The 1965 Soviet Class A Second Group was the third season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 25th season of the Soviet second-tier league competition.
First stage First Subgroup
Second Subgroup
Final stage For places 1-16
Match for 1st place [Nov 25, Grozny] Ararat Yerevan 2-1 Kayrat Alma-Ata
For places 17-32
Top scorers 25 goals Vladimir Korotkov (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
23 goals Valeriy Pogorelov (Traktor Volgograd)
21 goals German Apukhtin (SKA Novosibirsk)
18 goals Seiran Galstyan (Ararat Yerevan)
17 goals Givi Mumladze (Lokomotivi Tbilisi) Valentin Kosov (Terek Grozny)
Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)13FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Volga Gorkiy, FC Terek Grozny, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Traktor Volgograd, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu6FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Zaria Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye2FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda1FC Ararat Yerevan1FK Žalgiris Vilnius1FC Moldova Kishinev1FC Daugava Riga1FC Alga Frunze1FC Politotdel Tashkent Oblast1FC Spartak Gomel1FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi1FC Stroitel Ashkhabat1FC Energetik Dushanbe1FC Dinamo Tallinn
See also Soviet First League
External links 1965 season. RSSSF