 7/ 7/ 6/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3
<!-- -->
|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd

|updated=complete 
|source=[http://helmsoccer.narod.ru/Europa/Euro_Liges/USSR_Russia/Champ_from_1936/1936-01.html helmsoccer.narod.ru] {{in lang|ru}} 
|date=November 2016
}}
<!--Note: Leave the source, as it is the only one supporting standings by round. Choose a year of the championship with calendar listed and do some calculations. The inclusion of postponed games is based upon the source given.-->

===Top scorers===
;6 goals
* [[Mikhail Semichastny]] (Dynamo Moscow)

;5 goals
* [[Vasily Pavlov]] (Dynamo Moscow)
* [[Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov|Vasily Smirnov]] (Dynamo Moscow)

;4 goals
* [[Georgi Glazkov]] (Spartak Moscow)
* [[Makar Honcharenko]] (Dynamo Kiev)
* [[Sergei Ilyin (footballer, born 1906)|Sergei Ilyin]] (Dynamo Moscow)
* [[Pavlo Komarov]] (Dynamo Kiev)
* [[Konstantin Shchegotsky]] (Dynamo Kiev)

;3 goals
* [[Viktor Lavrov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* [[Mykola Makhynya]] (Dynamo Kiev)
* [[Pyotr Dmitriyevich Nikiforov|Pyotr Nikiforov]] (Spartak Moscow)
* [[Yevgeni Shelagin]] (CDKA Moscow)

==Medal squads==
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:700px;"
|- style="background:#00d;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''1. FC Dynamo Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Kvasnikov]] (5 / -2), [[Yevgeny Fokin]] (2 / -3).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Lev Korchebokov]] (5), [[Viktor Teterin]] (5).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Yevgeny Yeliseyev]] (6), [[Aleksandr Ryomin]] (6), [[Aleksey Lapshin]] (5), [[Pavel Korotkov]] (4), [[Viktor Dubinin]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Mikhail Semichastny]] (6 / 6), [[Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov|Vasily Smirnov]] (6 / 5), [[Vasily Pavlov]] (6 / 5), [[Sergei Ilyin (footballer, born 1906)|Sergei Ilyin]] (6 / 4), [[Mikhail Yakushin]] (5 / 1), [[Aleksey Ponomaryov]] (1), [[Nikolai Postavnin]].

One own goal scored by [[Ivan Andreyev (footballer, born 1906)|Ivan Andreyev]] ([[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]])

'''Manager:''' [[Konstantin Kvashnin]].

'''Transferred in during the season:''' [[Nikolay Postavnin]] (from [[FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow]]).
|- style="background:#19217f;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''2. FC Dynamo Kyiv''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Mykola Trusevych]] (5 / -6), [[Anton Idzkovsky]] (2 / -5).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Mykhaylo Volin]] (6), [[Vasyl Pravovierov]] (4), [[Kostyantyn Fomin]] (3).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Volodymyr Greber]] (6 / 2), [[Ivan Kuzmenko]] (6 / 2), [[Iosif Livshyts]] (2), [[Oleksiy Klymenko]] (1), [[Mykhaylo Pustinin]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Konstantin Shchegotsky]] (6 / 4), [[Mykola Makhynya]] (6 / 3), [[Fedir Tyutchev]] (6), [[Viktor Shylovsky]] (6), [[Makar Honcharenko]] (5 / 4), [[Pavlo Komarov]] (5 / 3), [[Petro Parovyshnikov]] (3), [[Mykola Korotkykh]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Moisey Tovarovsky]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' .
|- style="background:#f00;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''3. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Anatoly Akimov (footballer)|Anatoly Akimov]] (4 / -5), [[Ivan Ryzhov]] (3 / -2).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Stanislav Leuta]] (6 / 2), [[Aleksandr Mikhaylov (footballer, born 1911)|Aleksandr Mikhaylov]] (6), [[Gavriil Putilin]] (6), [[Aleksandr Starostin]] (4), [[Viktor Sokolov (footballer)|Viktor Sokolov]] (2).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andrey Starostin]] (6), [[Sergey Artemyev]] (3), [[Pyotr Starostin]] (2).<br />
'''Forwards:''' {{ill|Vladimir Stepanov (footballer)|lt=Vladimir Stepanov|ru|Степанов, Владимир Александрович (футболист)}} (6 / 1), [[Georgy Glazkov]] (5 / 4), [[Pyotr Nikiforov]] (5 / 3), [[Matvey Zaytsev]] (4 / 2), [[Nikolay Zhigalin]] (2), [[Leonid Rumyantsev]] (2), {{ill|Vladimir Yegorov (ice hockey)|ru|Егоров, Владимир Кузьмич|lt=Vladimir Yegorov}} (1), [[Boris Stepanov]] (1), [[Nikolay Glazkov]] (1), [[Nikolay Starostin]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Mikhail Kozlov]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' .
|}

