1955 in Soviet football
# 1955 in Soviet football

The 1955 Soviet football championship was the 23rd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 17th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the seventh time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - |
| Class A | Dinamo Moscow (7*) | Spartak Moscow |
| Class B | Burevestnik Kishinev (Group I) | Spartak Kalinin (Group I) |
| Class B | ODO Sverdlovsk (Group II) | Spartak Yerevan (Group II) |
| Soviet Cup | CDSA Moscow (4) | Dinamo Moscow |

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

## Soviet Union football championship

### Class A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dynamo Moscow (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 16 | +36 | 34 | League champions |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 33 | |
| 3 | CDSA Moscow | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 31 | |
| 4 | Torpedo Moscow | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 28 | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Kiev | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 22 | |
| 7 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 18 | |
| 8 | Zenit Leningrad | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 18 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 16 | |
| 10 | Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 16 | |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 13 | Relegation to Class B |
| 12 | Spartak Minsk (R) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |

### Class B

**Group I**

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 46 | +40 | 46 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Spartak Kalinin | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 37 | |
| 3 | UKR | ODO Kiev | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 36 | |
| 4 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Stupino | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 32 | |
| 7 | UKR | ODO Lvov | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 32 | |
| 8 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 32 | |
| 9 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 30 | |
| 10 | UKR | Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 30 | |
| 11 | RUS | Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | UKR | Pishchevik Odessa | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 27 | |
| 13 | UKR | Spartak Uzhgorod | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 25 | |
| 14 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 22 | |
| 15 | UKR | DOF Sevastopol | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 61 | −36 | 20 | |
| 16 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 78 | −56 | 10 | |

* 1 2 +
* ↑ Shakhtyor Mosbass relocated to Stalinogorsk.
* ↑ Pishchevik Odessa was called Metallurg.

**Group II**

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RUS | ODO Sverdlovsk | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 45 | Promoted |
| 2 | ARM | Spartak Yerevan | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 17 | +27 | 42 | |
| 3 | GEO | ODO Tbilisi | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 41 | |
| 4 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 40 | |
| 5 | RUS | Neftyanik Krasnodar | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 38 | |
| 6 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 33 | |
| 7 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Voronezh | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 33 | |
| 8 | RUS | Zenit Kaliningrad (M.R.) | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 28 | |
| 9 | RUS | Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 27 | |
| 10 | KAZ | Urozhai Alma-Ata | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 26 | |
| 11 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Molotov | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 25 | |
| 12 | RUS | Avangard Sverdlovsk | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 22 | |
| 13 | RUS | Avangard Chelyabinsk | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 22 | |
| 14 | UZB | Spartak Tashkent | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 21 | |
| 15 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 19 | |
| 16 | RUS | Energiya Saratov | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 18 | |

* ↑ Urozhai Alma-Ata was called Lokomotiv.

### Top goalscorers

Class A

* Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow) – 15 goals
