The Soviet Second League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Sovietfootball, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Second Group of the Soviet football championship just a year after the division was downgraded to the third tier. Previously, the third-tier competition predecessor Class B was liquidated completely. The Second League remained in force until dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Soviet third tier competitions were conducted since the establishment of the Soviet football championship among teams of masters in 1936. At first they were called as the Group V (Cyrillic letter of V) of the Soviet football championship, but was discontinued after the 1937. The experimental edition of the third-tier competition was re-introduced in 1946 as the Third Group of the Soviet football championship. But the consistent competitions really took off in 1963 when the Class B of the Soviet football championship was downgraded to the third tier.
The most titles of the League won was two by 11 different teams out of various now independent republics. The last winners of the League were FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Asmaral Moscow, and FC Okean Nakhodka.
Between 1963 and 1970 football competitions in Class B were split by republican principle at first as tier two, then as tier three, and at the end in 1970 it was downgraded to the auxiliary tier four (or lower tier three). Each territorial Class B competition had multiple number of sub-groups that were known as zones. Winners of each territorial (republican) Class B was granted promotion to Class A Second Group (First League). Also on occasions, there were relegation play-offs to allow rotation for the collective of physical culture (KFK).
Class B of the Russian SFSR (1959–1970)
Class B of the Ukrainian SSR (1960–1970)
Class B of Union republics (1960–1967)
Class B of Central Asia (1966–1970)
Class B of the Kazakh SSR (1968–1970)
Class B of Caucasus (1969)
In 1970-1971 the Soviet league system was restructured for lower leagues and Class B competitions were discontinued. Republican competitions were conducted with the Soviet Second League which consisted of multiple groups (zones). There was no explicit designation of zones as they were simply numerated. Initially the league consisted of six groups, but for the next couple of season was increased to seven before reducing back to six again. Normally winners of group were getting promoted to the First League.
In 1980 the league was expanded to 9 groups, winners of which qualified for a mini-tournament that consisted of three groups with three teams. The three winners of that mini-tournament received promotion to the First League. This format remained in place until 1989.
Republican competitions continued to be conducted among collective of physical culture and were considered as amateur.
In 1990 the league again went through another transformation reducing the number of groups from 9 to 3, winners of which would have been promoted to the First League. Due to withdrawal of teams, promotion and relegation was disrupted and the 1991 season became the last.
Third tier competition namesedit
1936–1937 Group V (third letter in the Russian alphabet)
1936–1937 Group G
1936–1937 Group D and Group of Cities of the Far East
1Three points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited.
See alsoedit
Ukrainian Zone - the Ukrainian Republican competitions of the Soviet Second League only, not including the interzonal tournaments.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Soviet Second League news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The Soviet Second League Russian Chempionat SSSR po futbolu vtoraya liga Soviet football championship Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football below the Soviet First League The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Second Group of the Soviet football championship just a year after the division was downgraded to the third tier Previously the third tier competition predecessor Class B was liquidated completely The Second League remained in force until dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 Soviet Second LeagueFounded1971Folded1991after 52 seasonsCountrySoviet UnionLevel on pyramidLevel 3Promotion toSoviet First LeagueRelegation toSoviet Second League B or KFK competitionsLast championsKarpaty LvivAsmaral MoscowOkean NakhodkaMost championships11 clubs 2 Contents 1 Overview 2 Third tier competition names 3 Winners 3 1 Group V 3 2 Third Group 3 3 Class B 3 4 Second Group Class A 3 5 Second League 3 6 All time table top 20 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOverview editThe Soviet third tier competitions were conducted since the establishment of the Soviet football championship among teams of masters in 1936 At first they were called as the Group V Cyrillic letter of V of the Soviet football championship but was discontinued after the 1937 The experimental edition of the third tier competition was re introduced in 1946 as the Third Group of the Soviet football championship But the consistent competitions really took off in 1963 when the Class B of the Soviet football championship was downgraded to the third tier The most titles of the League won was two by 11 different teams out of various now independent republics The last winners of the League were FC Karpaty Lviv FC Asmaral Moscow and FC Okean Nakhodka Between 1963 and 1970 football competitions in Class B were split by republican principle at first as tier two then as tier three and at the end in 1970 it was downgraded to the auxiliary tier four or lower tier three Each territorial Class B competition had multiple number of sub groups that were known as zones Winners of each territorial republican Class B was granted promotion to Class A Second Group First League Also on occasions there were relegation play offs to allow rotation for the collective of physical culture KFK Class B of the Russian SFSR 1959 1970 Class B of the Ukrainian SSR 1960 1970 Class B of Union republics 1960 1967 Class B of Central Asia 1966 1970 Class B of the Kazakh SSR 1968 1970 Class B of Caucasus 1969 In 1970 1971 the Soviet league system was restructured for lower leagues and Class B competitions were discontinued Republican competitions were conducted with the Soviet Second League which consisted of multiple groups zones There was no explicit designation of zones as they were simply numerated Initially the league consisted of six groups but for the next couple of season was increased to seven before reducing back to six again Normally winners of group were getting promoted to the First League In 1980 the league was expanded to 9 groups winners of which qualified for a mini tournament that consisted of three groups with three teams The three winners of that mini tournament received promotion to the First League This format remained in place until 1989 Republican competitions continued to be conducted among collective of physical culture and were considered as amateur In 1990 the league again went through another transformation reducing the number of groups from 9 to 3 winners of which would have been promoted to the First League Due to withdrawal of teams promotion and relegation was disrupted and the 1991 season became the last Third tier competition names edit1936 1937 Group V third letter in the Russian alphabet 1936 1937 Group G 1936 1937 Group D and Group of Cities of the Far East 1946 1946 Third Group 1963 1969 Class B 1970 1970 Second Group Class A 1970 1970 Class B 1971 1989 Second League 1990 1991 Buffer League 1990 1991 Second League BWinners editGroup V edit Season Winner Runners up Third Notes 1936 spring FC Dinamo Rostov Don Stroiteli Baku Dynamo Odessa 1936 autumn Dinamo Kazan Spartak Kharkiv Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 1937 Dynamo Odessa Lokomotyv Kyiv Stakhanovets Staline Third Group edit Season Zone Winner Runners up Third Notes 1946 1 Spartak Uzhhorod Krylya Sovetov Tbilisi five groups winners and runners up of which qualified for the two final groups 2 Dinamo Riga Zenit Kaliningrad Class B edit Season Zone Winner Runners up Third Notes 1963 Russia Volga Kalinin Dinamo Kirov Zvezda Serpukhov three zones Ukraine SKA Odessa Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Azovstal Zhdanov Republics Lokomotivi Tbilisi Dinamo Batumi 1964 Russia Rostselmash Rostov Don Terek Grozny Tekstilshchik Ivanovo three zones Ukraine Lokomotyv Vinnytsia SKA Kiev Polissya Zhytomyr Republics Granitas Klaipeda Vostok Ust Kamenogorsk Politodel Tashkent Oblast 1965 Russia Spartak Nalchik Rubin Kazan Sokol Saratov three zones Ukraine SKA Lviv SKA Kiev Avanhard Zhovti Vody Republics Dynamo Kirovobad Dynamo Baku Pamir Leninabad 1966 Russia Lokomotiv Kaluga Spartak Ordzhonikidze Metallurg Tula four zones Ukraine Avanhard Zhovti Vody Dynamo Khmelnytskyi Lokomotyv Kherson Central Asia Pamir Leninabad Metallurg Chimkent Dynamo Tselinograd Republics Meshakhte Tkibuli Polad Sumgayit Neman Grodno 1967 Russia Dinamo Makhachkala Volga Ulyanovsk Volgar Astrakhan four zones Ukraine Avtomobilist Zhytomyr Khimik Severodonetsk Dnipro Kremenchuk Central Asia Zarafshon Nawoyi Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast Metallurg Temirtau Republics Neman Grodno Polad Sumgait 1968 Russia Mashuk Pyatigorsk Kalinenets Sverdlovsk Spartak Belgorod four zones Ukraine Avanhard Ternopil Bukovyna Chernivtsi Shakhtar Kadiivka Central Asia Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast Ak Altyn Andizhan Oblast Samarqand Kazakhstan Embek Djezkazghan ADK Alma Ata Metallurg Temirtau 1969 Russia Druzhba Maykop Saturn Rybinsk Iskra Smolensk five zones Ukraine Spartak Ivano Frankivsk Shakhtar Horlivka Spartak Sumy Central Asia Tashavtomash Tashkent Samarkand Yangiyer Kazakhstan Traktor Pavlodar Tsementnik Semipalatinsk Embek Djezkazghan Caucasus Dila Gori Guria Lanchkhuti Avtomobilist Yerevan Second Group Class A edit