1970 Soviet Class A Second Group

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Class A Second Group
Season1970
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.

Contents

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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Metalurh Zaporizhia (C, P)42261067333+4062Promoted
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Tavriya Simferopol 42211567036+3457
3 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Avtomobilist Zhytomyr 42201576127+3455
4 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 421814105853+550
5 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 421714114736+1148
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Azovets Zhdanov 42151894434+1048
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Zirka Kirovohrad 42199144841+747
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Bukovyna Chernivtsi 421712134539+646
9 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Kadiivka 421613134937+1245
10 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotyv Kherson 421612146050+1044
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Desna Chernihiv 421710154345244Dissolved [2]
12 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Horlivka 421413154247541
13 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Budivelnyk Poltava 421313163334139
14 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg SKA Lviv 4212151530411139
15 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 421214165248+438
16 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Spartak Brest 4212131732481637
17 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Avanhard Ternopil 421212183847936
18 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Neman Grodno 4211131827482135
19 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Baltika Kaliningrad 4210112124512731
20 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg SKA Odessa 421262434562230
21 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Sumy 427142131572628
22 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Gomselmash Gomel 427102522553324
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Group II [Centre and Caucasus]

PosRepTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1RUSShinnik Yaroslavl42241446631+3562Promoted
2RUSAvtomobilist Nalchik42221555817+4159
3RUSVolga Kalinin42221195731+2655
4RUSMetallurg Tula422111108038+4253
5RUSMashuk Pyatigorsk42171695236+1650
6RUSDinamo Stavropol421516113738146
7RUSMetallurg Lipetsk421710155148+344
8RUSLokomotiv Kaluga421416124756944
9RUSTrud Voronezh421611155643+1343
10GEODinamo Batumi421415133540543
11RUSDruzhba Maykop421512153634+242 [lower-alpha 1]
12RUSSalyut Belgorod [lower-alpha 2] 421316134645+142
13ARMShirak Leninakan421511164443+141
14RUSTorpedo Taganrog421315143643741
15RUSVolga Gorkiy421215154746+139
16RUSSaturn Rybinsk4211171444561239 [lower-alpha 1]
17RUSDinamo Makhachkala4213111845551037
18GEODila Gori4213111843561337 [lower-alpha 1]
19RUSStal Volgograd [lower-alpha 3] 42818163340734
20AZEDinamo Kirovabad42128223746932
21RUSDinamo Bryansk427112434794525
22AZEPolad Sumgait42483019826316
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 +
  2. Spartak Belgorod changed name to Salyut.
  3. Traktor Volgograd changed name to Stal.

Group III [Siberia and Central Asia]

PosRepTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1RUSKuzbass Kemerovo4224996137+2457Promoted
2RUSSpartak Yoshkar-Ola42247114630+1655
3RUSIrtysh Omsk42201486328+3554
4RUSTomLes Tomsk42171693628+850
5KAZVostok Ust-Kamenogorsk421911125139+1249
6RUSSKA Chita421910135635+2148
7UZBPolitotdel Tashkent Region421910134844+448
8RUSZvezda Perm421713124937+1247
9RUSDinamo Barnaul421711146044+1645
10RUSLuch Vladivostok421613133533+245
11UZBNeftyanik Fergana42197165655+145
12RUSSelenga Ulan-Ude421514134139+244
13KAZMetallurg Chimkent421511164446241
14RUSTorpedo Togliatti [lower-alpha 1] 421412163938+140 [lower-alpha 2]
15RUSSokol Saratov42165214751437
16RUSVolga Ulyanovsk4212121835501536
17RUSStroitel Ufa421472136531735
18RUSAvtomobilist Krasnoyarsk [lower-alpha 3] 421014182937834
19RUSLokomotiv Chelyabinsk42816184045532
20RUSAeroflot Irkutsk421192228643631
21RUSZenit Izhevsk429102335582328
22UZBTraktor Tashkent [lower-alpha 4] 42792627714423 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. Khimik Togliatti changed name to Torpedo.
  2. 1 2 +
  3. Rassvet Krasnoyarsk changed name to Avtomobilist.
  4. TashAvtoMash Tashkent changed name to Traktor.

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