----
{{winners||Group A 1936 winners|[[FC Dynamo Moscow]]|First}}

==Stadiums==
* Dynamo Stadium [[Krestovsky Island]], Leningrad (Dynamo)
* Stadium of CDKA [[Sokolniki District|Sokolniki]], Moscow (CDKA)
* [[Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium|Balitsky Dynamo Stadium]] [[Kiev]] (Dynamo)
* [[Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)|Dynamo Stadium]] [[Moscow]] (Dynamo, Spartak)
* Red Triangle Stadium [[Leningrad]] (Krasnaya Zaria)
* [[Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)|Lokomotiv Stadium]] [[Moscow]] (Lokomotiv) (called Stalinets at first)
* Lenin Stadium [[Leningrad]] (Krasnaya Zaria)

Note: [[Vsevolod Balitsky|Balitsky]] was [[Narkom]] of [[NKVD]], later was executed during the [[Great Purge]].

==Autumn==
{{Infobox football league season
| competition                = [[Soviet Top League|Group A]]
| season                     = 1936 autumn
| winners                    = [[FC Spartak Moscow]]
| relegated                  = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
| continentalcup1            = 
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = 
| continentalcup2            =
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| continentalcup3            =
| continentalcup3 qualifiers =
| league topscorer           = (7) [[Georgi Glazkov]] ([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]])
| biggest home win           = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]] 4–0 [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo L.]] <small>(September 11)</small> <br /> [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dynamo Tb.]] 4–0 [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]] <small>(October 8)</small>
| biggest away win           = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]] 0–6 [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo M.]] <small>(October 17)</small>
| highest scoring            = [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo M.]] 6–4 [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo K.]] <small>(September 14)</small>
| matches                    = 28
| total goals                = 117
| longest wins               =
| longest unbeaten           =
| longest losses             =
| highest attendance         =
| lowest attendance          =
| average attendance         =
| prevseason                 = [[1936 Soviet Top League#Spring|1936 spring]]
| nextseason                 = [[1937 Soviet Top League|1937]]
}}
{{Location map+|USSR|width=800|float=center|caption=Teams of the 1936 autumn championship in Group A|places=
   {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]'''</big>}}
   {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=right|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo M]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=41|lat_min=43|lon_deg= 44|lon_min=48|background=#FFFFFF|position=right|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo T]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=bottom|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=59|lat_min=57|lon_deg=30|lon_min=19|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zaria]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=50|lat_min=27|lon_deg= 30|lon_min=31|background=#FFFFFF|position=left|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo K]]'''</big>}}
 {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=59|lat_min=57|lon_deg=30|lon_min=19|background=#FFFFFF|position=right|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg|Dinamo L]]'''</big>}}
  {{Location map~|USSR|lat_deg=55|lat_min=45|lon_deg= 37|lon_min=37|background=#FFFFFF|position=top|mark=Red_pog.svg|label=<big>'''[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA]]'''</big>}}
}}

===Overview===
This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points. The Georgian [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|FC Dynamo Tbilisi]] was admitted to the League expanding it to eight teams. The defending champion was [[FC Dynamo Moscow]].

