1939 Soviet First League
{{Infobox football league season
| season = 1939
| competition = Soviet First League
| winners = Krylya Sovetov Moscow
| promoted =
| relegated = 11 teams
| prevseason = 1937
| nextseason = 1940
}}
The 1939 Gruppa B was fourth season of the Soviet (second tier) professional football competitions. The second tier competitions were revived after last year merger.
Teams
=Relegated=
There were 12 teams relegated from the 1938 Gruppa A.
- Burevestnik Moscow – 26th place (debut)
- Krylya Sovetov Moscow – 25th place (debut)
- Lokomotiv Kiev – 17th place (debut)
- Lokomotiv Tbilisi – 24th place (debut)
- Pischevik Moscow – 23rd place (debut)
- Spartak Kharkov – 21st place (debut)
- Zenit Leningrad – 22nd place (debut)
- Selmash Kharkov – 15th place (returning after two seasons, previously as Serp i Molot Kharkov)
- Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu – 18th place (returning after a season)
- FC Temp Baku – 19th place (returning after a season)
- Spartak Leningrad – 20th place (returning after a season)
- Stalinets Moscow – 16th place (returning after a season)
=Promoted=
- Dinamo Batumi – Champion of the Georgian SSR (debut)
- Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad – Champion at Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)
- Spartak Yerevan – Champion of the Armenian SSR (debut)
- Spartak Minsk – 3rd place at Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (debut)
- Dinamo Kazan – (returning after a season)
- Dinamo Kharkov – (debut, previously withdrew before the 1936 spring competition)
- Avangard Leningrad – (debut)
- Osnova Ivanovo – (debut)
- Stal Dnepropetrovsk – (debut)
- Sudostroitel Nikolayev – (debut)
- Torpedo Gorkiy – (debut)
League standings
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|winpoints=2
|show_groups=y
|group_header=Republic
|team1=KSM|name_KSM=Krylya Sovetov Moscow|group_KSM={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team2=LTB|name_LTB=Lokomotiv Tbilisi|group_LTB={{flag|Georgian SSR}}
|team3=RND|name_RND=Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu|group_RND={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team4=PIS|name_PIS=Pischevik Moscow|group_PIS={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team5=TBK|name_TBK=Temp Baku|group_TBK={{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
|team6=SPL|name_SPL=Spartak Leningrad|group_SPL={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team7=DKH|name_DKH=Dinamo Kharkov|group_DKH={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team8=BRV|name_BRV=Burevestnik Moscow|group_BRV={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team9=SSN|name_SSN=FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev|group_SSN={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team10=SKH|name_SKH=Selmash Kharkov|group_SKH={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team11=LKV|name_LKV=Lokomotiv Kiev|group_LKV={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team12=TGR|name_TGR=Torpedo Gorkiy|group_TGR={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team13=DBT|name_DBT=Dinamo Batumi|group_DBT={{flag|Georgian SSR}}
|team14=SPY|name_SPY=Spartak Yerevan|group_SPY={{flag|Armenian SSR}}
|team15=DNI|name_DNI=Stal Dnepropetrovsk|group_DNI={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team16=DZV|name_DZV=Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad|group_DZV={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team17=STM|name_STM=Stalinets Moscow|group_STM={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team18=SPK|name_SPK=Spartak Kharkov|group_SPK={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|team19=OIV|name_OIV=Osnova Ivanovo|group_OIV={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team20=AVL|name_AVL=Avangard Leningrad|group_AVL={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team21=SPM|name_SPM=Spartak Minsk|group_SPM={{nowrap|{{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}}}
