| Season | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 23 – October 18 |
| Champions | FC Spartak Leningrad |
| Relegated | FC Dinamo Kazan |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 122 (2.9 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Viktor Smagin 7 goals |
| Biggest home win | Temp 6–0 Dinamo Kz (August 13) |
| Biggest away win | Dinamo Kz 2–5 Stalinets L. (August 30) Torpedo 1–4 Dinamo R/D (September 24) |
| Highest scoring | Stalinets M. 5–4 Stalinets L. (October 1) |
| ← 1936 Fall 1939 → | |
The 1937 Gruppa B was third season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions.
Unlike the previous season that was split into two halves, this one was played as a double round-robin among seven teams. The tournament was won by Spartak Leningrad that according to pre-season regulation was to be promoted to the Gruppa A for 1938 season, however later arrangements for the next season were changed and all participants except for the last placed Dinamo Kazan gained promotion.
Also, after only playing 3 of its scheduled games and winning only one of them, CSKA Moscow was transferred to Gruppa A mid-season.
Teams
No teams were relegated to the Gruppa B.
Promoted
One team was promoted from the 1936 Gruppa V fall tournament.
- Dinamo Kazan – (debut)
League standings
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russian SFSR
|
Spartak Leningrad (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1.462 | 26 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu (P) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 26 |
| 3 |  Azerbaijan SSR
|
Temp Baku (P) | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1.357 | 25 |
| 4 | Russian SFSR
|
Stalinets Leningrad (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1.222 | 25 |
| 5 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Stalinets Moscow (P) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0.941 | 25 |
| 6 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Torpedo Moscow (P) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0.889 | 24 |
| 7 | Russian SFSR
|
FC Dynamo Kazan | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 0.393 | 17 |
| 8 | Russian SFSR
|
CDKA Moscow | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 5 |
(P) Promoted
Notes:
- CDKA was returned during the season to the Soviet Top League after playing two games in the season. Their results were scratched for this League this season.
Top scorers
See also
References
- Game protocol of CSKA Moscow – Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu. fc-dynamo.ru.
External links
- 1937 Gruppa B. RSSSF
- 1937 Gruppa B. Luhansk Our Football. (in Russian)
| 1937 in Soviet football | |
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| Domestic leagues (Groups) | |
| Domestic cups | |
| National teams | |
| Club seasons | |
| Group A | |
| Second level Soviet football championship seasons | |
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| Group B | |
| Second Group | |
| Class B | |
| Second Group (Class A) | |
| First Group (Class A) | |
| First League | |