The 1937 Soviet football championship was the 7th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. FC Dynamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the second time.
CDKA Moscow once again avoided relegation since the format for the next 1938 season changed again.
The defending champions Spartak, while defeating their main rivals Dinamo (2–1, 0–0) this season, had a poor start in the first half losing to Metallurg and Dinamo Kiev and let Dinamo Moscow outperform them.
The football season started with debut of the Soviet film The Goalkeeper of the Lenfilm studios that came out on theater screens in January of 1937.ГОД 1937. ЧАСТЬ ПЕРВАЯ. ПРЕДЧУВСТВИЕ "КЛАССОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ". www.sport-express.ru. 16 January 2004
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upGroup ADinamo Moscow (2*)Spartak MoscowGroup BSpartak LeningradDinamo Rostov-na-DonuGroup VDinamo OdessaLokomotiv KievGroup GTraktor StalingradDKA SmolenskGroup DSpartak IvanovoLokomotiv DnepropetrovskCities of the EastDinamo CheliabinskDinamo SverdlovskSoviet CupDinamo Moscow (1)Dinamo Tbilisi
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Cup
Dinamo Moscow beat Dinamo Tbilisi 5–2 in the Soviet Cup final. Hat-trick was made by Mikhail Semichastny, while two goals for Georgians were scored by Berdzenishvili brothers.
Soviet Union football championship
Group A
Group B
Group V
Group G
Group D
Cities of the East
Top goalscorers
Group A Vasily Smirnov (Dinamo Moscow) – 8 goals
Group B Viktor Smagin (Stalinets Leningrad) – 7 goals
Republican level Football competitions of union republics1937 год. regional-football.ru
Football championships Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan Belarusian SSR – Dinamo Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR) Georgian SSR – Lokomotiv Tbilisi (reserves) Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze Russian SFSR – none Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad Turkmen SSR – none Uzbek SSR – Spartak Tashkent Ukrainian SSR – Spartak Dnipropetrovsk (see 1937 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
Football cups Azerbaijan SSR – Temp Baku Armenian SSR – none Belarusian SSR – none Georgian SSR – none Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Karaganda Kirgiz SSR – Dinamo Frunze Russian SFSR – none Tajik SSR – none Turkmen SSR – DKA Ashkhabad Uzbek SSR – none Ukrainian SSR – Dynamo Kyiv (see 1937 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
References
External links 1937 Soviet football championship. RSSSF