1937 Soviet Top League
| Season | 1937 |
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| Champions | FC Dynamo Moscow |
| Relegated | none |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Goals scored | 224 (3.11 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
(8) Vasili Smirnov (Dynamo M.) Leonid Rumyantsev (Spartak) Boris Paichadze (Dynamo Tb.) |
| Biggest home win | Metallurg 5–0 CDKA (August 12) |
| Biggest away win |
Spartak 0–4 Metallurg (August 28) Krasnaya Zarya 2–6 Dynamo K. (August 28) Dynamo Tb. 0–4 Dynamo M. (September 18) CDKA 1–5 Dynamo M. (October 24) |
| Highest scoring |
Krasnaya Zarya 2–6 Dynamo K. (August 28) Dynamo Tb. 5–3 Dynamo K. (October 10) |
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The 1937 Soviet Top League was the third season of the Soviet Top League.
Format
This year it was decided to have both season halves combined. After playing two games in the Group B it was decided to return CDKA Moscow back to the Group A. The Group A was extended once again to nine teams with a new team FC Metallurg Moscow joining the group that won the 1936 Group B fall championship. At the end of the season no teams were relegated as the group was planned to be extended for the next season. The season started in the summer after the cup competition that preceded it and was also won by Dynamo Moscow.
The defending champion for this edition was FC Spartak Moscow. The season started somewhat late on July 23, 1937, with the game in Kyiv where the League newcomer Metallurg surprisingly defeated the local Dynamo 2:0. The conclusion of the season came on October 30, 1937, with the games in Tbilisi and Moscow's Sokolniki.[1] That game on CSKA Stadium became a culminating as the Army team hold the defending champions to a draw that left Spartak without their title. Interesting is the fact that less than a week prior to that Dynamo Moscow was able to defeat CDKA 5:1 setting them three points ahead of Spartak.
Standings
| No | Club | GP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts | Rpblc | Notes |
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| 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 37-20 | 38 |  Russian SFSR |
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| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24-16 | 37 | Russian SFSR |
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| 3 | Dynamo Kiev | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33-24 | 36 |  Ukrainian SSR |
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| 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30-24 | 34 |  Georgian SSR |
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| 5 | Metallurg Moscow | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26-21 | 32 | Russian SFSR |
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| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18-20 | 31 | Russian SFSR |
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| 7 | Dynamo Leningrad | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21-25 | 29 | Russian SFSR |
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| 8 | Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17-31 | 28 | Russian SFSR |
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| 9 | CDKA Moscow | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18-43 | 23 | Russian SFSR |
Top scorers
- 8 goals
- Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Leonid Rumyantsev (Spartak Moscow)
- Vasili Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow)
- 7 goals
- Pavel Komarov (Dynamo Kiev)
- Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow)
- 6 goals
- Gayk Andriasov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Aleksei Ponomaryov (Dynamo Moscow)
- Mikhail Yakushin (Dynamo Moscow)
- Nikolai Yartsev (Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad)
- 5 goals
- Pyotr Bykov (Dynamo Leningrad)
- Grigory Fedotov (Metallurg Moscow)
- Mikhail Kireyev (CDKA Moscow)
- Ivan Kuzmenko (Dynamo Kiev)
- Vadim Potapov (Metallurg Moscow)
- Ivan Smirnov (Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dynamo Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Yevgeny Fokin (15 / -19), Aleksandr Kvasnikov (1 / -1). One own goal(s) scored by Mikhail Denisov (FC Dynamo Leningrad), Iosif Lifshyts (FC Dynamo Kyiv) Manager: Viktor Dubinin. Transferred out during the season: . |
| 2. FC Spartak Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Anatoly Akimov (13 / -10), Ivan Ryzhov (3 / -6). Manager: Konstantin Kvashnin. Transferred out during the season: . |
| 3. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
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Goalkeepers: Anton Idzkovsky (13 / -20), Mykola Trusevych (3 / -4). Manager: Moisey Tovarovsky. Transferred out during the season: . |
| Group A 1937 Winners |
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FC Dynamo Moscow Second title |