1968 Soviet Class A Second Group

Soviet Class A Second Group
Season	1968
Champions	FC Karpaty Lvov FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk FC Irtysh Omsk
Promoted	FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk
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Season1968

ChampionsFC Karpaty Lvov

FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev

FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk

FC Irtysh Omsk

PromotedFC Uralmash Sverdlovsk

The 1968 Soviet Class A Second Group was the sixth season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 28th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	40	26	7	7	80	34	+46	59	Final stage

2	UKR	SKA Kiev	40	23	11	6	58	23	+35	57
3	UKR	SKA Odessa	40	19	12	9	50	30	+20	50
4	UKR	Avtomobilist Zhitomir	40	17	16	7	38	19	+19	50^[a]
5	UKR	SelStroi Poltava^[b]	40	18	13	9	50	34	+16	49^[a]
6	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	40	16	14	10	70	39	+31	46
7	UKR	SKA Lvov	40	16	14	10	40	42	−2	46
8	LVA	Daugava Riga	40	16	13	11	39	27	+12	45
9	MDA	Moldova Kishinev	40	16	12	12	40	36	+4	44
10	UKR	Lokomotiv Vinnitsa	40	14	13	13	46	33	+13	41
11	UKR	Azovets Zhdanov	40	11	17	12	30	30	0	39^[a]	Relegation tournament
12	UKR	Khimik Severodonetsk	40	11	14	15	44	51	−7	36^[a]	Relegation tournament
13	RUS	Lokomotiv Kaluga	40	13	9	18	35	56	−21	35
14	RUS	Metallurg Tula	40	9	16	15	31	40	−9	34
15	RUS	Volga Kalinin	40	11	12	17	33	44	−11	34
16	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	40	11	11	18	30	43	−13	33
17	UKR	Krivbass Krivoi Rog	40	8	16	16	40	51	−11	32^[a]	Relegation tournament
18	RUS	Baltika Kaliningrad	40	8	13	19	30	59	−29	29
19	BLR	Neman Grodno	40	6	17	17	20	53	−33	29^[a]
20	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	40	8	12	20	29	60	−31	28	Relegation to Estonian competitions
21	BLR	Spartak Gomel	40	6	12	22	21	50	−29	24	Relegation to Class B

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
10	Ukrainian SSR	FC Karpaty Lvov, SKA Kiev, SKA Odessa, FC Avtomobilist Zhitomir, FC Selstroi Poltava, SKA Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Azovets Zhdanov, FC Khimik Severodonetsk, FC Krivbass Krivoi Rog
5	Russian SFSR	FC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Lokomotiv Kaluga, FC Metallurg Tula, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Baltika Kaliningrad
2	Belarusian SSR	FC Spartak Gomel, FC Neman Grodno
1	Latvian SSR	FC Daugava Riga
1	Moldavian SSR	FC Moldova Kishinev
1	Lithuanian SSR	FK Žalgiris Vilnius
1	Estonian SSR	FC Dinamo Tallinn

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	40	23	15	2	51	22	+29	61	Final stage

2	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	40	21	13	6	45	18	+27	55
3	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	40	19	16	5	50	27	+23	54
4	UKR	Zvezda Kirovograd	40	19	15	6	52	39	+13	53
5	RUS	Trud Voronezh	40	18	14	8	49	28	+21	50
6	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	40	20	10	10	51	33	+18	50
7	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	40	19	11	10	43	26	+17	49
8	RUS	Sokol Saratov	40	18	12	10	59	32	+27	48
9	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	40	14	15	11	52	42	+10	43
10	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	40	12	18	10	31	26	+5	42
11	UKR	Lokomotiv Kherson	40	15	11	14	42	32	+10	41^[a]
12	RUS	RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	40	12	15	13	40	41	−1	39
13	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	40	11	15	14	36	43	−7	37
14	RUS	Dinamo Stavropol	40	9	15	16	26	36	−10	33
15	UKR	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	40	8	16	16	33	44	−11	32	Relegation tournament
16	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	40	11	10	19	41	60	−19	32
17	RUS	Metallurg Kuibyshev	40	9	12	19	28	42	−14	30^[a]
18	UKR	Dnipro Kremenchuk	40	7	14	19	23	46	−23	28^[a]	Relegation tournament
19	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	40	3	15	22	22	55	−33	21^[a]
20	RUS	Zvezda Ryazan^[b]	40	4	13	23	19	60	−41	21^[a]
21	UKR	SKCF Sevastopol	40	5	11	24	16	57	−41	21^[a]	Relegation tournament

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
11	Russian SFSR	FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Sokol Saratov, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo, FC Dinamo Stavropol, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Metallurg Kuibyshev, FC Metallurg Lipetsk, FC Zvezda Ryazan
10	Ukrainian SSR	FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev, FC Metallist Kharkov, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Zirka Kirovograd, SC Tavria Simferopol, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Lokomotiv Kherson, FC Avangard Zheltye Vody, Dnipro Kremenchuk, SKCF Sevastopol

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	40	24	10	6	57	19	+38	58	Final stage

