Soviet Second League
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The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet
Soviet Union
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, below the Soviet First League
Soviet First League
The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:...

. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of USSR in 1991.

Overview

The League was established in 1936, but was discontinued after the 1937 season for over 15 years. The experimental edition of the League was introduced in 1946. But the consistent League takes its roots from 1963. Prior to 1990, the league was divided into multiple regional zones (as many as 9) and the top finishers of those zones would take part in an additional mini-tourney to determine which teams get promoted to the Soviet First League. In 1991, the regional zones became a part of Soviet Second League B
Soviet Second League B
The Soviet Second League B was an auxiliary tier of the Soviet league system, because it was not consistent as it existed only for six seasons and somewhat randomly...

, while the Soviet Second League was split into 3 major regional zones, West, Center, and East. The group winners of these zones would now qualify for the Soviet First League.

The most titles of the League won was two by 11 different teams out of various now independent republics. The last winners of the League were FC Karpaty Lviv
FC Karpaty Lviv
FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...

, FC Asmaral Moscow, and FC Okean Nakhodka
FC Okean Nakhodka
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.

Names

  • Prior to WWII - Group V (third letter in the Russian alphabet)
  • 1946 - Group III
  • 1963 - 1969 (inclusively) - Class B
  • 1970 - Second Group of Class A
  • 1971 - 1989 (inclusively) - Second League
  • after 1989 - Buffer League

Awardees

SeasonWinnerRunner-upsNotes
1936
Soviet Second League 1936
-Spring:-Overview:This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.-League Standings:-External links:...

 (spring)
FC Dinamo Rostov/Don Stroiteli Baku
Dynamo Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
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1936
Soviet Second League 1936
-Spring:-Overview:This tournament was exact replica of the spring championship by the format of the competition, including the nomination of points.-League Standings:-External links:...

 (autumn)
Dinamo Kazan Spartak Kharkiv
Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk
1937 Dynamo Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odessa
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Lokomotyv Kyiv
Stakhanovets Staline
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
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1938-45 no competition due to various reasons
1946 Spartak Uzhhorod
Dinamo Riga
Krylya Sovetov Tbilisi
Zenit Kaliningrad
five groups winners and runners-up of which qualified for the two final groups
1947-62 disbanded, restored in 1963
1963
Soviet Second League 1963
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Volga Kalinin
FC Volga Tver
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 (Russia)
SCA Odessa (Ukraine)
Lokomotivi Tbilisi
FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
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 (other republics)
Dinamo Kirov (Russia)
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia
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 (Ukraine)
Dinamo Batumi
FC Dinamo Batumi
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(other republics)
three zones
1964
Soviet Second League 1964
-Ukraine:This season to the Ukrainian zone were added four teams from Belarus and three teams from Moldova. SKA Odessa did not participate as it gained its promotion last season. Two other newcomers were added: FC Chaika Balaklava and FC Dunayets Izmail...

Rostselmash Rostov/Don
FC Rostov
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 (Russia)
Lokomotiv Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia
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 (Ukraine)
Granitas Klapeida
FK Atlantas
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 (other republics)
Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny
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 (Russia)
SKA Kyiv
FC CSKA Kyiv
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 (Ukraine)
Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
FC Vostok
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 (other republics)
three zones
1965 Spartak Nalchik (Russia)
SKA Lviv (Ukraine)
Dinamo Kirovabad (other republics)
Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan
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 (Russia)
SKA Kyiv
FC CSKA Kyiv
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 (Ukraine)
Dinamo Baku
FK Baku
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 (other republics)
three zones
1966 Lokomotiv Kaluga (Russia)
Avanhard Zhovti Vody (Ukraine)
Pamir Leninabad
FK Khujand
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 (Middle East)
Meshakhte Tkibuli
FC Meshakhte Tkibuli
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 (other republics)
Spartak Orjonikidze (Russia)
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
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 (Ukraine)
Metallurg Chimkent
FC Ordabasy
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 (Middle East)
Polad Sumgait (other republics)
four zones
1967 Dinamo Makhachkala
FC Dynamo Makhachkala
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 (Russia)
Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
FC Polissya Zhytomyr
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 (Ukraine)
Zarafshon Nawoyi (Middle East)
Neman Hrodna (other republics)
Volga Ulyanovsk
FC Volga Ulyanovsk
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 (Russia)
Khimik Severodonetsk (Ukraine)
Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast (Middle East)
Polad Sumgait (other republics)
four zones
1968 Mashuk Pyatigorsk (Russia)
Avanhard Ternopil (Ukraine)
Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast (Middle East)
Enbek Djezkazghan (Kazakhstan)
Kalinenets Sverdlovsk (Russia)
Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
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 (Ukraine)
Ak Altyn Andizhan Oblast (Middle East)
ADK Alma‑Ata (Kazakhstan)
four zones
1969 Druzhba Maykop
FC Druzhba Maykop
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 (Russia)
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
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 (Ukraine)
Tashavtomash Tashkent (Middle East)
Traktor Pavlodar (Kazakhstan)
Dila Gori
FC Dila Gori
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 (Georgia)
Saturn Rybinsk (Russia)
Shakhtar Horlivka
FC Shakhtar Horlivka
FC Shakhtar Horlivka is a Ukrainian football club from Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. The club participated in the Soviet competition for a quite a stretch.-League and cup history:...

