1958 Soviet Class B

The 1958 Soviet Football Championship, Class B was the ninth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the eighteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions.

Overview

It involved participation of 94 "teams of masters" split in six groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by 30 teams and there were added two additional groups. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the six groups with five groups containing 16 teams and one "Far East" group - 14.
Out of all 94 teams only one was set to receive promotion.
Six group winners qualified for the single round-robin final tournament which was won by SKVO Rostov-na-Donu. Note that SKVO Rostov-na-Donu won the league as a debutant. The winner of the final tournament gained promotion to the next season Class A competitions.

Teams

Promoted

There were 32 teams that promoted from republican competitions.

Russian Federation : Metallurg Stalingrad, Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk, Iskra Kazan, Dinamo Ulyanovsk, Energiya Volzhskiy, Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk, Trud Glukhovo, Volga Kalinin, SKVO Rostov-na-Donu, Shakhtyor Shakhty, Temp Makhachkala, Trud Astrakhan, Zvezda Perm, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Khimik Berezniki, Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil, Lokomotiv Svobodny, Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude
Ukraine : SKVO Odessa, Spartak Kherson, Zvezda Kirovograd, Kolhospnik Cherkassy, Avangard Simferopol, Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, Kolhospnyk Rovno, Lokomotiv Artemovsk
Other Union Republics : Burevestnik Tbilisi, Shirak Leninakan, Trudoviye Rezervy Tashkent, Pamir Leninabad, Shakhtyor Karaganda

Relegated

One team was relegated from Class A.

Spartak Minsk

Renamed/relocated

There were 21 teams that changed their name before the season. Two more clubs changed their home cities. In 1957 several sports societies Burevestnik, Krasnoye Znamia and Pischevik were reorganized or disbanded and in their place was formed Trud sports society. Not all former "Pischevik" teams adopted the name of Trud because they were transferred to other sports societies. Also, some sports society of agricultural trade unions were named in languages of their home republics.

Complete list of renamed and relocated teams

LTI Leningrad last season played as Burevestnik Leningrad
Traktor Stalingrad last season played as Torpedo Stalingrad
RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu last season played as Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu
Trud Stalinogorsk last season played as Shakhtër Stalinogorsk.
Textilshchik Ivanovo last season played as Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo
Raketa Gorkiy last season played in Sormovo as Avangard Sormovo
Chernomorets Odessa last season played as Pishchevik Odessa
Baltika Kaliningrad last season played as Pishchevik Kaliningrad
Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk last season played as Avangard Sverdlovsk
Devon Ufa last season played as Neftyanik Ufa
Hosilot Stalinabad last season played as Urozhai Stalinabad
Tomich Tomsk last season played as Burevestnik Tomsk
Luch Vladivostok last season played as Dinamo Vladivostok
Khimik Kemerovo last season played as Shakhtër Kemerovo
Irtysh Omsk last season played as Krasnaya Zvezda Omsk
Volga Kalinin last season played as Khimik Kalinin
Zvezda Kirovograd last season played as Torpedo Kirovograd
Avangard Simferopol last season played as Burevestnik Simferopol
Temp Makhachkala last season played as Dinamo Makhachkala
Trud Astrakhan last season played as Pischevik Astrakhan
Zvezda Perm last season played as SC imeni Kalinina Molotov
Lokomotiv Stalino during the season moved from Artëmovsk to Stalino

First stage

Zone IV

Play-off for 1st place

SKVO Rostov-na-Donu 2-1 Spartak Yerevan