1954 Soviet Class B

The 1954 Class B Soviet Football Championship was the 5th season in the Soviet second tier competitions since its reorganization in 1950 and the 14th season since the establishment of the tier in 1936.

FC Shakhter Stalino won the championship by placing 1st in the 6 teams final group and a home turf advantage.

Teams

Relegated teams

One team was relegated from the 1953 Soviet Class A (top tier).

• Spartak Vilnius – (return after a year absence)

Promoted teams

• Spartak Uzhgorod – return after a two-year absence, Champion of the 1953 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
• ODO Lvov – return after a four-year absence
• DOF Sevastopol – debut
• Energia Saratov – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Saratov)
• Neftianik Krasnodar – return after a four-year absence (previously as Dinamo Krasnodar)
• Krylia Sovetov Voronezh – debut, Runner-up of the 1953 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR
• Shakhter Mosbass – debut
• Pischevik Minsk – debut

Reinstated teams

• ODO Kiev
• ODO Tbilisi
• ODO Sverdlovsk

Renamed teams

• Dinamo Yerevan → Spartak Yerevan
• Voronezh → Krylia Sovetov Voronezh

First stage

Zone I

Number of teams by republics

Zone II

Number of teams by republics

Zone III

Number of teams by republics

Final stage

Played in Stalino

See also

• 1954 Soviet Class A
• 1954 Soviet Cup

References

• 1954 at rsssf.com
• Чемпионат СССР 1954. footballfacts.ru