1972 Soviet Second League, Zone 1 Explained

See also: 1972 Soviet Second League.

Season:	1972
League Topscorer:	24 – Viktor Baihuzov (Shakhtar Kadiivka)
Nextseason:	1973

The 1972 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 42nd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 1. The season started on 6 April 1972.

The 1972 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk.

Teams

Location map

Relegated teams

• none

Promoted teams

• FC Shakhtar Makiivka – (debut)
• FC Mayak Kharkiv – (debut)

Relocated and renamed teams

• SKA Odessa was moved away from the Ukrainian championship, relocated to Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR and changed its name to FC Zvezda Tiraspol (competed in Zone 3).
• SKA Kiev was relocated to Chernihiv and changed its name to SC Chernihiv.
• SKA Lvov was relocated to Lutsk (in place of the relegated Torpedo Lutsk) and changed its name to SC Lutsk.

Final standings

Top goalscorers

The following were the top goalscorers.

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Viktor Baihuzov	align=center	24	Shakhtar Kadiivka
2	Mykola Rusyn	align=center	21	Hoverla Uzhhorod
3	Anatoliy Lebid	19	Lokomotyv Kherson
4	Volodymyr Dzyuba	17	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
5	Yuriy Nesmiyan	16	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
	Viktor Polokhov	16	Metalurh Zhdanov
7	Andriy Cheremysin	15	Tavriya Simferopol
	Valentyn Prylepskyi	15	Tavriya Simferopol
	Volodymyr Fursov	15	Shakhtar Kadiivka
10	Yevhen Biloborodov	14	Frunzenets Sumy

See also

• Soviet Second League

External links

• 1972 Soviet Second League, Zone 1 (Ukrainian SSR football championship). Luhansk football portal
• 1972 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru