The 1966 Soviet Class A Second Group was the fourth season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 26th season of the Soviet second-tier league competition. The competitions became again split completely by geographical principle as before the 1963 league's consolidation reform.

First stage First subgroup

Top scorers 14 goals Zhak Suprikyan (Shirak Leninakan)

13 goals Bondo Giorgadze (Dinamo Batumi) Anatoliy Mironov (Kuban Krasnodar)

Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)9FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Terek Grozny, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC Dinamo Stavropol, FC Baltika Kaliningrad2FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi1FK Žalgiris Vilnius1FC Dinamo Kirovabad1FC Daugava Riga1FC Spartak Gomel1FC Shirak Leninakan1FC Dinamo Tallinn

Second subgroup

Top scorers 13 goals Volodymyr Dudarenko (SKA Lvov)

12 goals János Gabovda (Lokomotiv Vinnitsa)

11 goals Vladimir Voinov (Dinamo Leningrad)

Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)11FC Zaria Lugansk, SKA Kiev, SKA Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Avangard Kharkov, SC Tavria Simferopol, FC Karpaty Lvov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev, FC Zirka Kirovograd6FC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Sokol Saratov, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Volga Gorkiy1FC Avyntul Kishinev

Third subgroup

Top scorers 16 goals Viktor Abgoltz (Shakhter Karaganda)

14 goals Bohdan Keslo (Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)

13 goals Yusup Musayev (Alga Frunze) Boris Brykin (Temp Barnaul)

Number of teams by republics Number Union republics Team(s)11FC Stroitel Ufa, FC Luch Vladivostok, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Temp Barnaul, FC Kuzbass Kemerevo, SKA Khabarovsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Torpedo Tomsk, FC Irtysh Omsk, FC Zvezda Perm2FC Politotdel Tashkent Oblast, FC Neftyanik Fergana2FC Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, FC Shakhter Karaganda1FC Alga Frunze1FC Stroitel Ashkhabat1FC Energetik Dushanbe

Final stage For places 1-3 [Oct 25 – Nov 16]

For places 4-6 [Oct 29 – Nov 14]

See also Soviet First League

External links 1966 season. RSSSF