The 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the 1962 Soviet Class B season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.
Qualified teams TeamClass B zones and position in 1962Daugava RigaClass A (relegation)21Žalgiris VilniusClass A (relegation)22Shinnik YaroslavlI Zone (Russia)1Trud VoronezhII Zone (Russia)1Kuban KrasnodarIII Zone (Russia)1Traktor VolgogradIII Zone (Russia)2UralMash SverdlovskIV Zone (Russia)1Lokomotiv ChelyabinskIV Zone (Russia)2SKA NovosibirskV Zone (Russia)1Chernomorets OdessaI Zone (Ukraine)1Metallurg ZaporozhyeII Zone (Ukraine)2Trudoviye Rezervy LuganskIII Zone (Ukraine)1Dnepr DnepropetrovskIII Zone (Ukraine)6Lokomotiv GomelI Zone (Union rep)1Shakhtyor KaragandaII Zone (Union rep)1Alga FrunzeII Zone (Union rep)2Volga GorkiynewKarpaty Lvovnew
Notes: FC Kuban Krasnodar was previously called as Spartak. FC Volga Gorkiy was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy. FC Karpaty Lvov replaced SKA Lvov.
Final standings
Top scorers 13 goals Anatoli Isayev (Shinnik Yaroslavl) Viktor Korolkov (Shakhter Karaganda)
12 goals Valentyn Hrishyn (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk) Albert Liber (Trud Voronezh)
11 goals Vitaliy Kovalenko (Metallurg Zaporozhie)
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)8FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Volga Gorkiy5FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov1FC Daugava Riga1FK Žalgiris Vilnius1FC Lokomotiv Gomel1FC Shakhter Karaganda1FC Alga Frunze
See also 1963 Soviet Top League 1963 Soviet Class B
External links 1963 season. RSSSF