|team22=ZNL|name_ZNL=Zenit Leningrad|group_ZNL={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|team23=DKZ|name_DKZ=Dinamo Kazan|group_DKZ={{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|win_KSM=17|draw_KSM=2|loss_KSM=3|gf_KSM=52|ga_KSM=19|status_KSM=P
|win_LTB=13|draw_LTB=7|loss_LTB=2|gf_LTB=44|ga_LTB=23|status_LTB=P
|win_RND=11|draw_RND=7|loss_RND=4|gf_RND=43|ga_RND=28|status_RND=R
|win_PIS=12|draw_PIS=4|loss_PIS=6|gf_PIS=53|ga_PIS=29
|win_TBK=12|draw_TBK=4|loss_TBK=6|gf_TBK=29|ga_TBK=19
|win_SPL=11|draw_SPL=5|loss_SPL=6|gf_SPL=46|ga_SPL=27
|win_DKH=10|draw_DKH=7|loss_DKH=5|gf_DKH=43|ga_DKH=31
|win_BRV=10|draw_BRV=6|loss_BRV=6|gf_BRV=38|ga_BRV=28
|win_SSN=9|draw_SSN=7|loss_SSN=6|gf_SSN=40|ga_SSN=38
|win_SKH=10|draw_SKH=4|loss_SKH=8|gf_SKH=38|ga_SKH=25
|win_LKV=11|draw_LKV=2|loss_LKV=9|gf_LKV=40|ga_LKV=33
|win_TGR=9|draw_TGR=6|loss_TGR=7|gf_TGR=37|ga_TGR=38
|win_DBT=8|draw_DBT=7|loss_DBT=7|gf_DBT=37|ga_DBT=32|status_DBT=R
|win_SPY=9|draw_SPY=3|loss_SPY=10|gf_SPY=26|ga_SPY=33
|win_DNI=6|draw_DNI=7|loss_DNI=9|gf_DNI=27|ga_DNI=37|status_DNI=R
|win_DZV=8|draw_DZV=3|loss_DZV=11|gf_DZV=37|ga_DZV=51|status_DZV=R
|win_STM=6|draw_STM=6|loss_STM=10|gf_STM=32|ga_STM=42|status_STM=R
|win_SPK=8|draw_SPK=1|loss_SPK=13|gf_SPK=35|ga_SPK=45|status_SPK=R
|win_OIV=6|draw_OIV=2|loss_OIV=14|gf_OIV=34|ga_OIV=45|status_OIV=R
|win_AVL=5|draw_AVL=4|loss_AVL=13|gf_AVL=26|ga_AVL=44
|win_SPM=4|draw_SPM=3|loss_SPM=15|gf_SPM=28|ga_SPM=70|status_SPM=R
|win_ZNL=3|draw_ZNL=4|loss_ZNL=15|gf_ZNL=28|ga_ZNL=46
|win_DKZ=4|draw_DKZ=1|loss_DKZ=17|gf_DKZ=20|ga_DKZ=50|status_DKZ=R
|note_ZNL=FC Zenit Leningrad was merged with FC Stalinets Leningrad into FC Zenit Leningrad playing in the Gruppa A (Soviet Top League).
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|result20=E|result22=E
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Top scorers
class="wikitable" |
Rank
!Scorer !Team !Goals |
---|
align=center |1
|align=center|19 |
2
|align=center|16 |
3
|align=center|14 |
4
|align=center|13 |
align=center rowspan=4 |5
|align=center|11 |
Yevgeniy Shelagin
|align=center|11 |
Matvei Yenushkov
|align=center|11 |
Pyotr Yurchenko
|align=center|11 |
Number of teams by republics
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
Number
! Team(s) | |
---|---|
rowspan="1"|11
|align="left"|{{flag|Russian SFSR}} | FC Krylia Sovetov Moscow, FC Pischevik Moscow, FC Spartak Leningrad, FC Burevestnik Moscow, FC Stalinets Moscow, FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Zenit Leningrad FC Dinamo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Torpedo Gorky, FC Osnova Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Kazan |
rowspan="1"|7
|align="left"|{{flag|Ukrainian SSR}} | FC Dinamo Kharkov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Selmash Kharkov, FC Lokomotiv Kiev, FC Stal Dnepropetrovsk, FC Dzerzhinets Voroshilovgrad, FC Spartak Kharkov |
rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Georgian SSR}} | FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi |
rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}} | FC Temp Baku |
rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Armenian SSR}} | FC Spartak Yerevan |
rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Belarusian SSR}} | FC Spartak Minsk |