Season Zone Winner Runners up Third Notes 1970 Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhia Tavriya Simferopol Avtomobilist Zhytomyr three zones top two teams of second and third groups played in final Russian group Russia Avtomobilist Nalchik Spartak Yoshkar Ola Kuzbass Kemerevo Second League edit Season Winner Runners up Notes 1971 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Iskra Smolensk six groups 1972 Spartak Ivano Frankivsk Dinamo Riga seven groups 1973 Uralmash Sverdlovsk Tavriya SimferopolKuban Krasnodar winners of seven groups play in final 1974 Alga Frunze Rubin KazanMetalist Kharkiv six groups 1975 Terek Grozny Dinamo RigaStroitel Asgabat six groups 1976 Dinamo Leningrad Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUralmash Sverdlovsk six groups 1977 Kuban Krasnodar Zalgiris VilniusSCA Odessa six groups 1978 FC Zvezda Perm Spartak NalchikMetalist Kharkiv six groups 1979 Iskra SmolenskKolos NikopolDinamo StavropolGuria LanchkhutiSugdiyona JizzakhSKA Khabarovsk Textilschik IvanovoSKA KyivRotor VolgogradLokomotivi SamtrediaShakhrikhonchi ShakhrikhanFC Shakhter six groups no final six winners 1980 Spartak KostromaTraktor PavlodarCSKA Kyiv Rotor VolgogradDynamo SamarqandKhimik Grodno nine groups three final groups 1981 Daugava RigaDinamo KirovRotor Volgograd Kotayk AbovyanKryvbas Kryvyi RihTextilschik Ivanovo nine groups three final groups 1982 Textilschik IvanovoDnepr MogilevKuzbass Kemerevo Spartak OrjonikidzeDynamo SamarqandShakhter nine groups three final groups 1983 Irtysh OmskSpartak OrjonikidzeDinamo Batumi Metallurg LipetskZnamya Truda Orekhovo ZuevoKrylya Sovetov Kuybyshev nine groups three final groups 1984 Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevKotayk AbovyanDinamo Stavropol Nyva VinnytsiaGeolog TumenDynamo Samarqand nine groups three final groups 1985 Rostselmash Rostov DonAtlantas KlaipedaIskra Smolensk Tavriya SimferopolFC Zvezda PermMeliorator Chimkent nine groups three final groups 1986 Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevGeolog TumenZoria Voroshilovgrad Kapaz KirovobadMetallurg LipetskSokhibkor Khalkabad nine groups three final groups 1987 Tavriya SimferopolFC Zvezda PermKuban Krasnodar Iskra SmolenskMeliorator ChimkentNistru Chisinau nine groups three final groups 1988 Nistru ChisinauTorpedo KutaisiFakel Voronezh Neftchi FergonaTsement NovorossiyskBukovyna Chernivtsi nine groups three final groups 1989 Lokomotiv GorkiyTextilschik TiraspolDinamo Sukhumi Irtysh OmskVolyn LutskNeftchi Fergona nine groups three final groups 1990 Bukovyna ChernivtsiUralmash SverdlovskNeftchi Fergona Daugava RigaTextilschik KamyshynNovbakhor Namangan three groups 1991 Karpaty LvivAsmaral MoscowOkean Nakhodka Zorya LuhanskKrylya Sovetov SamaraKopetdag Asgabat three groups All time table top 20 edit There were over 520 teams that played in the third tier competitions 1 Team Republic Seasons Firstseason Lastseason Played Won Drawn Lost Goalsfor Goalsagainst Points1 1st 2nd 3rd Bukovina Chernovtsy Ukraine 26 1963 1989 1175 508 318 349 1466 1115 1842 Polesie Zhitomir Ukraine 24 1963 1988 1086 455 310 321 1294 986 1675 Druzhba Maikop Russia 28 1963 1990 1085 470 243 372 1374 1123 1653 Tselinnik Tselinograd Kazakhstan 26 1964 1990 974 476 215 283 1360 968 1643 Neftyanik Fergana Uzbekistan 23 1963 1989 908 479 178 251 1506 870 1615 Metallurg Lipetsk Russia 24 1963 1990 948 448 242 258 1281 855 1586 Khimik Dzhambul Kazakhstan 27 1963 1990 1013 446 242 325 1439 1127 1580 Krivbass Krivoi Rog Ukraine 22 1963 1988 1003 428 295 280 1267 967 1579 Sudostroitel Nikolaev Ukraine 23 1963 1989 1043 425 295 323 1257 1003 1570 Zakarpatie Uzhgorod Ukraine 26 1963 1989 1155 426 291 438 1235 1288 1569 Niva Vinnitsa Ukraine 22 1963 1990 1002 427 286 289 1230 885 1567 Podolie Khmelnitskiy Ukraine 24 1963 1988 1084 404 286 394 1191 1167 1498 Mashuk Piatigorsk Russia 24 1936 f 1989 916 431 202 283 1224 953 1495 Volyn Lutsk Ukraine 27 1963 1990 1206 386 332 488 1148 1416 1490 Avangard Rovno Ukraine 25 1963 1988 1113 388 309 416 1097 1152 1473 Sokol Saratov Russia 24 1963 1990 923 421 209 293 1416 1065 1472 Zenit Izhevsk Russia 26 1963 1990 972 407 251 314 1279 988 1472 Spartak Kostroma Russia 23 1963 1988 891 399 260 232 1225 885 1457 Meliorator Chimkent Kazakhstan 24 1963 1990 918 418 202 298 1352 1018 1456 Kristall Kherson Ukraine 24 1963 1988 1076 387 289 400 1233 1270 1450 1Three points for a win In 1973 a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout In 1978 1988 the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited See also editUkrainian Zone the Ukrainian Republican competitions of the Soviet Second League only not including the interzonal tournaments References edit Chempionat SSSR vtoraya liga Vse matchi External links edit USSR Second League KLISF Archived from the original on 2007 09 29 Retrieved 2006 09 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soviet Second League amp oldid 1219840230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,