title: 1952 Soviet Class B
text: # 1952 Soviet Class B
  
  The 1952 Soviet Class B football championship.
  
  FC Lokomotiv Kharkov winning the championship.
  
  ## Teams
  
  ### Relegated teams
  
  Two teams were relegated from the 1951 Soviet Class A (top tier).
  
  * VMS Moscow (return after a year absence)
  * FC Torpedo Gorkiy (return after a year absence)
  
  ### Promoted teams
  
  Two teams received direct promotion. One team were promoted from republican competitions through last year post-season playoffs.
  
  * DO Tbilisi – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Georgian SSR (return after a two-year absence)
  * DO Sverdlovsk – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR (return after a two-year absence)
  * DO Kiev – Winner of the 1951 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and promotion play-off (return after a two-year absence)
  
  ## First stage
  
  ### Group Kharkov
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 |
  | 2 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
  | 3 | RUS | VMS Moskva | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
  | 4 | UZB | DO Tashkent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
  | 5 | KAR | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |
  | 6 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
  
  ### Group Ivanovo
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GEO | DO Tbilisi | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 8 |
  | 2 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 |
  | 3 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
  | 4 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
  | 5 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 |
  | 6 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
  
  ### Group Baku
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
  | 2 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | RUS | DO Sverdlovsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
  | 5 | UKR | DO Kiev | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
  
  * 1 2 +
  
  ## Second stage
  
  ### For places 1-9
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | UKR | Lokomotiv Kharkov | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 21 | Promoted |
  | 2 | LTU | Spartak Vilnius | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 19 | Promoted |
  | 3 | GEO | DO Tbilisi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 17 | |
  | 4 | RUS | Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 17 | |
  | 5 | RUS | VMS Leningrad | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 16 | |
  | 6 | RUS | Torpedo Gorkiy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 16 | |
  | 7 | AZE | Neftyanik Baku | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 15 | |
  | 8 | MDA | Burevestnik Kishinev | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 15 | |
  | 9 | KAZ | Dinamo Alma-Ata | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 8 | |
  
  * ↑ VMS Moskva relocated to Leningrad.
  * 1 2 -
  
  ### For places 10-18
  
  Played in Rostov-na-Donu
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 | ARM | Dinamo Yerevan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 14 | |
  | 11 | RUS | Torpedo Stalingrad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 11 | |
  | 12 | RUS | DO Sverdlovsk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Relegation |
  | 13 | RUS | Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 9 | |
  | 14 | UKR | DO Kiev (O, R) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | Relegation play-off |
  | 15 | EST | Kalev Tallinn | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 8 | Relegation |
  | 16 | UZB | DO Tashkent | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 7 | Relegation |
  | 17 | TJK | Dinamo Stalinabad | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 6 | |
  | 18 | TKM | Spartak Ashkhabad | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | |
  
  * 1 2 +
  
  ## Relegation play-off
  
  To the play-off qualified the champion of the 1952 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR and the worst Ukrainian team of masters of the 1952 Soviet Class B.
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | ODO Kiev | 6–1 | Metallurg Zaporozhie | 3–0 | 3–1 |
  
  ## Number of teams by republics
  
  | Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Russian SFSR | VMS MoscowFC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, DO Sverdlovsk |
  | 2 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Kharkov, DO Kiev |
  | 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FC Spartak Vilnius |
  | 1 | Uzbek SSR | DO Tashkent |
  | 1 | Karelo-Finnish SSR | FC Krasnaya Zvezda Petrozavodsk |
  | 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Spartak Asgabat |
  | 1 | Georgian SSR | DO Tbilisi |
  | 1 | Kazakh SSR | FC Dinamo Alma-Ata |
  | 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Kalev Tallinn |
  | 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Dinamo Yerevan |
  | 1 | Azerbaijan SSR | FC Neftianik Baku |
  | 1 | Moldavian SSR | FC Burevestnik Kishinev |
  | 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Dinamo Stalinobad |
  