1970 Soviet Class A Second Group

Class A Second Group

Season	1970
Champions	Group 1: Metallurg Zaporozhye Group 2: Shinnik Yaroslavl Group 3: Kuzbass Kemerevo
Promoted	Metallurg Zaporozhye Shinnik Yaroslavl Kuzbass Kemerevo
Relegated	Desna Chernigov Polad Sumgait Traktor Tashkent
← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Soviet Class A Second Group was the 10th season at the third tier of football competitions in the Soviet Union.

The competitions consisted of three groups, winners of which gained direct promotion to the 1971 Soviet First League. Those were Metallurg Zaporozhye, Shinnik Yaroslavl, and Kuzbass Kemerevo.

In addition to that there was conducted a side tournament for the Russian SFSR clubs for the republican title. Only two best teams of the Russian SFSR from Groups 2 and 3 qualified for that competition. At same time Metallurg Zaporozhye was honored as the Champion of the Ukrainian SSR by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR. ^[1]

Qualifying groups

Group I [Ukraine and Belarus]

Further information: 1970 Soviet Second Group (Class A), Zone 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalurh Zaporizhia (C, P)	42	26	10	6	73	33	+40	62	Promoted
2	Tavriya Simferopol	42	21	15	6	70	36	+34	57
3	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	42	20	15	7	61	27	+34	55
4	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	42	18	14	10	58	53	+5	50
5	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	42	17	14	11	47	36	+11	48
6	Azovets Zhdanov	42	15	18	9	44	34	+10	48
7	Zirka Kirovohrad	42	19	9	14	48	41	+7	47
8	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	17	12	13	45	39	+6	46
9	Shakhtar Kadiivka	42	16	13	13	49	37	+12	45
10	Lokomotyv Kherson	42	16	12	14	60	50	+10	44
11	Desna Chernihiv	42	17	10	15	43	45	−2	44	Dissolved [2]
12	Shakhtar Horlivka	42	14	13	15	42	47	−5	41
13	Budivelnyk Poltava	42	13	13	16	33	34	−1	39
14	SKA Lviv	42	12	15	15	30	41	−11	39
15	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	42	12	14	16	52	48	+4	38
16	Spartak Brest	42	12	13	17	32	48	−16	37
17	Avanhard Ternopil	42	12	12	18	38	47	−9	36
18	Neman Grodno	42	11	13	18	27	48	−21	35
19	Baltika Kaliningrad	42	10	11	21	24	51	−27	31
20	SKA Odessa	42	12	6	24	34	56	−22	30
21	Spartak Sumy	42	7	14	21	31	57	−26	28
22	Gomselmash Gomel	42	7	10	25	22	55	−33	24

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Group II [Centre and Caucasus]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	24	14	4	66	31	+35	62	Promoted
2	RUS	Avtomobilist Nalchik	42	22	15	5	58	17	+41	59
3	RUS	Volga Kalinin	42	22	11	9	57	31	+26	55
4	RUS	Metallurg Tula	42	21	11	10	80	38	+42	53
5	RUS	Mashuk Pyatigorsk	42	17	16	9	52	36	+16	50
6	RUS	Dinamo Stavropol	42	15	16	11	37	38	−1	46
7	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	17	10	15	51	48	+3	44
8	RUS	Lokomotiv Kaluga	42	14	16	12	47	56	−9	44
9	RUS	Trud Voronezh	42	16	11	15	56	43	+13	43
10	GEO	Dinamo Batumi	42	14	15	13	35	40	−5	43
11	RUS	Druzhba Maykop	42	15	12	15	36	34	+2	42 [lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	Salyut Belgorod [lower-alpha 2]	42	13	16	13	46	45	+1	42
13	ARM	Shirak Leninakan	42	15	11	16	44	43	+1	41
14	RUS	Torpedo Taganrog	42	13	15	14	36	43	−7	41
15	RUS	Volga Gorkiy	42	12	15	15	47	46	+1	39
16	RUS	Saturn Rybinsk	42	11	17	14	44	56	−12	39 [lower-alpha 1]
17	RUS	Dinamo Makhachkala	42	13	11	18	45	55	−10	37
18	GEO	Dila Gori	42	13	11	18	43	56	−13	37 [lower-alpha 1]
19	RUS	Stal Volgograd [lower-alpha 3]	42	8	18	16	33	40	−7	34
20	AZE	Dinamo Kirovabad	42	12	8	22	37	46	−9	32
21	RUS	Dinamo Bryansk	42	7	11	24	34	79	−45	25
22	AZE	Polad Sumgait	42	4	8	30	19	82	−63	16

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. +
2. Spartak Belgorod changed name to Salyut.
3. Traktor Volgograd changed name to Stal.

Group III [Siberia and Central Asia]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	42	24	9	9	61	37	+24	57	Promoted
2	RUS	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola	42	24	7	11	46	30	+16	55
3	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	42	20	14	8	63	28	+35	54
4	RUS	TomLes Tomsk	42	17	16	9	36	28	+8	50
5	KAZ	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	42	19	11	12	51	39	+12	49
6	RUS	SKA Chita	42	19	10	13	56	35	+21	48
7	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	42	19	10	13	48	44	+4	48
8	RUS	Zvezda Perm	42	17	13	12	49	37	+12	47
9	RUS	Dinamo Barnaul	42	17	11	14	60	44	+16	45
10	RUS	Luch Vladivostok	42	16	13	13	35	33	+2	45
11	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	42	19	7	16	56	55	+1	45
12	RUS	Selenga Ulan-Ude	42	15	14	13	41	39	+2	44
13	KAZ	Metallurg Chimkent	42	15	11	16	44	46	−2	41
14	RUS	Torpedo Togliatti [lower-alpha 1]	42	14	12	16	39	38	+1	40 [lower-alpha 2]
15	RUS	Sokol Saratov	42	16	5	21	47	51	−4	37
16	RUS	Volga Ulyanovsk	42	12	12	18	35	50	−15	36
17	RUS	Stroitel Ufa	42	14	7	21	36	53	−17	35
18	RUS	Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk [lower-alpha 3]	42	10	14	18	29	37	−8	34
19	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	42	8	16	18	40	45	−5	32
20	RUS	Aeroflot Irkutsk	42	11	9	22	28	64	−36	31
21	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	42	9	10	23	35	58	−23	28
22	UZB	Traktor Tashkent [lower-alpha 4]	42	7	9	26	27	71	−44	23 [lower-alpha 2]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Khimik Togliatti changed name to Torpedo.
2. +
3. Rassvet Krasnoyarsk changed name to Avtomobilist.
4. TashAvtoMash Tashkent changed name to Traktor.

References

1. Чемпіони УРСР 1936-1970. www.kopanyi-myach.info
2. Mukha, V. Anatomy of fall. How was perishing FC Desna Chernihiv (Анатомія падіння. Як гинула чернігівська «Десна»). Sport.ua (Ukrayinskyi Futbol). 10 July 2010

External links

• All-Soviet Archive Site
• Results. RSSSF