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Soviet Second League
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Founded	; 1936
Folded	; 1991; after 52 seasons
Country	; Soviet Union;
Level on pyramid	; Level 3
; Promotion to	; Soviet First League;
; Relegation to	; Soviet Second League B ; or KFK competitions
Last champions	; Karpaty Lviv; Asmaral Moscow; Okean Nakhodka;
Most championships	; 11 clubs (2)

The Soviet Second League was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. 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-tournament to determine which teams get promoted to the Soviet First League. In 1991, the regional zones became a part of Soviet Second League B, 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 Asmaral Moscow, and FC Okean Nakhodka.

Between 1960 and 1970 football competitions in Class B were split by republican principle at first as tier two, that as tier three, and at the end in 1970 it was downgraded to the auxiliary tier four (or lower tier three). Each competition had multiple number of groups that were known as zones.

Class B of the Russian SFSR (1959-1970)

Class B of the Ukrainian SSR (1960-1970)

Class B of Union republics (1960-1967)

Class B of Central Asia (1966-1970)

Class B of the Kazakh SSR (1968-1970)

Class B of Caucasus (1969)

In 1970-1971 the Soviet league system was restructured for lower leagues and Class B competitions were discontinued. Republican competitions were conducted with the Soviet Second League which consisted of multiple groups (zones). There was no explicit designation of zones as they were simply numerated.

Republican competitions continued to be conducted among collective of physical culture and were considered as amateur.

Names

1936-1937 Group V (third letter in the Russian alphabet)
- 1936-1937 Group G
- 1936-1937 Group D and Group of Cities of the Far East

1946-1946 Third Group

1963-1969 Class B

1970-1970 Second Group (Class A)
- 1970-1970 Class B

1971-1989 Second League

1990-1991 Buffer League
- 1990-1991 Second League B

Winners

Group V

Season	Winner	Runners-up	Third
1936 (spring)	FC Dinamo Rostov/Don	Stroiteli Baku	Dynamo Odessa
1936 (autumn)	Dinamo Kazan	Spartak Kharkiv	Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk
1937	Dynamo Odessa	Lokomotyv Kyiv	Stakhanovets Staline

Third Group

Season	Zone	Winner	Runners-up	Third	Notes
1946	1	Spartak Uzhhorod	Krylya Sovetov Tbilisi		five groups winners and runners-up of which qualified for the two final groups
1946	2	Dinamo Riga	Zenit Kaliningrad

Class B

Season	Zone	Winner	Runners-up	Third	Notes
1963	Russia	Volga Kalinin	Dinamo Kirov	Zvezda Serpukhov	three zones
	Ukraine	SKA Odessa	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	Azovstal Zhdanov
	Republics	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	Dinamo Batumi
1964	Russia	Rostselmash Rostov/Don	Terek Grozny	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	three zones
	Ukraine	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	SKA Kiev	Polissya Zhytomyr
	Republics	Granitas Klaipėda	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	Politodel Tashkent Oblast
1965	Russia	Spartak Nalchik	Rubin Kazan	Sokol Saratov	three zones
	Ukraine	SKA Lviv	SKA Kiev	Avanhard Zhovti Vody
	Republics	Dynamo Kirovobad	Dynamo Baku	Pamir Leninabad
1966	Russia	Lokomotiv Kaluga	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	Metallurg Tula	four zones
	Ukraine	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	Lokomotyv Kherson
	Central Asia	Pamir Leninabad	Metallurg Chimkent	Dynamo Tselinograd
	Republics	Meshakhte Tkibuli	Polad Sumgayit	Neman Grodno
1967	Russia	Dinamo Makhachkala	Volga Ulyanovsk	Volgar Astrakhan	four zones
	Ukraine	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	Khimik Severodonetsk	Dnipro Kremenchuk
	Central Asia	Zarafshon Nawoyi	Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast	Metallurg Temirtau
	Republics	Neman Grodno	Polad Sumgait
1968	Russia	Mashuk Pyatigorsk	Kalinenets Sverdlovsk	Spartak Belgorod	four zones
	Ukraine	Avanhard Ternopil	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Shakhtar Kadiivka
	Central Asia	Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast	Ak Altyn Andizhan Oblast	Samarqand
	Kazakhstan	Enbek Djezkazghan	ADK Alma‑Ata	Metallurg Temirtau
1969	Russia	Druzhba Maykop	Saturn Rybinsk	Iskra Smolensk	five zones
	Ukraine	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	Shakhtar Horlivka	Spartak Sumy
	Central Asia	Tashavtomash Tashkent	Samarkand	Yangiyer
	Kazakhstan	Traktor Pavlodar	Tsementnik Semipalatinsk	Enbek Djezkazghan
	Caucasus	Dila Gori	Guria Lanchkhuti	Avtomobilist Yerevan

