Football Championship of UkrSSR
Season	1938
Dates	24 August 1938 – 24 October 1938
Champions	FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad
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The 1938 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1938 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine. In 1938 the All-Union level went through major changes when there was formed one "Super League" which many "teams of masters" from Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv lost their status.

The defending champions were Spartak Dnipropetrovsk.

Persha Hrupa

Promoted:

(Druha Hrupa) Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Stal Kryvyi Rih
(debut) Kharchovyk Odesa, Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kharkiv

Relegated: Stal Kostiantynivka, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
Replaced: Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv and Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv → Dynamo Mykolaiv

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation	FDV	FSD	FDM	FSK	FKO	FAK	FZS	D2K	FSP	KRZ	SKR	FLK
1	FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad	11	9	2	0	27	9	3.000	31	Promoted to the Gruppa B	—	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–2	3–2	2–1
2	FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	11	7	3	1	40	20	2.000	28			—	2–2	5–3	4–0	1–2	4–2	4–3	1–1	5–4	3–0	9–1
3	FC Dynamo Mykolaiv	11	7	3	1	26	8	3.250	28				—	0–2	0–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	5–1	5–1	+/-	3–1
4	FC Stal Kostiantynivka	11	7	0	4	26	15	1.733	25					—	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	5–0	4–2
5	FC Kharchovyk Odesa	11	4	4	3	16	16	1.000	23						—	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	+/-	6–1
6	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk	11	5	1	5	18	20	0.900	22							—	0–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	6–2	0–3
7	FC Zenit Stalino	11	4	1	6	20	23	0.870	20								—	2–0	1–3	2–4	5–1	3–1
8	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv	11	3	2	6	21	25	0.840	19									—	1–1	2–5	7–2	5–3
9	FC Spartak Dnipropetrovsk	11	2	4	5	16	26	0.615	19	Relegated to Druha Hrupa									—	1–1	1–4	5–1
10	FC Kryla Rad Zaporizhia	11	3	2	6	23	26	0.885	18^[a]											—	-/+	3–0
11	FC Stal Kryvyi Rih	11	2	0	9	11	34	0.324	14^[a]												—	0–4
12	FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv	11	2	0	9	18	40	0.450	15													—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted for no show

Druha Hrupa

Promoted: Stal Voroshylovsk (Tretia Hrupa), Kharchovyk Tyraspol (Tretia Hrupa), Avanhard Druzhkivka (Hrupa Pyat A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation	STV	AVD	AVH	SCH	TMP	TYR
1	Stal Voroshylovsk	5	4	1	14	6	2.333	13		—	2–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	4–3
2	Avanhard Druzhkivka	5	4	1	16	11	1.455	13			—	2–1	5–4	2–1	6–3
3	Avanhard Horlivka	5	3	2	16	7	2.286	11				—	3–0	9–1	3–1
4	Spartak Chernihiv	5	3	2	6	9	0.667	11	Relegated to Tretia Hrupa				—	+/-	+/-
5	Temp Vinnytsia	5	1	4	4	15	0.267	6^[a]	Withdrew after the season					—	2–0
6	Kharchovyk Tyraspil (MASSR)	5	0	5	7	15	0.467	4^[a]	Withdrew after the season						—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted for no show

Stakhanovets Sergo withdrew before the start

Tretia Hrupa

All lower groups were restructured and groups below the 3rd were consolidated into Tretia Hrupa.
Promoted:

(whole Chetverta Hrupa except Shostka) Stal Makiivka, Berdychiv, Ordzhonikidze, Konotop, Sumy, Kremenchuk, Chystiakove
(whole Hrupa Pyat A except Mariupol) Voznesensk, Berdyansk, Starobilsk, Krasnyi Luch, Kirovo, Sloviansk
(whole Hrupa Pyat B except Rubizhne) Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten, Synelnykove, Uman, Koziatyn, Melitopol
(returning) Artemivsk
(debut) Smila, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Lokomotyv Lozova

Zone 1 (East)

Subgroup A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KRL	MAK	ORD	CHY
1	Krasnyi Luch	3	3	0	10	4	+6	9	—	4–2	3–2	3–0
2	Makiivka	3	2	1	4	5	−1	7		—	2–1	+/-
3	Ordzhonikidze	3	1	2	3	5	−2	5			—	+/-
4	Chystiakove	3	0	3	0	3	−3	1^[a]				—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 2 points deducted for 2 games missed

Subgroup B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MLT	KRA	SYN	BRD
1	Melitopol	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6	—	+/-	5–1	—
2	Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk	2	1	1	2	1	+1	3^[a]		—	2–1	—
3	Lokomotyv Synelnykove	2	0	2	2	7	−5	2			—	—
4	Berdyansk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 points deducted for no show

Berdyansk excluded

Zone 1 final

Krasnyi Luch — Melitopol 3:0

Zone 2 (West)

Subgroup A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	BRD	ZHY	NOV	KOR
1	Berdychiv	3	3	0	0	11	5	+6	9	—	3–2	5–3	3–0
2	Zhytomyr	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	7		—	2–1	3–1
3	Novohrad-Volynskyi	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4			—	1–1
4	Korosten	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	4				—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Subgroup B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MOH	KAM	UMN	KOZ
1	Mohyliv-Podilskyi	2	2	0	0	2	1	+1	6	—	2–1	+/-	—
2	Kamianets-Podilsk	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	3		—	2–2	—
3	Uman	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2^[a]			—	—
4	Koziatyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 points deducted for no show

Koziatyn excluded

Zone 2 final

Mohyliv-Podilskyi — Berdychiv 1:0

Zone 3 (Centre)

Subgroup A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KHE	VOZ	KRV	KRE
1	Znannia Kherson	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6	—	3–0	3–1	—
2	Voznesensk	2	1	1	2	3	−1	4		—	2–0	—
3	Kirovo	2	0	2	1	5	−4	2			—	—
4	Kremenchuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kremenchuk was excluded for no show to matches with Kherson and Voznesensk.

