1947 in Soviet football
# 1947 in Soviet football

The 1947 Soviet football championship was the 15th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 9th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDKA Moscow again won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

The defending champions CDKA allowed their Moscow rivals Dinamo to take a lead early in a season but managed to catch. The fate of title was decided in the last round, after which CDKA won the season title based on a goal ratio.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - |
| 1st Group | CDKA Moscow (2) | Dinamo Moscow |
| 2nd Group | Lokomotiv Moscow | Torpedo Gorkiy |
| Soviet Cup | Spartak Moscow (4*) | Torpedo Moscow |

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship

### First Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CDKA Moscow | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 40 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 15 | +42 | 40 |
| 3 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 33 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kiev | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 27 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 24 |
| 6 | Zenit Leningrad | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 22 |
| 7 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 22 |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 21 |
| 9 | Traktor Stalingrad | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 21 |
| 10 | Dynamo Leningrad | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 19 |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 18 |
| 12 | Dynamo Minsk | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 14 |
| 13 | VVS Moscow | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 11 |

### Second Group

**Subgroup Center**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 45 |
| 2 | MVO Moscow | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 44 |
| 3 | Dynamo Riga | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 38 |
| 4 | VMS Moscow | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 35 |
| 5 | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 31 |
| 6 | Burevestnik Moscow | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 31 |
| 7 | DO Leningrad | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 |
| 8 | Dynamo Vilnius | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 28 |
| 9 | Metro Moscow | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 27 |
| 10 | Spartak Leningrad | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 25 |
| 11 | Kalev Tallinn | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 23 |
| 12 | Pishchevik Moscow | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 22 |
| 13 | Dzerzhynets Leningrad | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 18 |
| 14 | Sudostroitel Leningrad | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 18 |
| 15 | DO Minsk | 28 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 66 | −51 | 5 |

**Subgroup Russia West**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Torpedo Gorky | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 37 |
| 2 | Dynamo Saratov | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 28 |
| 3 | Zenit Izhevsk | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 25 |
| 4 | Kirkizh Plant Kovrov | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 25 |
| 5 | Torpedo Ulyanovsk | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 25 |
| 6 | Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 22 |
| 7 | Dynamo Kazan | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 19 |
| 8 | Khimik Dzerzhynsk | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 19 |
| 9 | Kalinin Plant Kaliningrad | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 18 |
| 10 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 17 |
| 11 | Traktor Kuibyshev | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 17 |
| 12 | Krylia Sovetov Ufa | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 12 |

**Subgroup Russia East**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 91 | 31 | +60 | 53 |
| 2 | ODO Novosibirsk | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 50 |
| 3 | Krylia Sovetov Molotov | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 47 |
| 4 | Dynamo Chelyabinsk | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 45 |
| 5 | ODO Sverdlovsk | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 44 |
| 6 | Dzerzhynets Nizhniy Tagil | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 43 |
| 7 | Dynamo Sverdlovsk | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Krylia Sovetov Omsk | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 38 |
| 9 | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 37 |
| 10 | Krylia Sovetov Novosibirsk | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 36 |

**Subgroup Ukraine**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Kharkov (Q) | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 91 | 31 | +60 | 53 |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 50 |
| 3 | Pishchevik Odessa | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 47 |
| 4 | Stal Dnepropetrovsk | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 45 |
| 5 | ODO Kiev | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 44 |
| 6 | Spartak Lvov | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 43 |
| 7 | Spartak Kherson | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Spartak Uzhgorod | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 38 |
| 9 | Dzerzhynets Kharkov | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 37 |
| 10 | Sudostroitel Nikolayev | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 36 |
| 11 | Dynamo Voroshilovgrad | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 33 |
| 12 | Bolshevik Zaporozhie (R) | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 32 |
| 13 | Dynamo Kishenev | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 31 |

**Subgroup Caucasus**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ODO Tbilisi | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 91 | 31 | +60 | 53 |
| 2 | Dynamo Yerevan | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 50 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 47 |
| 4 | Neftyanik Baku | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 45 |
| 5 | Krylia Sovetov Tbilisi | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 44 |
| 6 | Dynamo Rostov-on-Don | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 43 |
| 7 | Dynamo Baku | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Spartak Yerevan | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 38 |

**Central Asia**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dynamo Stalinabad | 36 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 91 | 31 | +60 | 53 |
| 2 | Dynamo Alma-Ata | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 50 |
| 3 | Dynamo Tashkent | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 47 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Ashkhabad | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 45 |
| 5 | Dynamo Frunze | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 40 | +37 | 44 |
| 6 | ODO Tashkent | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 43 |
| 7 | Spartak Alma-Ata | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Zenit Frunze | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 38 |
| 9 | Spartak Tashkent | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 37 |

**Tier final**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | Torpedo Gorky | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| 4 | Dzerzhynets Chelyabinsk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 |
| 5 | Dynamo Stalinabad | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 |
| 6 | ODO Tbilisi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |

### Top goalscorers

1st Group

* Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow), Valentin Nikolaev (CDKA Moscow), Sergei Solovyev (Dinamo Moscow) – 14 goals

2nd Group

* Andrei Zazroyev (Krylia Sovetov Molotov) – 12 goals

## Republican level

Football competitions of union republics

### Football championships

* Azerbaijan SSR – Trudovye Rezervy Baku
* Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
* Belarusian SSR – Torpedo Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
* Estonian SSR – Dinamo Tallin
* Georgian SSR – Dinamo Sukhumi
* Kazakh SSR – Lokomotiv Dzhambul
* Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
* Kirgiz SSR – none
* Latvian SSR – Daugava Liepaja
* Lithuanian SSR – Lokomotiv Kaunas
* Moldavian SSR – Spartak Tiraspol
* Russian SFSR – none
* Tajik SSR – none
* Turkmen SSR – Spartak Ashkhabad
* Uzbek SSR – none
* Ukrainian SSR – Bilshovyk Mukachevo (see Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)

### Football cups

* Azerbaijan SSR – Pischevik Baku
* Armenian SSR – Dinamo Yerevan
* Belarusian SSR – Torpedo Minsk
* Estonian SSR – Dinamo Tallin
* Georgian SSR – Dinamo Batumi
* Kazakh SSR – none
* Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
* Kirgiz SSR – Burevestnik Frunze
* Latvian SSR – Daugava Liepaja
* Lithuanian SSR – Lokomotiv Kaunas
* Moldavian SSR – Dinamo Kishinev
* Russian SFSR – Dinamo Khabarovsk
* Tajik SSR – ODO Stalinabad
* Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
* Uzbek SSR – Pischevik Tashkent
* Ukrainian SSR – FC Dynamo Kyiv (see 1947 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
