1941 Soviet Top League
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The 1941 Soviet Top League was cancelled due to World War II
World War II
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. The last matches were played on June 24.

League Standings as of June 24, 1941

PosTeamPWDLFAGDPts
1. 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...

10 6 3 1 28 12 16 15
2. Dynamo Leningrad
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg is an association football club from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club played in the Russian First Division in 2010 after winning the Western zone of the Russian Second Division in 2009. But, the club relegated back to the third level after finishing 16th in 2010...

10 5 4 1 18 8 10 14
3. Dynamo Tbilisi 9 5 3 1 21 11 10 13
4. Stakhanovets Stalino
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

10 6 0 4 11 10 1 12
5. Traktor Stalingrad 11 3 6 2 13 13 0 12
6. CDKA Moscow 9 5 1 3 15 13 2 11
7. 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...

9 4 2 3 17 12 5 10
8. Dynamo Kyiv 9 4 2 3 16 14 2 10
9. Profsoyuzy-2 Moscow
FC Serp i Molot Moscow
FC Serp i Molot Moscow was a Soviet and now Russian football team of the city of Moscow.-History:Serp i Molot won the Soviet First League in Summer 1936, and won promotion to the Soviet Top League...

9 3 3 3 11 12
9
10. Spartak Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...

8 2 3 3 12 14
7
11. Zenit Leningrad 10 3 1 6 15 22
7
12. Spartak Leningrad 9 1 4 4 8 16
6
13. Dynamo Minsk 10 3 0 7 10 21
6
14. Spartak Kharkiv
FC Dynamo Kharkiv
FC Dynamo Kharkiv is the former non-amateur Soviet football club based in Kharkiv .- USSR competitions :Dynamo initially was allowed to play in the Soviet Second division known as Class B. The team had forfeited all its games for the spring part and was demoted to the third division Class V for...

9 2 1 6 7 19
5
15. Profsoyuzy-1 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...

9 1 2 6 10 15
4

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

CDKA were renamed to Red Army (now CSKA)

Out of Moscovite Lokomotiv, Torpedo, Metallurg, and Krylya Sovetov were formed teams Profsoyuzy-1 and Profsoyuzy-2.

Out of Leningradis Avangard, Zenit, and Krasnaya Zaria were formed teams Profsoyuz of Leningrad which was renamed again into Zenit.

As the Group B liquidated for the 1941 season FC Dinamo Minsk, FC Spartak Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...

, and FC Spartak Kharkiv were promoted alnog with SC Spartak Leningrad. Presumably FC Spartak Kharkiv was also a merger of Dynamo, and Silmash forming the reformed united city team Spartak, but evidence of that is yet to be found.

Top scorers

8 goals
  • Viktor Matveyev (Traktor Stalingrad)
  • Aleksei Sokolov (Spartak Moscow)


7 goals
  • Sergei Solovyov
    Sergei Solovyov (footballer)
    Sergei Aleksandrovich Solovyov was a Soviet professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1939 for FC Dynamo Leningrad...

     (Dynamo Moscow)


6 goals
  • Boris Paichadze
    Boris Paichadze
    Boris Paichadze was a renowned Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him.-External links:*...

     (Dinamo Tbilisi)
  • Viktor Panyukov (Dinamo Tbilisi)
  • Pyotr Shcherbakov (Spartak Odessa)


5 goals
  • Aleksandr Fyodorov (Dynamo Leningrad)
  • Mikhail Semichastny
    Mikhail Semichastny
    Mikhail Vasilyevich Semichastny was a Soviet professional football player and coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1936 , 6 goals.* Soviet Top League champion: 1936 , 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949....

     (Dynamo Moscow)


4 goals
  • Ilya Bizyukov (Dynamo Leningrad)
  • Pavel Kornilov (Spartak Moscow)
  • Ivan Mitronov (Profsoyuzy-2 Moscow)
  • Konstantin Sazonov (Dynamo Leningrad)
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