Subgroup B

Pos	Team	2
1	Poltava	3:1
?	Konotop
?	Sumy
?	Smila

Zone 3 final

Poltava — Znannia Kherson 3:2

Zone 4 (East)

Subgroup A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	VRX	LYS	KUP	STA
1	z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy	3	2	1	6	3	+3	7	—		5–0	+/-
2	Stakhanovets Lysychansk	3	2	1	10	4	+6	7	3–1	—	1–3	6–0
3	Kupiansk	3	1	2	3	6	−3	4^[a]			—	-/-
4	Starobilsk	3	0	3	0	6	−6	1^[b]				—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted for no show
^ 2 points deducted for 2 games missed

Subgroup B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	LOZ	ART	SLO
1	Lokomotyv Lozova	2	2	0	5	0	+5	6	—	+/-	5–0
2	Artemivsk	2	1	1	0	0	0	3^[a]		—	+/-
3	Sloviansk	2	0	2	0	5	−5	1^[b]			—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted for no show
^ 1 point deducted for no show

Zone 4 final

z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy — Lokomotyv Lozova ?:?

Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

Group A (6): Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Odesa, Stakhanovets Stalino, Silmash Kharkiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv, Spartak Kharkiv

Withdrawn

(all-Union level) Stal (z-d im. Lenina) Dnipropetrovsk (1936), Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Stal (z-d im. Petrovskoho) Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk (1937), Traktor Kharkiv (1937), Dynamo Kharkiv (1937), Spartak Kyiv (1937)
(Republican) UDKA Kiev (1936), z-d im. Stalina Stalino (1936), z-d KinAp Odesa (1936), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Vympel Kyiv (1937), Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv (1937), Stakhanovets Serho (1937), Mariupol (1937), Rubizhne (1937), Stalinets Kharkiv (1937), Shostka (1937)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
Number	Region	Ukrainian SSR	All-Union
4-3-9 (1)	Donetsk Oblast	Dzerzhynets Voroshilovhrad, Stal Kostiantynivka, Avanhard Kramatorsk, Zenit Stalino, Stal Voroshylovsk, Avanhard Druzhkivka, Avanhard Horlvika, Krasnyi Luch, Makiivka, Chystiakove, Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk, z-d im. Lenina Verkhniy, Stakhanovets Lysychansk, Starobilsk, Artemivsk, Sloviansk	Stakhanovets Stalino
4-0-4 (0)	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, Spartak Dnipropetrovsk, Kryla Rad Zaporizhia, Stal Kryvyi Rih, Ordzhonikidze, Melitopol, Lokomotyv Synelnykove, Berdiansk	–
1-0-3 (2)	Kharkiv Oblast	Lokomotyv Kharkiv, Sumy, Kupiansk, Lokomotyv Lozova	Silmash Kharkiv, Spartak Kharkiv
1-0-2 (0)	Mykolaiv Oblast	Dynamo Mykolaiv, Znannia Kherson, Kirovo	–
1-0-1 (2)	Kyiv Oblast	Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Smila	Dynamo Kyiv, Lokomotyv Kyiv
1-0-1 (1)	Odesa Oblast	Kharchovyk Odesa, Voznesensk	Dynamo Odesa
0-1-3 (0)	Vinnytsia Oblast	Temp Vinnytsia, Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Uman, Koziatyn	–
0-1-1 (0)	Chernihiv Oblast	Spartak Chernihiv, Konotop	–
0-1-0 (0)	Moldavian ASSR	Kharchovyk Tyraspol	–
0-0-4 (0)	Zhytomyr Oblast	Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, Novohrad-Volynskyi, Korosten	–
0-0-2 (0)	Poltava Oblast	Kremenchuk, Poltava	–
0-0-1 (0)	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Kamianets-Podilsk	–

References

External links

Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR

KFK
(amateurs)

Championship of cities	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925–26 1927 1928 1929–30 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Republican competitions of factories and sports societies	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–44 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Masters
(professionals)

Soviet Class B	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Soviet Second League	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Soviet Lower Second League	1990 1991 Reformed to Vyshcha Liha / Persha Liha

Note: in 1970, Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR included competitions in both Soviet Class A Second Group (upper level) and Soviet Class B (lower level). Next year 1971, Class B was disbanded, while Class A Second Group was changed to the Soviet Second League.

Persha Hrupa

Druha Hrupa

Tretia Hrupa

Zone 1 (East)

Zone 2 (West)

Zone 3 (Centre)

Zone 4 (East)

Ukrainian clubs at the All-Union level

Withdrawn

Number of teams by region

See also

References

External links