1956 Soviet Top League
| Season | 1956 |
|---|---|
← 1955 1957 → | |
12 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spartak Moscow (C)
|
22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 34 | League champions |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow
|
22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 28 | |
| 3 | CDSA Moscow
|
22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 25 | |
| 4 |  Dynamo Kiev
|
22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow
|
22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 23 | |
| 6 |  Burevestnik Kishinyov
|
22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 23 | |
| 7 | Shakhtyor Stalino
|
22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 21 | |
| 8 |  Dynamo Tbilisi
|
22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Zenit Leningrad
|
22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 19 | |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Moscow
|
22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 18 | |
| 11 | ODO Sverdlovsk (R)
|
22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 16 | Relegation to Class B |
| 12 | Trudovyye Rezervy Leningrad (R)
|
22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 13 |
Results
Top scorers
- 17 goals
- Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk)
- 16 goals
- Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow)
- 15 goals
- Yuri Belyayev (CDSA Moscow)
- 14 goals
- Anatoli Isayev (Spartak Moscow)
- 13 goals
- Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)
- 12 goals
- Alakbar Mammadov (Dynamo Moscow)
- Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
- 11 goals
- Avtandil Chkuaseli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Ivan Mozer (Spartak Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Boris Khasaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Pyotr Ponomarenko (Shakhtyor Stalino)
- Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Vitali Vatskevich (Burevestnik Kishinyov)