| Season: | 1963 |
| Nextseason: | 1964 |
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.
| Team | Class B zones and position in 1962 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=150 | Daugava Riga | Class A (relegation) | width=50 | 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:
| Number | Union republics | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Volga Gorkiy | ||
| 5 | FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov | ||
| 1 | FC Daugava Riga | ||
| 1 | FK Žalgiris Vilnius | ||
| 1 | FC Lokomotiv Gomel | ||
| 1 | FC Shakhter Karaganda | ||
| 1 | FC Alga Frunze |