It opened with two games in [[Leningrad]] and [[Moscow]] on September 5, 1936, soon after the [[Soviet Cup]] [[1936 Soviet Cup Final|final]] that took place just week prior to that on August 28. The season concluded on October 30, 1936, with three games in Moscow, Leningrad, and [[Tbilisi]]. It was then when Spartak Moscow by beating CDKA at their home turf (CSKA Stadium)<ref>[http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/champ/prot.php?id=4700 Report on CDKA-Spartak Oct. 30, 1936] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101090230/http://fc-dynamo.ru/champ/prot.php?id=4700 |date=2018-01-01 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> passed Dinamo Moscow in rankings to obtain the first place and with it the first national title.

===League standings===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
| winpoints =  3| drawpoints =  2| losspoints = 1
|use_goal_ratio=y
| team1 = SMO | team2 = DMO | team3 = DTB | team4 = LMO | team5 = KZL | team6 = DKI | team7 = DLE | team8 = CMO
| name_SMO = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| name_DMO = [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| name_DTB = [[FC Dynamo Tbilisi|Dynamo Tbilisi]]
| name_LMO = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| name_KZL = [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad]]
| name_DKI = [[FC Dynamo Kiev|Dynamo Kiev]]
| name_DLE = [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
| name_CMO = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]

| win_SMO =  4| draw_SMO = 2| loss_SMO = 1| gf_SMO = 19| ga_SMO = 10
| win_DMO =  3| draw_DMO = 3| loss_DMO = 1| gf_DMO = 21| ga_DMO = 12
| win_DTB =  3| draw_DTB = 3| loss_DTB = 1| gf_DTB = 14| ga_DTB =  9
| win_LMO =  4| draw_LMO = 0| loss_LMO = 3| gf_LMO = 18| ga_LMO = 14
| win_KZL =  3| draw_KZL = 0| loss_KZL = 4| gf_KZL = 13| ga_KZL = 18
| win_DKI =  1| draw_DKI = 3| loss_DKI = 3| gf_DKI = 16| ga_DKI = 19
| win_DLE =  1| draw_DLE = 3| loss_DLE = 3| gf_DLE =  7| ga_DLE = 15
| win_CMO =  2| draw_CMO = 0| loss_CMO = 5| gf_CMO =  9| ga_CMO = 20

<!--Status-->
|status_SMO=C
|status_CMO=R
|note_LMO=Lokomoyiv Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi in the Cup final 2:0. The first [[Soviet Cup]] edition took place exactly between the spring and the fall parts of 1936 seasons.
|note_CMO=CDKA Moscow was relegated to the Group B (second tier) for the next season, however, soon after playing only 3 games in the 1937 season, the team was returned back to the top tier for the next 1937 season.

| col_R1 = green1 | col_R2 = green3 | col_R3 = green3 | col_R8 = red2
| res_col_header = Republic
| result1 = R1  | text_R1 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result2 = R2  | text_R2 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result3 = R3  | text_R3 = {{flag|Transcaucasian SFSR}}
| result4 = R4  | text_R4 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result5 = R5  | text_R5 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result6 = R6  | text_R6 = {{flag|Ukrainian SSR|1927}}
| result7 = R7  | text_R7 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| result8 = R8  | text_R8 = {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918}}
| update = complete
| source = 
| class_rules=Classification is done by points and then [[goal ratio]].<ref name=footballlg/>
}}

===Results===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=CDK|team2=DYK|team3=DLE|team4=DYN|team5=DTB
|team6=KZL|team7=LOK|team8=SPA

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_DYN=null
|match_SPA_DTB=0–1
|match_SPA_LOK=3–1
|match_SPA_KZL=4–1
|match_SPA_DYK=3–3
|match_SPA_DLE=null
|match_SPA_CDK=null

