In western Ukraine all organizations of central government were centers of the Russian culture, especially the Soviet Army.

The performance of the SKA Lviv was under par and the club relegated next year to amateur level as the Second Group was liquidated in 1950.

Next season the club won its zonal tournament against several other Lviv teams such as Kharchovyk (Tobacco factory), Iskra, Dynamo and eventually became vice-champion winning over ODO Kiev.

With another reorganization of championship SKA Lviv returned to the Soviet First League under the leadership of Aleksey Grinin.

In 1957 ODO Lviv won the Class B tournament and managed to advance to the 1/8 finals of Soviet Cup where they were facing Spartak Moscow.

Most of the Spartak players a year ago won the Olympic gold in Melbourne and managed to pull a win in the second half 1:2.