1957 Soviet Class B
The 1957 Soviet Football Championship in Class B was the 17th season of the Soviet second tier football league competition and the 8th since the formation of Class B. The competition consisted of two stages and involved participation of some 64 teams that were split in four groups. The three group winners advanced to the second stage as the final group of three, winner of which received promotion to the 1958 Class A. The fourth group winner were given a separate award by the Soviet Government.
The league's newcomer Avangard Leningrad won the championship.
Compared to the 1956 season, the competition expanded from 36 participants to 64 having two more groups added. Number of teams from the Russian SFSR increased substantially by adding the whole Russian Far East region to the tier.
Teams
Relegated
- Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad
- SKVO Sverdlovsk
Promoted
- Russian SFSR : Avangard Leningrad, Lokomotiv Saratov, Khimik Yaroslavl, Neftyanik Grozny, Burevestnik Leningrad, Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol, Pischevik Kaliningrad, Avangard Sormovo, Dinamo Kirov, Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, Neftianik Ufa, SKVO Khabarovsk, Dinamo Vladivostok, Burevestnik Tomsk, Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk, Energiya Irkutsk, Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk, SKVO Chita, Sibselmash Novosibirsk, Lokomotiv Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Metallurg Stalinsk, Shakhter Kemerovo, Urozhai Barnaul
- Ukrainian SSR : SKCF Sevastopol, Trudovye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad, Shakhtar Kadiyevka, Kolhospnyk Poltava, Avangard Mykolaiv, Khimik Dniprodzerzhinsk
- Belarusian SSR: Urozhai Minsk
- Georgian SSR: Lokomotiv Kutaisi
Withdrew
- Krylya Sovetov Stupino
- Dinamo Vladivostok