CDKA Moscow 4-1 Dynamo Minsk (lost footage of Soviet Top League football match; 1949)

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30th June 1949 issue of Soviet Sport providing a match report.

Status: Lost

On 29th June 1949, CDKA Moscow hosted Dynamo Minsk for a 1949 Soviet Top League season football match. Occurring at the Dynamo Stadium, it saw the hosts and defending champions score two goals in both halves to see off Minsk 4-1. The encounter has been declared by some Russian sources as the first proper live television coverage of a Soviet football match.

Background

Heading into the match, CDKA Moscow attempted to achieve their fourth Soviet Top League title on the bounce.[1][2] They were primarily competing against local rivals Dynamo Moscow, whom they had narrowly edged out for the previous three League championships.[1] However, they now trailed Dynamo by four points after a 3-2 loss to Dynamo Kyiv.[3][4][5] Meanwhile, Dynamo Minsk battled to avoid being ranked last and received a boost via a 3-0 victory against Lokomotiv Moscow.[6][7][4]

The encounter emerged as several major Soviet television milestones were being made.[8][9][10][11] On 2nd May, CDKA's crucial 3-1 loss to Dynamo Moscow became the first match to be televised live in the Soviet Union.[12][9][10][8] Six days afterwards, the first Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) football broadcast occurred, a 0-0 draw between Dynamo Leningrad and Zenit Leningrad.[8] However, these broadcasts were hastily conducted and thus run under caution by Soviet engineers who anticipated technical issues.[9][10] Therefore, they were considered trial runs which harnessed just two RCA cameras.[9][10] Now that these test broadcasts had been conducted, the Moscow Television Center could proceed with a full broadcast, where they selected the upcoming CDKA-Minsk match.[9][10]

Hence, while the Moscow derby coverage materialised first, some Russian sources pinpoint the CDKA-Minsk game as the inaugural "official" Soviet football television broadcast.[13][9][10] Commentary was again provided by Vadim Sinyavsky while Ivan Petrovich Zaraytsev directed proceedings.[14][13][9][10][11] This may have explained why the match was subsequently chosen as CDKA was ground-sharing the Dynamo Stadium with Dynamo Moscow, which had incorporated a dedicated commentary booth for the 2nd May game.[9][10][11] It is unknown what viewership figures the broadcast managed to attract.[13] However, it showcased Sinyavsky's displeasure concerning television commentaries, as he immediately stated "I'm bored" during the coverage.[14] He ultimately made a full-time return to radio commentaries in the 1950s.[15]

The Match

The encounter occurred on 29th June at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.[16][13] The match's exact stadium attendance is unknown, though it was described as being "fairly decent" for a lower-key game that was rain-affected.[5][7][13] Based on the Dynamo Moscow-CDKA game, it would have attracted no more than 70,000.[12][9][10] The match was refereed by Mikhail Dmitriev.[16] This clash reflected the season performances of both clubs; after sixteen minutes, Grigoriy Fedotov gave the home side the lead.[13][16] Valentin Nikolaev doubled CDKA's lead seventeen minutes later.[16] The defending champions continued their strong offence in the second half, with Aleksey Grinin making it 3-0 at the 54th-minute mark.[16] Vsevolod Chajchuk added a fourth after 76 minutes.[16] Still, Minsk managed to pull one back after being awarded a penalty after 89 minutes, with Aleksandr Nazarov successfully converting.[13][16] The game therefore ended 4-1 in CDKA's favour.[13][16]

With Dynamo Moscow having defeated Spartak Moscow 4-1, CDKA remained four points behind in second.[17] Meanwhile, Minsk remained 15th out of 18 teams.[17] Their return clash on 17th September saw Minsk and CDKA play to a 0-0 draw.[18] It marked one of CDKA's six draws in its last eight games, which ultimately cost it the 1949 title.[19][5] The club finished second with 51 points, six behind Dynamo Moscow, after having won 22, drawn seven and lost five matches.[1][19][5] Nevertheless, CDKA later redeemed themselves by obtaining the 1950 and 1951 Soviet Top League titles.[2] In contrast, Minsk remained 15th after achieving eight wins, six draws and 20 losses.[1][19][7] The team subsequently placed ahead of Dynamo Yerevan, Daugava Riga, and Shakhtar Stalino.[1][19]

Availability

The match is confirmed to have been fully aired live on Soviet television.[9][10][13] However, the broadcast commenced in a period where telerecordings were uncommon until the prevalence of videotape from the mid-to-late-1950s.[20] Unlike the Dynamo Moscow-CDKA game,[10] no match footage is known to have publicly resurfaced. Considering the match's lack of significance, it is unlikely a newsreel film was made of it.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 RSSSF detailing the Soviet Top League tables. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Transfermarkt detailing CDKA Moscow's trophy cabinet. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  3. ↑ Transfermarkt detailing the result of the CDKA Moscow-Dynamo Kyiv match. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Transfermakrt detailing the 1949 Soviet Top League table heading into the game. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Transfermarkt detailing CDKA Moscow's 1949 Soviet Top League results. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  6. ↑ Transfermarkt detailing the result of the Dynamo Minsk-Lokomotiv Moscow match. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Transfermarkt detailing Dynamo Minsk's 1949 Soviet Top League results. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Football USSR Nostalgia providing a VK post listing the earliest known football television broadcasts. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Gazeta noting how the CDKA Moscow-Dynamo Minsk match is generally deemed the first to air following the trial run broadcasts (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Championat documenting the Dynamo Moscow-CDKA and CDKA-Dynamo Minsk match broadcasts and how the latter is generally considered the first to receive proper television coverage (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 CSKA Moscow summarising the match's television significance (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Transfermarkt detailing the result of the Dynamo Moscow-CDKA Moscow match. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Dynamo Moscow summarising the match and considering it the first game to be televised live in the Soviet Union (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Literature of Day detailing the career of Vadim Sinyavsky (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  15. ↑ Radio Mohovaya 9 documenting the career of Sinyavsky (article in Russian). Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Transfermarkt detailing the result of the match and other statistics. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Transfermarkt detailing the results and 1949 Soviet Top League standings following "Matchday 16". Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  18. ↑ Transfermarkt detailing the result of the 17th September 1949 match. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Transfermarkt detailing the final 1949 Soviet Top League standings. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
  20. ↑ Web Archive article discussing how most early television is missing due to the lack of directly recording television. Retrieved 24th Nov '23
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