 (Ukraine)
Samarkand
FK Samarqand-Dinamo
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 (Middle East)
Tsementnik Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan)
Guria Lanchkhuti
FC Guria Lanchkhuti
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 (Georgia)
five zones
1970 Metalurh Zaporizhia
Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
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Kuzbass Kemerevo
FC KUZBASS Kemerovo
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Tavriya Simferopol
SC Tavriya Simferopol
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Avtomobilist Nalchik
Spartak Yoshkar‑Ola
three zones
1971 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
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Iskra Smolensk six groups
1972 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
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Dinamo Riga seven groups
1973 Uralmash Sverdlovsk Tavriya Simferopol
SC Tavriya Simferopol
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Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Krasnodar
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winners of seven groups play in final
1974 Alga Frunze Rubin Kazan
FC Rubin Kazan
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Metalist Kharkiv
FC Metalist Kharkiv
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six groups
1975 Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny
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Dinamo Riga
Stroitel Asgabat
six groups
1976 Dinamo Leningrad Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
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Uralmash Sverdlovsk
six groups
1977 Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Krasnodar
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Zalgiris Vilnuis
FK Žalgiris Vilnius
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SCA Odessa
six groups
1978 FC Zvezda Perm
FC Zvezda Perm
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Spartak Nalchik
Metalist Kharkiv
six groups
1979 Iskra Smolensk
Kolos Nikopol
Dinamo Stavropol
Guria Lanchkhuti
Sugdiyona Jizzakh
Sogdiana Jizak
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SKA Khabarovsk
Textilschik Ivanovo
FC Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo
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SKA Kyiv
FC CSKA Kyiv
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Rotor Volgograd
Lokomotivi Samtredia
FC Samtredia
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Shakhrikhonchi Shakhrikhan
FC Shakhter
FC Shakhter
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six groups, no final, six winners
1980 Spartak Kostroma
FC Spartak Kostroma
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Traktor Pavlodar
CSKA Kyiv
FC CSKA Kyiv
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Rotor Volgograd
Dynamo Samarqand
FK Samarqand-Dinamo
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Khimik Hrodna
nine groups, three final groups
1981 Daugava Riga
FK Daugava Riga
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Dinamo Kirov
Rotor Volgograd
Kotayk Abovyan
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
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Textilschik Ivanovo
FC Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo
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nine groups, three final groups
1982 Textilschik Ivanovo
FC Tekstilshchik-Telekom Ivanovo
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Dnepr Mogilev
FC Dnepr Mahilyow
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Kuzbass Kemerevo
Spartak Orjonikidze
Dynamo Samarqand
FK Samarqand-Dinamo
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Shakhter
FC Shakhter
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nine groups, three final groups
1983 Irtysh Omsk
Spartak Orjonikidze
Dinamo Batumi
FC Dinamo Batumi
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Metallurg Lipetsk
FC Metallurg Lipetsk
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Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
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nine groups, three final groups
1984 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
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Kotayk Abovyan
Dinamo Stavropol
Nyva Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia
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Geolog Tumen
FC Tyumen
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Dynamo Samarqand
FK Samarqand-Dinamo
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nine groups, three final groups
1985 Rostselmash Rostov/Don
FC Rostov
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Atlantas Klapeida
FK Atlantas
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Iskra Smolensk
Tavriya Simferopol
SC Tavriya Simferopol
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FC Zvezda Perm
FC Zvezda Perm
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Meliorator Chimkent
FC Ordabasy
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nine groups, three final groups
1986 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
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Geolog Tumen
FC Tyumen
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Zoria Voroshilovgrad
FC Zorya Luhansk
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Kepez Kirovobad
Metallurg Lipetsk
FC Metallurg Lipetsk
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Sokhibkor Khalkabad
nine groups, three final groups
1987 Tavriya Simferopol
SC Tavriya Simferopol
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FC Zvezda Perm
FC Zvezda Perm
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Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban Krasnodar
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Iskra Smolensk
Meliorator Chimkent
FC Ordabasy
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Nistru Chisinau
FC Zimbru Chisinau
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nine groups, three final groups
1988 Nistru Chisinau
FC Zimbru Chisinau
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Torpedo Kutaisi
FC Torpedo Kutaisi
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Fakel Voronezh
FC Fakel Voronezh
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Neftchi Fergona
Tsement Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk is a Russian association football club based in Novorossiysk. In 2011, the club will play in the Russian First Division after winning their zone of the Russian Second Division....


Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernivtsi. For the 2010–11 season, the club is taking part in the Persha Liha. From 1992–94, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in...

nine groups, three final groups
1989 Lokomotiv Gorkiy
Textilschik Tiraspol
CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol
CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol was a Moldovan football club based in Tiraspol. They played in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. Their home stadium was Stadionul Municipal....


Dinamo Sukhumi
FC ASMC Sokhumi
ASMC Sokhumi is a Georgian football club. It was formed by IDP from Abkhazia, as Dinamo Sokhumi. It's named after the most successful club from Abkhaz ASSR, FC Dinamo Sokhumi....

Irtysh Omsk
Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...


Neftchi Fergona
nine groups, three final groups
1990
Soviet Second League 1990
- West :Legend:-Center:Legend:-References:*...

Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernivtsi. For the 2010–11 season, the club is taking part in the Persha Liha. From 1992–94, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in...


Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Neftchi Fergona
Daugava Riga
FK Daugava Riga
Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...


Textilschik Kamyshyn
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin was a Russian football club based in Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast. In 1990s the club spent five seasons in the Russian Top Division and played in the UEFA Cup, but now plays in the Amateur Football League....


Novbakhor Namangan
Navbahor Namangan
Navbahor Namangan is a Uzbekistani football club based in Namangan. The club's name means New Spring as it can be depicted from its logo, Nav bahor. They play in the top division in Uzbekistan football league-Oliy Liga...

three groups
1991
Soviet Second League 1991
This season was the last edition of the Soviet Second League competition. Next seasons all of the clubs competed in their own national championships and most of them at the top level. At the given standing it is indicated on the farther fate of each club.- WEST:...

Karpaty Lviv
FC Karpaty Lviv
FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...


Asmaral Moscow
Okean Nakhodka
FC Okean Nakhodka
Okean Nakhodka is a Russian football club based in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. The club's colours are white and blue.-History:In 1989 Okean won the RSFSR Cup, and in 1991 they won the regional league....

Zorya Luhansk
FC Zorya Luhansk
FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...


Krylya Sovetov Samara
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
Krylia Sovetov is a football club from Russia based in Samara. In 2004 they finished third in the Russian Premier League. The name "Krylia Sovetov" means "Wings of the Soviets".-History:FC Krylia Sovetov Samara was founded in 1942....


Kopetdag Asgabat
three groups

See also

  • Ukrainian Zone
    Ukrainian Soviet competitions
    The Ukrainian football competitions on a bigger portion of Ukraine were taken place sometime when the Russian Football Union was established in 1912...

    - the Ukrainian Republican competitions of the Soviet Second League only, not including the interzonal tournaments.
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