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- The 1959 Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1959 (класс «Б»)) was the tenth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the nineteenth season of the Soviet second tier professional football competitions. It involved participation of 101 "teams of masters" split in seven groups which were composed by regional principle to some extent. Compared with the previous season, the number of participants was increased by seven teams. The teams were distributed somewhat equally among the seven groups with three groups containing 15 teams and four groups - 14. The competition also included representation of all 15 union republics by at least one participant. In majority the season kicked off on April 18, 1959, with the Round 1 matches in five groups. Groups 5 and 7 started later. Four out of seven groups were won by clubs from the Russian SFSR (Russian Federation), three others represented three other union republics. Initially all the winners were to qualify for the final tournament as in previous season, but it was scratched as it was decided to reorganize competitions. The 1960 Class A competitions (higher tier) were planned to be expanded from 12 to 22 teams (by 10 teams). Among the four Russian winners there was organized additional short single round-robin tournament to identify the ultimate Class B winner for the Russian SFSR. Following this season, the Soviet Class B competitions were split based on regional principle in three main groups Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR and Union republics. (en)
- L'edizione 1959 della Klass B fu la 20ª della seconda serie del campionato sovietico di calcio (it)
- In 1959 werd de twintigste editie van de Pervaja Liga gespeeld, de tweede hoogste divisie voor voetbalclubs uit de Sovjet-Unie. In deze tijd heette de competitie nog Klasse B. De competitie werd gespeeld van 14 april tot 10 november. De competitie werd danig uitgebreid zodat bijna alle deelstaten vertegenwoordigd waren. Er werd besloten dat indien meerdere Russische clubs een reeks wonnen dat deze een eindronde zouden spelen voor de algemene titel. Vier van de zeven winnaars kwamen uit Rusland en in de eindronde werd Admiraltejets Leningrad de winnaar en tot kampioen uitgeroepen, terwijl de drie andere groepswinnaars met lege handen achter bleven. De Klasse A werd in 1960 uitgebreid van 12 naar 22 clubs waardoor er vele extra promovendi waren. Echter werden de clubs niet naar prestatie beloond, maar werd er veeleer gekeken naar grote steden uit de deelrepublieken. Zo promoveerden Avangard Charkov, Spartak Minsk, Spartak Jerevan, Neftjanik Bakoe, Spartak Vilnjoes, Daugava Riga, Pachtakor Tasjkent, Kairat Alma-Ata ook naar de hoogste klasse, samen met kampioen Admiraltejets. (nl)
- Чемпионат СССР 1959 года в классе «Б» проходил в два этапа. На первом этапе 101 клуб в семи зонах определяли участников финалов (победители каждой зоны). (ru)
- Чемпіонат СРСР з футболу 1959 (клас «Б») — чемпіонат СРСР з футболу серед команд класу «Б». У турнірі брали участь 101 команда. (uk)