Soviet football league system

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association football league system football league system sports competition system

The Soviet football league system was the hierarchical structure of professional and semi-professional football competitions in the Soviet Union, organizing clubs into multiple tiers with promotion and relegation between them.

Aliases (5)

Soviet Top League ×4
Soviet First League ×1
Soviet First League and Soviet Second League ×1
Soviet Top League and Soviet First League ×1
Soviet soccer league system ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football league system → football league system → sports competition system →
alsoKnownAs	Soviet soccer league system →
competitionFormat	league system →
continent	Asia → Europe →
country	Soviet Union →
endYear	1991 →
era	Soviet era →
feature	multiple tiers → professional clubs → promotion and relegation → semi-professional clubs →
fourthTier	Soviet Second League B →
governingBody	Football Federation of the Soviet Union →
hadPromotionBetween	Soviet First League and Soviet Second League → Soviet Top League and Soviet First League →
hadRelegationBetween	Soviet First League and Soviet Second League → Soviet Top League and Soviet First League →
includedClubsFrom	Armenian SSR NERFINISHED → Azerbaijan SSR NERFINISHED → Baltic republics → Belarusian SSR NERFINISHED → Georgian SSR NERFINISHED → Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED → Russian SFSR NERFINISHED → Ukrainian SSR NERFINISHED →
includedCompetition	Soviet Cup → Soviet First League → Soviet Second League → Soviet Top League → regional championships → republican championships →
includedCupQualification	Soviet Cup →
influenced	structure of post-Soviet national football leagues →
levelOfPyramid	top level of Soviet football pyramid →
organizedBy	state sports authorities of the USSR →
reasonForEnd	dissolution of the Soviet Union →
secondTier	Soviet First League →
sport	football →
startYear	1936 →
successorSystem	Belarusian football league system → Kazakh football league system → Russian football league system → Ukrainian football league system → other post-Soviet national league systems →
thirdTier	Soviet Second League →
timePeriod	20th century →
topTier	Soviet Top League →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet football league system ("Soviet Top League and Soviet First League") → Soviet football league system ("Soviet First League and Soviet Second League") →	hadRelegationBetween
Soviet football league system ("Soviet soccer league system") →	alsoKnownAs
Spartak Moscow ("Soviet Top League") →	formerLeague
CSKA Moscow ("Soviet Top League") →	formerLeagueParticipation
FC Rotor Volgograd ("Soviet Top League") →	hasPlayedInLeague
Soviet Championship League ("Soviet First League") →	lowerLeague
Mikhail Ovechkin →	playedInLeague
Spartak Moscow →	predecessorCompetition
Soviet football league system ("Soviet Top League") →	topTier