Soviet Class A Second Group

The Soviet Class A Second Group (, Soviet football championship (Class A Second Group)) was the second and for a season third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Class A First Group. The league was formed in 1963 by splitting away from the Class A and forcing the Class B of the Soviet football championship to downgrade to the third tier.

In 1970 the Soviet Class A was expanded even further adding additional tier to the top and downgrading the Soviet Class A Second Group to the third tier. In 1971 it was replaced with the Soviet Second League.

Winners Second tier SeasonWinnerRunners-upThirdNotes1963Shinnik YaroslavlTorpedo GorkiyTrud Voronezh1964Subgroup 1FC Avanhard KharkivFC Chornomorets OdessaŽalgiris VilniusSubgroup 2SCA OdessaFC Shakhter KaragandaLokomotiv MoscowFinalLokomotiv MoscowSCA OdessaPakhtakor Tashkent1965Subgroup 1FC Tekstilshchik IvanovoFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Avanhard KharkivSubgroup 2FC Shinnik YaroslavlFC Zorya LuhanskŽalgiris VilniusFinalArarat YerevanKairat Alma-AtyAvanhard Kharkiv1966Subgroup 1Žalgiris VilniusFC Tekstilshchik IvanovoFC Kuban KrasnodarSubgroup 2FC Zorya LuhanskSKA KyivSKA LvivSubgroup 3FC PolitodelFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Stroitel UfaFinalZorya LuhanskŽalgiris VilniusPolitotdel Tashkent1967Subgroup 1FC Dinamo KirovabadFK Daugava RigaFC Kuban KrasnodarSubgroup 2SKA KyivFC Metalurh ZaporizhiaSKA LvivSubgroup 3FC Shakhter KaragandaFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Alga FrunzeFinalDynamo KirovabadShakhtar KaragandaSKA Kyiv1968Subgroup 1FC Karpaty LvivSKA KyivSKA OdessaSubgroup 2Sudnobudivnyk MykolaivFC Metalist KharkivFC Dnipro DnipropetrovskSubgroup 3FC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Spartak OrdzhonikidzeFC Dynamo MakhachkalaSubgroup 4FC Irtysh OmskFC Kuzbass KemerovoSKA KhabarovskFinalUralmash SverdlovskKarpaty LvivIrtysh Omsk1969Subgroup 1FC Spartak OrdzhonikidzeFC Dynamo LeningradFC Kuban KrasnodarSubgroup 2SKA KhabarovskFC Rubin KazanFC Metallurg KuibyshevSubgroup 3FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskSKA KyivFC Metalist KharkivSubgroup 4Žalgiris VilniusFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Lokomotivi TbilisiFinalSpartak OrdzhonikidzeDnipro DnipropetrovskSKA Khabarovsk

Third tier SeasonZoneWinnerRunners-upThirdNotes1970UkraineMetalurh ZaporizhiaTavriya SimferopolAvtomobilist Zhytomyrthree zones; top two teams of second and third groups played in final Russian groupRussiaAvtomobilist NalchikSpartak Yoshkar‑OlaKuzbass Kemerevo

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