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

FC Serp i Molot Moscow

FC Serp i Molot Moscow was a Soviet and now Russian football team of the city of Moscow.-History:Serp i Molot won the Soviet First League in Summer 1936, and won promotion to the Soviet Top League...

 joining the group that won the 1936 Group B

Soviet First League 1936

-Spring:-Overview:This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.-League Standings:...

 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

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

. 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

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 and Moscow's Sokolniki

Sokolniki

Sokolniki may refer to:*Sokolniki District, a district of Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia*Sokolniki, Tula Oblast, a town in Tula Oblast, Russia*Sokolniki, name of several rural localities in Russia...

. 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
1	Dynamo FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	16	8	6	2	37-20	38	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
2	Spartak FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	16	8	5	3	24-16	37	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
3	Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...  Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	16	7	6	3	33-24	36	Ukrainian SSR
4	Dynamo Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	16	7	4	5	30-24	34	Georgian SSR
5	Metallurg FC Serp i Molot Moscow FC Serp i Molot Moscow was a Soviet and now Russian football team of the city of Moscow.-History:Serp i Molot won the Soviet First League in Summer 1936, and won promotion to the Soviet Top League...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	16	7	2	7	26-21	32	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
6	Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	16	5	5	6	18-20	31	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
7	Dynamo Leningrad	16	2	9	5	21-25	29	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
8	Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad	16	4	4	8	17-31	28	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
9	CDKA Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	16	3	1	12	18-43	23	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Top scorers

8 goals

• Boris Paichadze
  Boris Paichadze
  Boris Paichadze was a renowned Georgian footballer, who played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.The largest stadium in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi, is named after him.-External links:*...
  
   (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Leonid Rumyantsev (Spartak Moscow)
• Vasili Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow)

7 goals

• Pavel Komarov (Dynamo Kiev)
• Mikhail Semichastny
  Mikhail Semichastny
  Mikhail Vasilyevich Semichastny was a Soviet professional football player and coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1936 , 6 goals.* Soviet Top League champion: 1936 , 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949....
  
   (Dynamo Moscow)

6 goals

• Gayk Andriasov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Aleksei Ponomaryov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Mikhail Yakushin
  Mikhail Yakushin
  Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin was a Russian football player and manager....
  
   (Dynamo Moscow)
• Nikolai Yartsev (Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad)

5 goals

• Pyotr Bykov (Dynamo Leningrad)
• Grigory Fedotov
  Grigory Fedotov
  Grigory Ivanovich Fedotov was a Soviet professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Fedotov played for FC Serp i Molot Moscow and CSKA Moscow, and was the first player to score over 100 goals in the Soviet Top League...
  
   (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

Goalkeepers: Yevgeniy Fokin (15 / -19), Aleksandr Kvasnikov (1 / -1). Defenders: Lev Korchebokov (13), Viktor Teterin (9), Aleksandr Myshliayev (7). Midfielders: Yevgeniy Yeliseyev (16), Arkadiy Chernyshev (15 / 1), Aleksey Lapshyn (12), Gavriil Kachalin Gavriil Kachalin Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin was a Soviet/Russian football player and coach....  (11), Pavel Korotkov (5), Aleksandr Riomin (1). Forwards: Mikhail Yakushyn (16 / 6), Sergey Ilyin (16 / 4), Vasiliy Smirnov (14 / 8), Aleksey Ponomariov (13 /6), Mikhail Semichastny Mikhail Semichastny Mikhail Vasilyevich Semichastny was a Soviet professional football player and coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1936 , 6 goals.* Soviet Top League champion: 1936 , 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949....  (11 / 7), Nikolai Belousov (3 / 1), Ivan Shcherbakov (2 / 2), Georgiy Diomin (1). One own goal(s) scored by Mikhail Denisov (FC Dynamo Leningrad), Iosif Lifshyts (FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... ) Manager: Viktor Dubinin. Transferred out during the season: .

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Akimov (13 / -10), Ivan Ryzhov (3 / -6). Defenders: Viktor Sokolov (15), Stanislav Leuta (10), Aleksandr Starostin (7), Sergey Plonsky (2). Midfielders: Andrey Starostin (16 / 2), Sergey Artemyev (13), Pyotr Starostin (8), Nikolai Palyska (8), Grigoriy Tuchkov (8). Forwards: Leonid Rumiantsev (16 / 8), Vladimir Stepanov Vladimir Stepanov Vladimir Sevastianovich Stepanov was a former Soviet diplomat and intelligence officer and ambassador to Finland from December 1973 to July 1978....  (15 / 4), Nikolai Zhygalin (15 / 3), Boris Stepanov (12 / 2), Georgiy Glazkov (7 / 2), Viktor Semionov (7), Aleksandr Kasimov (6 / 1), Nikolai Guliayev (3), Nikolai Tarasov (2 / 1), Sergey Udaleyev (1 / 1). Manager: Konstantin Kvashnin. Transferred out during the season: .

3. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Anton Idzkovsky (13 / -20), Mykola Trusevych (3 / -4). Defenders: Mykola Makhinia (16 / 3), Oleksiy Klymenko (15), Vasyl Pravovierov (10), Georgiy Timofeyev (1). Midfielders: Ivan Kuzmenko (16 / 5), Volodymyr Greber (16 / 3), Iosif Livshyts (14 / 1). Forwards: Pavlo Komarov (16 / 7), Petro Layko (15 / 4), Makar Honcharenko (14 / 3), Kostiantyn Kalach (10), Kostiantyn Shchehodsky (9 / 3), Viktor Shylovsky (9 / 3), Mykola Korotkykh (9 / 1), Fedir Tiutchev (2). Manager: Moisey Tovarovsky. Transferred out during the season: .

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Group A 1937 Winners
FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white... Second title