title: 1940 in Soviet football
text: # 1940 in Soviet football
  
  The 1940 Soviet football championship was the 10th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Moscow won the championship becoming the winner of Group A for the third time.
  
  ## Honours
  
  | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | Group A | Dinamo Moscow (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
  | Group B | Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad | Spartak Leningrad |
  
  Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
  
  ## Soviet Union football championship
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Moscow | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 2.467 | 36 |
  | 2 | Georgian SSR | Dynamo Tbilisi | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 1.867 | 34 |
  | 3 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Moscow | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 1.543 | 31 |
  | 4 | Russian SFSR | CDKA Moscow | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 1.314 | 29 |
  | 5 | Russian SFSR | Dynamo Leningrad | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 44 | 1.068 | 27 |
  | 6 | Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Moscow | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 52 | 0.692 | 25 |
  | 7 | Russian SFSR | Traktor Stalingrad | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 1.027 | 23 |
  | 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Dynamo Kiev | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 49 | 0.653 | 21 |
  | 9 | Russian SFSR | Krylia Sovetov Moscow | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 0.765 | 19 |
  | 10 | Russian SFSR | Zenit Leningrad | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 0.881 | 18 |
  | 11 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Moscow | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 50 | 0.720 | 18 |
  | 12 | Ukrainian SSR | Stakhanovets Stalino | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 43 | 0.744 | 16 |
  | 13 | Russian SFSR | Metallurg Moscow | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 70 | 0.529 | 15 |
  | 14 | Georgian SSR | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russian SFSR | Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad (C, P) | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 36 | 1.500 | 35 |
  | 2 | Russian SFSR | Spartak Leningrad (P) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 29 | 1.586 | 34 |
  | 3 | Azerbaijan SSR | Stroitel Baku | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 1.345 | 31 |
  | 4 | Ukrainian SSR | Dinamo Kharkov | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 1.189 | 29 |
  | 5 | Ukrainian SSR | Pischevik Odessa (P) | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 40 | 1.225 | 28 |
  | 6 | Byelorussian SSR | Dinamo Minsk (P) | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 26 |
  | 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Lokomotiv Kiev | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 0.971 | 26 |
  | 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Sudostroitel Nikolayev | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 0.806 | 26 |
  | 9 | Russian SFSR | Torpedo Gorkiy | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 47 | 0.936 | 25 |
  | 10 | Russian SFSR | Burevestnik Moscow | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 0.903 | 25 |
  | 11 | Russian SFSR | Avangard Leningrad | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 25 |
  | 12 | Russian SFSR | Pischevik Moscow | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 0.775 | 20 |
  | 13 | Ukrainian SSR | Selmash Kharkov | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 53 | 0.774 | 17 |
  | 14 | Armenian SSR | Spartak Yerevan | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 0.595 | 17 |
  
  * 1 2 Krasnaya Zaria Leningrad and Avangard Leningrad were merged with Zenit Leningrad (Gruppa A) for the next season.
  
  ### Top goalscorers
  
  Group A
  
  * Grigoriy Fedotov (CDKA Moscow), Sergey Solovyov (Dinamo Moscow) – 21 goals
  
  ## Republican level
  
  Football competitions of union republics
  
  ### Football championships
  
  * Azerbaijan SSR – Lokomotiv Baku
  * Armenian SSR – Spartak Yerevan
  * Belarusian SSR – DKA Minsk (see Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR)
  * Estonian SSR – unknown
  * Georgian SSR – Dinamo Batumi
  * Kazakh SSR – none
  * Karelo-Finish SSR – unknown
  * Kirgiz SSR – Spartak Frunze
  * Latvian SSR – unfinished
  * Lithuanian SSR – unknown
  * Moldavian SSR – city of Kishinev
  * Russian SFSR – none
  * Tajik SSR – none
  * Turkmen SSR – none
  * Uzbek SSR – none
  * Ukrainian SSR – Lokomotyv Zaporizhia (see 1940 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR)
  
  ### Football cups
  
  * Azerbaijan SSR – Dinamo Baku
  * Armenian SSR – Dinamo Leninakan
  * Belarusian SSR – Dinamo Minsk
  * Estonian SSR – unknown
  * Georgian SSR – unknown
  * Kazakh SSR – Dinamo Alma-Ata
  * Karelo-Finish SSR – Kem
  * Kirgiz SSR – Spartak Frunze
  * Latvian SSR – unknown
  * Lithuanian SSR – unknown
  * Moldavian SSR – unknown
  * Russian SFSR – Osnova Ivanovo
  * Tajik SSR – Dinamo Stalinabad
  * Turkmen SSR – Dinamo Ashkhabad
  * Uzbek SSR – Dinamo Tashkent
  * Ukrainian SSR – FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (see 1940 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR)
  