| Season | 1959 |
|---|---|
| ← 1958 1960 → | |
12 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Moscow winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dynamo Moscow (C)
|
22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 31 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow
|
22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 29 |
| 3 |  Dynamo Tbilisi
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22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 27 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don
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22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 26 |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow
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22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 25 |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow
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22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 24 |
| 7 |  Dynamo Kiev
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22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 20 |
| 8 | Zenit Leningrad
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22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 20 |
| 9 | CSK MO Moscow
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22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 19 |
| 10 |  Moldova Kishinyov
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22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 17 |
| 11 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
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22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 13 |
| 12 | Shakhtyor Stalino
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22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 13 |
(C) Champions
Results
| Home \ Away | CSK | DYK | DYN | DTB | KRY | LOK | MOL | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSK MO Moscow | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Kiev | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| Dynamo Tbilisi | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
| Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| Moldova Chisinau | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Shakhtyor Stalino | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
- 16 goals
- Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 14 goals
- Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 11 goals
- Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 10 goals
- Valentin Bubukin (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 9 goals
- German Apukhtin (CSK MO Moscow)
- Yuri Korotkov (Moldova Kishinyov)
- Viktor Ponedelnik (SKVO Rostov-on-Don)
- 8 goals
- Genrikh Fedosov (Dynamo Moscow)
- Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
- Dmitri Shapovalov (Dynamo Moscow)
References
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| 1958–59 in European football (UEFA) | |
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| « 1957–58 1959–60 » | |
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| 1959–60 in European football (UEFA) | |
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| « 1958–59 1960–61 » | |
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