1963 Soviet Class A Second Group

Soviet Class A Second Group
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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

Team Class B zones and position in 1962
Daugava Riga Class A (relegation) 21
Žalgiris Vilnius Class A (relegation) 22
Shinnik Yaroslavl I Zone (Russia) 1
Trud Voronezh II Zone (Russia) 1
Kuban Krasnodar III Zone (Russia) 1
Traktor Volgograd III Zone (Russia) 2
UralMash Sverdlovsk IV Zone (Russia) 1
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk IV Zone (Russia) 2
SKA Novosibirsk V Zone (Russia) 1
Chernomorets Odessa I Zone (Ukraine) 1
Metallurg Zaporozhye II Zone (Ukraine) 2
Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk III Zone (Ukraine) 1
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk III Zone (Ukraine) 6
Lokomotiv Gomel I Zone (Union rep) 1
Shakhtyor Karaganda II Zone (Union rep) 1
Alga Frunze II Zone (Union rep) 2
Volga Gorkiy new
Karpaty Lvov new

Notes:

Final standings

Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl 34 16 13 5 42 19 +23 45
2  Russian SFSR Volga Gorkiy 0 – – – – – — 0
3  Russian SFSR Trud Voronezh 34 15 12 7 43 26 +17 42
4  Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Zaporozhie 34 12 17 5 36 17 +19 41
5  Ukrainian SSR Trudovye rezervy Lugansk 34 15 11 8 41 26 +15 41
6  Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odessa 34 13 13 8 39 31 +8 39
7  Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lvov 34 14 11 9 28 22 +6 39
8  Ukrainian SSR Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 34 13 10 11 36 34 +2 36
9  Latvian SSR Daugava Riga 34 13 9 12 38 40 −2 35
10  Russian SFSR Kuban Krasnodar 34 8 18 8 26 21 +5 34
11  Russian SFSR Uralmash Sverdlovsk 34 12 8 14 31 40 −9 32
12  Kazakh SSR Shakhter Karaganda 34 9 12 13 37 46 −9 30
13  Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk 34 7 15 12 23 36 −13 29
14  Lithuanian SSR Zalgiris Vilnius 34 9 10 15 36 42 −6 28
15  Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze 34 8 12 14 28 40 −12 28
16  Russian SFSR Traktor Volgograd 34 9 9 16 25 40 −15 27
17  Russian SFSR SKA Novosibirsk 34 2 16 16 15 37 −22 20
18  Byelorussian SSR Lokomotiv Gomel 34 4 12 18 13 46 −33 14[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 6 points deducted?

Top scorers

13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
8  Russian SFSR FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Volga Gorkiy
5  Ukrainian SSR FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov
1  Latvian SSR FC Daugava Riga
1  Lithuanian SSR FK Žalgiris Vilnius
1  Belarusian SSR FC Lokomotiv Gomel
1  Kazakh SSR FC Shakhter Karaganda
1  Kyrgyz SSR FC Alga Frunze

See also