1940 Soviet First League

The league was reduced almost in half from 23 to 14 teams. The competitions were conducted in double round robin format where each team is playing with every other twice, at home and away.

Two teams were relegated from the 1939 Gruppa A

• FC Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad – 13th place (debut)
• FC Dinamo Odessa – 14th place (debut, merged with Pischevik)
• Former Dinamo Odessa players continued to play under Pischevik's colors.

• FC Dinamo Minsk – Champion of the Belorussian SSR (debut)
• FC Pischevik Odessa – Runner-up of the Ukrainian SSR (debut)

• FC Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad was previously known as FC Elektrik Leningrad
• FC Stroitel Baku was previously known as FC Temp Baku

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|team2=SPL|name_SPL=Spartak Leningrad|group_SPL= {{flag|Russian SFSR}}

|team3=SBK|name_SBK=Stroitel Baku|group_SBK= {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}

|team4=DKH|name_DKH=Dinamo Kharkov|group_DKH= {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}

|team5=POD|name_POD=Pischevik Odessa|group_POD= {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}

|team6=DMN|name_DMN=Dinamo Minsk|group_DMN= {{nowrap|{{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}}}

|team7=LKV|name_LKV=Lokomotiv Kiev|group_LKV= {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}

|team8=SSN|name_SSN=Sudostroitel Nikolayev|group_SSN= {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}

|team9=TGR|name_TGR=Torpedo Gorkiy|group_TGR= {{flag|Russian SFSR}}

|team10=BUR|name_BUR=Burevestnik Moscow|group_BUR= {{flag|Russian SFSR}}

|team11=AVL|name_AVL=Avangard Leningrad|group_AVL= {{flag|Russian SFSR}}

|team12=PIM|name_PIM=Pischevik Moscow|group_PIM= {{flag|Russian SFSR}}

|team13=SKH|name_SKH=Selmash Kharkov|group_SKH= {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}

|team14=SPY|name_SPY=Spartak Yerevan|group_SPY= {{flag|Armenian SSR}}

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|win_SPL=13|draw_SPL=8|loss_SPL=5|gf_SPL=46|ga_SPL=29|status_SPL=P

|win_SBK=12|draw_SBK=7|loss_SBK=7|gf_SBK=39|ga_SBK=29

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|win_DMN=10|draw_DMN=6|loss_DMN=10|gf_DMN=42|ga_DMN=41|status_DMN=P

|win_LKV=11|draw_LKV=4|loss_LKV=11|gf_LKV=33|ga_LKV=34

|win_SSN=9|draw_SSN=8|loss_SSN=9|gf_SSN=25|ga_SSN=31

|win_TGR=8|draw_TGR=9|loss_TGR=9|gf_TGR=44|ga_TGR=47

|win_BUR=10|draw_BUR=5|loss_BUR=11|gf_BUR=28|ga_BUR=31

|win_AVL=12|draw_AVL=1|loss_AVL=13|gf_AVL=40|ga_AVL=51

|win_PIM=7|draw_PIM=6|loss_PIM=13|gf_PIM=31|ga_PIM=40

|win_SKH=6|draw_SKH=5|loss_SKH=15|gf_SKH=41|ga_SKH=53

|win_SPY=4|draw_SPY=9|loss_SPY=13|gf_SPY=25|ga_SPY=42

|note_KZL=Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad and Avangard Leningrad were merged with Zenit Leningrad (Gruppa A) for the next season.

|note_AVL=KZL

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• Soviet First League

• [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su40.html 1940 Group B]. RSSSF

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