The 1948 Soviet football championship was the 16th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 10th among teams of sports societies and factories. CDKA Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the third time straight and the first to win a league title three years in the row.
The defending champions CDKA as in the previous season allowed their main rivals Dinamo to take lead early in the season and managed to catch up only at the end defeating them in the last game of the season 3–2 to preserve their title.
Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-up1st GroupCDKA Moscow (3)Dinamo Moscow2nd GroupLokomotiv KharkovMetallurg MoscowSoviet CupCDKA Moscow (2)Spartak Moscow
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
First Group
Second Group Subgroup Center
Subgroup Russia West
Subgroup Russia East
Subgroup Ukraine A
Subgroup Ukraine B
Subgroup Ukraine Final
1st place play-off Lokomotiv Kharkov v Stal Dnepropetrovsk 3–1
Subgroup South (Caucasus)
Central Asia
Tier final
Top goalscorers
1st Group Sergei Solovyov (Dinamo Moscow) – 25 goals
References
External links 1948 Soviet football championship. RSSSF