| Season: | 1957 |
| Competition: | Soviet Class B |
| Winners: | Avangard Leningrad |
| Promoted: | Avangard Leningrad |
| Relegated: | Krylia Sovetov Stupino Dinamo Vladivostok |
| Nextseason: | 1958 |
The 1957 Soviet Football Championship in Class B (ru|Первенство СССР 1957 года в классе «Б») was the 17th season of the Soviet second tier football league competition and the 8th since the formation of Class B. The competition consisted of two stages and involved participation of some 64 teams that were split in four groups. The three group winners advanced to the second stage as the final group of three, winner of which received promotion to the 1958 Class A. The fourth group winner (Russian Far East) were given a separate award by the Soviet Government.
The league's newcomer Avangard Leningrad won the championship.
Compared to the 1956 season, the competition expanded from 36 participants to 64 having two more groups added. Number of teams from the Russian SFSR increased substantially by adding the whole Russian Far East region to the tier.
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | FC Avangard Leningrad, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Neftyanik Krasnodar, FC Torpedo Rostov-na-Donu, FC Krylya Sovetov Voronezh, FC Krasnoye Znamya Ivanovo, FC Torpedo Gorkiy, FC Lokomotiv Saratov, FC Torpedo Stalingrad, FC Khimik Yaroslavl, FC Neftyanik Grozny, FC Burevestnik Leningrad, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Stavropol | ||
| 5 | FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Voroshilovgrad, FC Shakhter Kadievka |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FC Spartak Stanislav, SKVO Lvov, FC Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk, FC Pischevik Odessa, SKVO Kiev, FC Spartak Uzhgorod, FC Kolgospnik Poltava, FC Avangard Nikolayev, FC Khimik Dneprodzerzhinsk | ||
| 5 | FC Trudoviye Rezervy Leningrad, FC Krylya Sovetov Stupino, FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk, FC Pischevik Kaliningrad, FC Avangard Sormovo | ||
| 1 | FC Dinamo Tallinn | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Vilnius | ||
| 1 | FC Urozhai Minsk | ||
| 1 | FC Daugava Riga |
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | SKVO Sverdlovsk, FC Krylya Sovetov Molotov, FC Avangard Sverdlovsk, FC Dinamo Kirov, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Neftyanik Ufa | ||
| 2 | SKVO Tbilisi, FC Lokomotiv Kutaisi | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Yerevan | ||
| 1 | FC Neftyanik Baku | ||
| 1 | FC Kairat Alma-Ata | ||
| 1 | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| 1 | FC Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad | ||
| 1 | FC Spartak Frunze | ||
| 1 | FC Urozhai Stalinabad |
[Nov 17 – Dec 3, Tashkent]