1970 Soviet Second Group (Class A), Zone 1

The 1970 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 40th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Second Group of Soviet Class A in Zone 1. It was the eighth and last season in the Second Group of Soviet Class A.

The season started on 11 April 1970.

The 1970 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.

Reorganization In 1970–1971 the Soviet football league structure went through reformation. The Soviet Class A introduced an extra tier expanding from two to three in total. To the previous First and Second groups, there was introduced Higher (or Top) group. With this, many clubs that previously competed at the second tier (Second Group) were relegated to lower third tier (Second Group). Because of that, many clubs also moved two tiers either up the league's ladder.

Teams Location map

Relegated teams 18 clubs were relegated from the 1969 Second Group (Class A).

FC Metalurh Zaporizhia SC Tavriya Simferopol FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv FC Azovets Zhdanov FC Zirka Kirovohrad FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Lokomotyv Kherson FC Desna Chernihiv FC Shakhtar Horlivka FC Budivelnyk Poltava SKA Lviv FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Spartak Brest FC Avanhard Ternopil FC Neman Grodno FC Baltika Kaliningrad SKA Odessa

Promoted teams All four teams technically were never promoted as they stayed at the third tier. Three clubs were moved from the 1969 Ukrainian Class B, one more from the 1969 Russian Class B, Zone 1. FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Shakhtar Kadiivka FC Spartak Sumy FC Gomselmash Gomel

Relocated and renamed teams none

Final standings

Top goalscorers The following were the top goalscorers. #ScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1Valentyn Prylepskyi20Tavriya Simferopol2Viktor Kutin19Metalurh ZaporizhiaAnatoliy Lebid19Lokomotyv Kherson4Yuriy Nesmiyan17Polissya Zhytomyr5Volodymyr Bystrov15Tavriya SimferopolRoman Shpondarunok15Avanhard Ternopil7Vyacheslav Portnov13Metalurh ZaporizhiaViktor Kozyn13Spartak Ivano-FrankivskStepan Chopei13Spartak Ivano-FrankivskRoman Khyzhak13SKA LvivVolodymyr Tovchykh13Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

1970 Soviet Second Group (Class A), Zone 1

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