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_SPA=3–3
|match_DYN_DTB=1–1
|match_DYN_LOK=1–2
|match_DYN_KZL=null
|match_DYN_DYK=6–4
|match_DYN_DLE=null
|match_DYN_CDK=null

|name_DTB=[[FC Dynamo Tbilisi|Dynamo Tbilisi]]
|match_DTB_SPA=null
|match_DTB_DYN=null
|match_DTB_LOK=2–1
|match_DTB_KZL=2–3
|match_DTB_DYK=2–2
|match_DTB_DLE=2–2
|match_DTB_CDK=4–0

|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|match_LOK_SPA=null
|match_LOK_DYN=null
|match_LOK_DTB=null
|match_LOK_KZL=5–3
|match_LOK_DYK=null
|match_LOK_DLE=4–0
|match_LOK_CDK=1–3

|name_KZL=[[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad]]
|match_KZL_SPA=null
|match_KZL_DYN=1–3
|match_KZL_DTB=null
|match_KZL_LOK=null
|match_KZL_DYK=null
|match_KZL_DLE=1–2
|match_KZL_CDK=3–2

|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kiev|Dynamo Kiev]]
|match_DYK_SPA=null
|match_DYK_DYN=null
|match_DYK_DTB=null
|match_DYK_LOK=2–4
|match_DYK_KZL=0–1
|match_DYK_DLE=null
|match_DYK_CDK=3–1

|name_DLE=[[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
|match_DLE_SPA=0–3
|match_DLE_DYN=1–1
|match_DLE_DTB=null
|match_DLE_LOK=null
|match_DLE_KZL=null
|match_DLE_DYK=2–2
|match_DLE_CDK=null

|name_CDK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|match_CDK_SPA=1–3
|match_CDK_DYN=0–6
|match_CDK_DTB=null
|match_CDK_LOK=null
|match_CDK_KZL=null
|match_CDK_DYK=null
|match_CDK_DLE=2–0

|update=complete|source=
}}

===Round by round===
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|sortable=y|legendpos=br

|team1= [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
| pos1= 3/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 8
|team2= [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| pos2= 4/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 6
|team3= [[FC Dynamo Leningrad|Dynamo Leningrad]]
| pos3= 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7
|team4= [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
| pos4= 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 2
|team5= [[FC Dynamo Tbilisi|Dynamo Tbilisi]]
| pos5= 5/ 7/ 7/ 4/ 5/ 1/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3
|team6= [[FC Elektrosila Leningrad|Krasnaya Zaria]]
| pos6= 7/ 4/ 4/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 5
|team7= [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| pos7= 6/ 2/ 3/ 1/ 2/ 4/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 4
|team8= [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| pos8= 2/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 1
<!-- -->
|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd

|updated=complete 
|source=[http://helmsoccer.narod.ru/Europa/Euro_Liges/USSR_Russia/Champ_from_1936/1936-02.html helmsoccer.narod.ru] {{in lang|ru}} 
|date=November 2016
}}
<!--Note: Leave the source, as it is the only one supporting standings by round. Choose a year of the championship with calendar listed and do some calculations. The inclusion of postponed games is based upon the source given.-->

===Top scorers===
;7 goals
* [[Georgi Glazkov]] (Spartak Moscow)

;6 goals
* [[Mikhail Berdzenishvili]] (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* [[Sergei Ilyin (footballer, born 1906)|Sergei Ilyin]] (Dynamo Moscow)
* [[Viktor Lavrov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* [[Boris Paichadze]] (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* {{ill|Vladimir Stepanov (footballer)|lt=Vladimir Stepanov|ru|Степанов, Владимир Александрович (футболист)}} (Spartak Moscow)

;5 goals
* [[Mikhail Kireyev]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* [[Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov|Vasili Smirnov]] (Dynamo Moscow)
* [[Pyotr Terenkov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow)

;4 goals
* [[Mykola Makhynya]] (Dynamo Kiev)
* [[Viktor Shylovsky]] (Dynamo Kiev)
* [[Mikhail Yakushin]] (Dynamo Moscow)

==Medal squads==
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:700px;"
|- style="background:#f00;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''1. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Anatoly Akimov]] (6 / -6), [[Ivan Ryzhov]] (2 / -4).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Stanislav Leuta]] (7), [[Aleksandr Mikhaylov (footballer, born 1911)|Aleksandr Mikhaylov]] (7), [[Aleksandr Starostin]] (7), [[Viktor Sokolov (footballer)|Viktor Sokolov]].<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andrey Starostin]] (7 / 2), [[Pyotr Starostin]] (7), [[Sergey Artemyev]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Georgy Glazkov]] (7 / 7), {{ill|Vladimir Stepanov (footballer)|lt=Vladimir Stepanov|ru|Степанов, Владимир Александрович (футболист)}} (7 / 6), [[Boris Shchibrov]] (7 / 2), [[Valentin Liventsev]] (4 / 1), [[Stepan Kustylkin]] (4), [[Leonid Rumyantsev]] (4), [[Pyotr Nikiforov]] (3 / 1), [[Aleksey Yeryomin]] (1), [[Nikolay Zhigalin]], [[Boris Stepanov]].