2	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	40	19	12	9	53	29	+24	50
3	RUS	Dinamo Makhachkala	40	17	16	7	30	18	+12	50^[a]
4	RUS	Volga Gorkiy	40	18	12	10	54	28	+26	48
5	RUS	Rubin Kazan	40	19	9	12	52	31	+21	47
6	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	40	15	15	10	40	32	+8	45
7	GEO	Dinamo Batumi	40	13	15	12	44	39	+5	41
8	GEO	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	40	14	12	14	45	37	+8	40
9	RUS	Volgar Astrakhan	40	13	14	13	46	45	+1	40^[a]
10	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	40	13	14	13	34	40	−6	40^[a]
11	AZE	Polad Sumgait	40	15	10	15	34	42	−8	40^[a]
12	RUS	Zvezda Perm	40	11	17	12	30	37	−7	39
13	RUS	Traktor Volgograd	40	13	11	16	49	50	−1	37
14	RUS	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola	40	11	15	14	34	36	−2	37^[a]
15	RUS	Torpedo Taganrog	40	12	12	16	33	40	−7	36^[a]
16	RUS	Volga Ulyanovsk	40	14	8	18	43	58	−15	36^[a]
17	RUS	Stroitel Ufa	40	11	12	17	40	55	−15	34
18	GEO	Meshakhte Tkibuli	40	7	19	14	35	48	−13	33
19	RUS	Terek Grozny	40	9	13	18	45	55	−10	31
20	ARM	Shirak Leninakan	40	9	11	20	28	56	−28	29
21	RUS	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	40	7	15	18	30	61	−31	29^[a]

1968 Soviet Class A Second Group

First subgroup

Number of teams by republics

Second subgroup

Number of teams by republics

Third subgroup

Number of teams by republics

Fourth subgroup

Number of teams by republics

Final stage

For places 1-4

Relegation Tournament for Ukraine

See also

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Number	Union republics	Team(s)
16	Russian SFSR	FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk, FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze, FC Dinamo Makhachkala, FC Volga Gorkiy, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Volgar Astrakhan, FC Zenit Izhevsk, FC Zvezda Perm, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola, FC Torpedo Taganrog, FC Volga Ulyanovsk, FC Stroitel Ufa, FC Terek Grozny, FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk
3	Georgian SSR	FC Dinamo Batumi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Meshakhte Tkibuli
1	Azerbaijan SSR	FC Polad Sumgait
1	Armenian SSR	FC Shirak Leninakan

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	40	22	11	7	44	21	+23	55	Final stage

2	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	40	21	8	11	44	30	+14	50
3	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	40	18	14	8	37	25	+12	50
4	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	40	18	11	11	53	31	+22	47
5	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	40	20	5	15	68	52	+16	45
6	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	40	12	21	7	29	22	+7	45
7	RUS	TomLes Tomsk^[a]	40	16	12	12	45	36	+9	44
8	RUS	SKA Chita	40	16	12	12	40	38	+2	44^[b]
9	TJK	Energetik Dushanbe	40	14	14	12	58	47	+11	42
10	RUS	Temp Barnaul	40	13	16	11	35	26	+9	42
11	UZB	Zarafshan Navoi	40	15	12	13	46	44	+2	42^[b]
12	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	40	13	15	12	42	35	+7	41
13	RUS	Luch Vladivostok	40	14	13	13	36	37	−1	41
14	RUS	Aeroflot Irkutsk^[c]	40	12	12	16	37	49	−12	36^[b]
15	KAZ	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	40	14	8	18	34	48	−14	36
16	RUS	Selenga Ulan-Ude	40	12	12	16	37	52	−15	36^[b]
17	KGZ	Alga Frunze	40	10	15	15	22	33	−11	35
18	RUS	Rassvet Krasnoyarsk^[d]	40	10	14	16	34	44	−10	34^[b]
19	KAZ	Metallurg Chimkent	40	8	16	16	33	47	−14	32^[b]
20	RUS	SKA Novosibirsk	40	3	16	21	24	52	−28	22
21	TJK	Pamir Leninabad	40	5	9	26	31	60	−29	19

Number	Union republics	Team(s)
11	Russian SFSR	FC Irtysh Omsk, FC Kuzbass Kemerevo, FC SKA Khabarovsk, FC Tomles Tomsk, FC SKA Chita, FC Temp Barnaul, FC Luch Vladivostok, FC Aeroflot Irkutsk, FC Selenga Ulan-Ude, FC Rassvet Krasnoyarsk, FC SKA Novosibirsk
3	Uzbek SSR	FC Politotdel Tashkent Region, FC Neftyanik Fergana, FC Zarafshan Navoi
3	Kazakh SSR	FC Shakhter Karaganda, FC Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, FC Metallurg Chimkent
2	Tajik SSR	FC Energetik Dushanbe, FC Pamir Leninabad
1	Turkmen SSR	FC Stroitel Ashkhabad
1	Kyrgyz SSR	FC Alga Frunze

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Krivbass Krivoi Rog	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	8^[a]
2	Khimik Severodonetsk	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8^[a]
3	Azovets Zhdanov	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	6^[a]

4	Dnipro Kremenchuk	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	5^[a]	Relegated
5	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	5	1	1	3	2	6	−4	3
6	SKCF Sevastopol	5	0	0	5	2	9	−7	0^[a]

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

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