1963 Soviet Class A Second Group Explained

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.

Qualified teams

TeamClass B zones and position in 1962
width=150Daugava RigaClass A (relegation)width=5021
Žalgiris VilniusClass A (relegation)22
Shinnik YaroslavlI Zone (Russia)1
Trud VoronezhII Zone (Russia)1
Kuban KrasnodarIII Zone (Russia)1
Traktor VolgogradIII Zone (Russia)2
UralMash SverdlovskIV Zone (Russia)1
Lokomotiv ChelyabinskIV Zone (Russia)2
SKA NovosibirskV Zone (Russia)1
Chernomorets OdessaI Zone (Ukraine)1
Metallurg ZaporozhyeII Zone (Ukraine)2
Trudoviye Rezervy LuganskIII Zone (Ukraine)1
Dnepr DnepropetrovskIII Zone (Ukraine)6
Lokomotiv GomelI Zone (Union rep)1
Shakhtyor KaragandaII Zone (Union rep)1
Alga FrunzeII Zone (Union rep)2
Volga Gorkiynew
Karpaty Lvovnew

Notes:

Top scorers

13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republicsTeam(s)
8FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Volga Gorkiy
5FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov
1FC Daugava Riga
1FK Žalgiris Vilnius
1FC Lokomotiv Gomel
1FC Shakhter Karaganda
1FC Alga Frunze

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