1937 FC Traktor Stalingrad season

The 1937 Traktor Stalingrad season was the 2nd season in USSR championships.

Traktor Stalingrad

1937 season
Manager	A. Sitnikov
Stadium	Traktor, Stalingrad
Group IV	1st
Soviet Cup	Round of 64 vs Spartak Moscow
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Ponomarev (9) Georgi Shlyapin (9)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  URS Anatoli Kopylov — GK  URS Arkadi Usov (captain) — DF  URS Lev Kabov — DF  URS Fedor Klochkov — DF  URS Ivan Tyazhlov — MF  URS Georgi Ivanov — MF  URS Sergei Kolesnikov — MF  URS Ivan Pichugin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URS Nikolai Pokrovski — FW  URS Aleksandr Voevodin — FW  URS Vasili Inzhevatkin — FW  URS Valentin Liventsev — FW  URS Aleksandr Ponomarev — FW  URS Vasili Provornov — FW  URS Boris Terentyev — FW  URS Georgi Shlyapin

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  URS Aleksandr Ponomarev (from Spartak Kharkiv) — MF  URS Ivan Pichugin — FW  URS Vasili Inzhevatkin — FW  URS Valentin Liventsev (from Spartak Moscow) — FW  URS Boris Terentyev (from Stakhanovets Stalino) — FW  URS Georgi Shlyapin (from Dynamo Stalingrad)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  URS S. Izmailov — MF  URS Vladimir Kharchenko — FW  URS Konstantin Vavilov (to Lokomotiv Moscow) — FW  URS Valentin Pozdnyshev — FW  URS Aleksandr Sapronov

Competitions

Friendlies

22 April 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	1 – 1	Traktor Factory Chelyabinsk	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 2,000

26 May 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	4 – 3	Torpedo Moscow	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor

18 June 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 1	Spartak Kuybyshev	Stalingrad
				Stadium: Traktor

26 June 1937	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 0	Spartak Moscow (reserve)	Stalingrad
	1:0 Aleksandr Ponomarev 2:0 Nikolai Pokrovski  24'			Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 10,000 Referee: V.Lapshin (Moscow)

30 September 1937

Traktor Stalingrad

? – ?

Team from Novocherkassk

12 October 1937

Traktor Stalingrad

5 – 1

Team of NKMD

Soviet Cup

24 May 1937 Round of 128	Traktor Stalingrad	9 – 1	Dynamo Saratov	Stalingrad
	1:0 Ponomarev  6' 8:0 Shlyapin  80'		9:1 ?  87'	Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 5,000 Referee: V.Chepurov (Stalingrad)

31 May 1937 Round of 64	Spartak Moscow	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	1:1 Semenov  50' 2:2 V.Stepanov  85' 3:2 Glazkov  131'		0:1 Ponomarev  23' 1:2 Shlyapin  58'	Stadium: Stalinets Attendance: 5,000 Referee: S.Khavchin (Kyiv)

USSR Championship. Group IV

18 July 1937 1	Traktor Stalingrad	4 – 0	Neftyanik Baku	Stalingrad
	1:0 Inzhevatkin  17' 2:0 Shlyapin  25' 3:0 Terentyev 4:0 Terentyev			Stadium: Traktor Attendance: 10,000

24 July 1937 2	Traktor Stalingrad	5 – 1	Stal Dnipropetrovsk	Stalingrad
	Liventsev Ponomarev Provornov Shlyapin Terentyev		Kletskin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: V.Lapshin (Moscow)

30 July 1937 3	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 0	Dinamo Baku	Stalingrad
	1:0 Shlyapin  4' 2:0 Liventsev  10' 3:0 Shlyapin  79'			Stadium: Traktor Referee: V.Butusov (Leningrad)

7 August 1937 4	Traktor Stalingrad	3 – 0	Burevestnik Moscow	Stalingrad
	1:1 Ponomarev 2:1 Liventsev  37' 3:1 Shlyapin		0:1 Afonin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Bystrov

12 August 1937 5	Stal Kostiantynivka	2 – 6	Traktor Stalingrad	Kostiantynivka
	1:2 Lomov 2:4 Yakovlev		0:1 Provornov 0:2 Provornov 1:3 Ponomarev 1:4 Ponomarev 2:5 Liventsev 2:6 Terentyev	Stadium: im. Frunze Referee: A.Ikonnikov (Gorky)

18 August 1937 6	Spartak Yerevan	1 – 4	Traktor Stalingrad	Yerevan
	1:0 Akopyan  26'		1:1 Shlyapin  27' 1:2 Terentyev  32' 1:3 Ponomarev 1:4 Provornov	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Mikhailov

26 August 1937 7	Dinamo Tashkent	1 – 4	Traktor Stalingrad	Tashkent
	1:0 Adisman  6'		1:1 Provornov  57' 1:2 Provornov  67' 1:3 Terentyev 1:4 Shlyapin	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Bukharin

3 September 1937 8	Traktor Stalingrad	7 – 2	Torpedo Gorky	Stalingrad
	1:1 Ponomarev 2:1 Ponomarev  16' 3:1 Terentyev  55' 4:1 Terentyev  59' 5:1 Shlyapin 6:1 Ponomarev 7:1 Provornov		0:1 Salakov  8' 7:2 Dunaev	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Andronnikov

7 September 1937 9	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	3 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Moscow
	Yenushkov Karasev Rzhevtsev		Shlyapin	Stadium: Krylia Sovetov Referee: G.Fenopov (Leningrad)

12 September 1937 10	Traktor Stalingrad	2 – 2	DKA BVO Smolensk	Stalingrad
	1:0 Ponomarev 2:0 Provornov  10'		Petrov Marushkin	Stadium: Traktor Referee: Bychkov

18 September 1937 11	Kirov's Factory Leningrad	1 – 1	Traktor Stalingrad	Leningrad
	Zherdin		Kolesnikov	Stadium: Kirov's Factory Referee: Korneyev

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Traktor Stalingrad	11	8	2	1	40	14	+26	29
2	DKA BVO Smolensk	11	8	1	2	30	12	+18	28
3	Krylia Sovetov Moscow	11	6	3	2	28	19	+9	26
4	Burevestnik Moscow	11	6	1	4	33	20	+13	24
5	Dinamo Baku	11	5	2	4	24	15	+9	23
6	Stal Kostiantynivka	11	6	0	5	23	25	−2	23
7	Kirov's Factory Leningrad	11	5	2	4	15	19	−4	23
8	Dinamo Tashkent	11	4	3	4	16	21	−5	22
9	Stal Dnipropetrovsk	11	3	4	4	20	27	−7	21
10	Torpedo Gorky	11	2	2	7	19	34	−15	16
11	Neftyanik Baku	11	2	1	8	14	31	−17	16
12	Spartak Yerevan	11	0	1	10	6	31	−25	10

  Promoted

  Relegated

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USSR Championship		Soviet Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Arkadi Usov	11	-14	9	-11	2	-3
	GK		Anatoli Kopylov	3	-4	2	-3	1	-1
	DF		Ivan Tyazhlov	12	0	10	0	2	0
	DF		Fedor Klochkov	11	0	9	0	2	0
	DF		Lev Kabov	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF		Georgi Ivanov	12	0	10	0	2	0
	MF		Sergei Kolesnikov	13	1	11	1	2	0
	MF		Nikolai Pokrovski	13	0	11	0	2	0
	MF		Ivan Pichugin	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Aleksandr Ponomarev	13	11	11	9	2	2
	FW		Georgi Shlyapin	13	11	11	9	2	2
	FW		Vasili Provornov	13	8	11	8	2	0
	FW		Boris Terentyev	11	8	11	8	0	0
	FW		Valentin Liventsev	10	4	10	4	0	0
	FW		Vasili Inzhevatkin	5	1	3	1	2	0
	FW		Aleksandr Voevodin	4	0	2	0	2	0

Note: The seven goals scored are not considered because unknown who goalscorers in Tractor Stalingrad – Dynamo Saratov.

Top Scorers

Player	USSR Championship	Soviet Cup	Total
Aleksandr Ponomarev	9	2	11
Georgi Shlyapin	9	2	11
Boris Terentyev	8	0	8
Vasili Provornov	8	0	8
Valentin Liventsev	4	0	4
Sergei Kolesnikov	1	0	1
Vasiliy Inzhevatkin	1	0	1
Total	40	11	51

Note: The seven goals scored are not considered because unknown who goalscorers in Tractor Stalingrad – Dynamo Saratov.

General Statistics

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	YC	RC	Pts
USSR Championship	11	8	2	1	40	14	+26	2	3	29/33 (87,9 %)
Soviet Cup	2	1	0	1	11	4	+7	?	1	4/6 (66,7 %)
Total	13	9	2	2	51	18	+33	2	4	33/39 (84,6 %)

Sources

• Летопись областного футбола. Царицын. Сталинград. Волгоград. 1909-1962 [Chronicles of the regional football. Tsaritsyn. Stalingrad. Volgograd. 1909-1962] (in Russian). 2000. p. 238.
• Sklyarenko, Aleksandr (2000). «РОТОР» от сталинградского «Трактора» до наших дней. Футбольные хроники [Rotor from Traktor Stalingrad to this day. Football chronicles] (in Russian). Volgograd: Volgogradskaya pravda. p. 288. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-13.