Second Group (Class A)

Season	Zone	Winner	Runners-up	Third	Notes
1970	Ukraine	Metalurh Zaporizhia	Tavriya Simferopol	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	three zones; top two teams of second and third groups played in final Russian group
1970	Russia	Avtomobilist Nalchik	Spartak Yoshkar‑Ola	Kuzbass Kemerevo

Second League

Season	Winner	Runners-up	Notes
1971	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Iskra Smolensk	six groups
1972	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	Dinamo Riga	seven groups
1973	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	Tavriya Simferopol Kuban Krasnodar	winners of seven groups play in final
1974	Alga Frunze	Rubin Kazan Metalist Kharkiv	six groups
1975	Terek Grozny	Dinamo Riga Stroitel Asgabat	six groups
1976	Dinamo Leningrad	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Uralmash Sverdlovsk	six groups
1977	Kuban Krasnodar	Žalgiris Vilnius SCA Odessa	six groups
1978	FC Zvezda Perm	Spartak Nalchik Metalist Kharkiv	six groups
1979	Iskra Smolensk Kolos Nikopol Dinamo Stavropol Guria Lanchkhuti Sugdiyona Jizzakh SKA Khabarovsk	Textilschik Ivanovo SKA Kyiv Rotor Volgograd Lokomotivi Samtredia Shakhrikhonchi Shakhrikhan FC Shakhter	six groups, no final, six winners
1980	Spartak Kostroma Traktor Pavlodar CSKA Kyiv	Rotor Volgograd Dynamo Samarqand Khimik Grodno	nine groups, three final groups
1981	Daugava Riga Dinamo Kirov Rotor Volgograd	Kotayk Abovyan Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Textilschik Ivanovo	nine groups, three final groups
1982	Textilschik Ivanovo Dnepr Mogilev Kuzbass Kemerevo	Spartak Orjonikidze Dynamo Samarqand Shakhter	nine groups, three final groups
1983	Irtysh Omsk Spartak Orjonikidze Dinamo Batumi	Metallurg Lipetsk Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	nine groups, three final groups
1984	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev Kotayk Abovyan Dinamo Stavropol	Nyva Vinnytsia Geolog Tumen Dynamo Samarqand	nine groups, three final groups
1985	Rostselmash Rostov/Don Atlantas Klaipėda Iskra Smolensk	Tavriya Simferopol FC Zvezda Perm Meliorator Chimkent	nine groups, three final groups
1986	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev Geolog Tumen Zoria Voroshilovgrad	Kepez Kirovobad Metallurg Lipetsk Sokhibkor Khalkabad	nine groups, three final groups
1987	Tavriya Simferopol FC Zvezda Perm Kuban Krasnodar	Iskra Smolensk Meliorator Chimkent Nistru Chisinau	nine groups, three final groups
1988	Nistru Chisinau Torpedo Kutaisi Fakel Voronezh	Neftchi Fergona Tsement Novorossiysk Bukovyna Chernivtsi	nine groups, three final groups
1989	Lokomotiv Gorkiy Textilschik Tiraspol Dinamo Sukhumi	Irtysh Omsk Volyn Lutsk Neftchi Fergona	nine groups, three final groups
1990	Bukovyna Chernivtsi Uralmash Sverdlovsk Neftchi Fergona	Daugava Riga Textilschik Kamyshyn Novbakhor Namangan	three groups
1991	Karpaty Lviv Asmaral Moscow Okean Nakhodka	Zorya Luhansk Krylya Sovetov Samara Kopetdag Asgabat	three groups

References

"USSR Second League". KLISF. Retrieved 2006-09-15. ^{[dead link]}

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