'''Manager:''' [[Mikhail Kozlov]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' .
|- style="background:#00d;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''2. FC Dynamo Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Kvasnikov]] (6 / -11), [[Nikolay Sokolov (footballer)|Nikolay Sokolov]] (1 / -1), [[Yevgeny Fokin]].<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Lev Korchebokov]] (7), [[Viktor Teterin]] (2).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Yevgeny Yeliseyev]] (7 / 2), [[Aleksey Lapshin]] (7), [[Aleksandr Ryomin]] (7), [[Pavel Korotkov]] (5), [[Gavriil Kachalin]] (2), [[Arkady Chernyshev]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Sergei Ilyin (footballer, born 1906)|Sergei Ilyin]] (7 / 6), [[Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov|Vasily Smirnov]] (7 / 5), [[Mikhail Yakushin]] (7 / 4), [[Mikhail Semichastny]] (7 / 1), [[Vasily Pavlov]] (4 / 2), [[Aleksey Ponomaryov]] (3 / 1), [[Nikolay Postavnin]].

'''Manager:''' [[Konstantin Kvashnin]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' .
|- style="background:#19217f;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''3. FC Dynamo Tbilisi''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Dorokhov]] (7 / -9).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Shota Shavgulidze]] (7), [[Eduard Nikolayshvili]] (6).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Vladimir Dzhorbenadze]] (7), [[Nikolay Anikin]] (6), [[Mikhail Minayev]] (6), [[Grigoriy Gagua]] (3), [[Vladimir Berdzenishvili]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Mikhail Berdzenishvili]] (7 / 6), [[Boris Paichadze]] (7 / 6), [[Nikolay Somov]] (7 / 1), [[Ilya Alekseyevich Panin|Ilya Panin]] (6), [[Vladimir Berdzenishvili]] (5 / 1), [[Mikhail Aslamazov]] (2), [[Aleksandr Eliava]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Gyula Limbek]] (until October), [[Grigoriy Pachuliya]] (since October).

'''Transferred out during the season:''' .
|}

{{winners||Group A 1936 winners|[[FC Spartak Moscow]]|First}}

==Stadiums==
* Lenin Stadium [[Leningrad]] (Dynamo, Krasnaya Zaria)
* Stadium of CDKA [[Sokolniki District|Sokolniki]], Moscow (CDKA)
* [[Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium|Balitsky Dinamo Stadium]] [[Kiev]] (Dynamo)
* [[Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)|Dynamo Stadium]] [[Northern Administrative Okrug|Aeroport]], [[Moscow]] (Dynamo, Spartak)
* [[Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)|Lokomotiv Stadium]] [[Preobrazhenskoye District|Preobrazhenskoye]], [[Moscow]] (Lokomotiv, CDKA) (Preobrazhenskoye is next to Sokolniki)
* [[Boris Paichadze Stadium|Dynamo Stadium]] [[Tbilisi]] (Dynamo)

==See also==
* [[1936 Group B (Soviet football championship)]] – second tier
* [[1936 Soviet Second League|1936 Group V (Soviet football championship)]] – third tier
* [[1936 Soviet Second League B|1936 Group G (Soviet football championship)]] – fourth tier
* [[1936 Soviet Cup]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)]

{{Soviet Top League seasons}}
{{1936 in Soviet football}}
{{1935–36 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{1936–37 in European football (UEFA)}}

[[Category:Soviet Top League seasons]]
[[Category:1936 in Soviet football leagues|1]]
[[Category:1936–37 in European association football leagues|Soviet]]
[[Category:1935–36 in European association football leagues|Soviet]]