Soviet Class A Second Group
Season1968
ChampionsFC Karpaty Lvov
FC Sudostroitel Nikolaev
FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk
FC Irtysh Omsk
PromotedFC Uralmash Sverdlovsk
← 1967
1969 →

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.

First stage

First subgroup

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[lower-alpha 1]
5 UKR SelStroi Poltava[lower-alpha 2] 40 18 13 9 50 34 +16 49[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1] Relegation tournament
12 UKR Khimik Severodonetsk 40 11 14 15 44 51 −7 36[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 +
  2. ↑ SelStroi Poltava was called Kolos.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
10  Ukrainian SSRFC 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 SFSRFC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Lokomotiv Kaluga, FC Metallurg Tula, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Baltika Kaliningrad
2  Belarusian SSRFC Spartak Gomel, FC Neman Grodno
1  Latvian SSRFC Daugava Riga
1  Moldavian SSRFC Moldova Kishinev
1  Lithuanian SSRFK Žalgiris Vilnius
1  Estonian SSRFC Dinamo Tallinn

Second subgroup

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
18 UKR Dnipro Kremenchuk 40 7 14 19 23 46 −23 28[lower-alpha 1] Relegation tournament
19 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 40 3 15 22 22 55 −33 21[lower-alpha 1]
20 RUS Zvezda Ryazan[lower-alpha 2] 40 4 13 23 19 60 −41 21[lower-alpha 1]
21 UKR SKCF Sevastopol 40 5 11 24 16 57 −41 21[lower-alpha 1] Relegation tournament
Source:
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 +
  2. ↑ Zvezda Ryazan was called Spartak.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
11  Russian SFSRFC 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 SSRFC 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

Third subgroup

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
10 RUS Zenit Izhevsk 40 13 14 13 34 40 −6 40[lower-alpha 1]
11 AZE Polad Sumgait 40 15 10 15 34 42 −8 40[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
15 RUS Torpedo Taganrog 40 12 12 16 33 40 −7 36[lower-alpha 1]
16 RUS Volga Ulyanovsk 40 14 8 18 43 58 −15 36[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
16  Russian SFSRFC 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 SSRFC Dinamo Batumi, FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Meshakhte Tkibuli
1  Azerbaijan SSRFC Polad Sumgait
1  Armenian SSRFC Shirak Leninakan

Fourth subgroup

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[lower-alpha 1] 40 16 12 12 45 36 +9 44
8 RUS SKA Chita 40 16 12 12 40 38 +2 44[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3] 40 12 12 16 37 49 −12 36[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 2]
17 KGZ Alga Frunze 40 10 15 15 22 33 −11 35
18 RUS Rassvet Krasnoyarsk[lower-alpha 4] 40 10 14 16 34 44 −10 34[lower-alpha 2]
19 KAZ Metallurg Chimkent 40 8 16 16 33 47 −14 32[lower-alpha 2]
20 RUS SKA Novosibirsk 40 3 16 21 24 52 −28 22
21 TJK Pamir Leninabad 40 5 9 26 31 60 −29 19
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ TomLes Tomsk was called Torpedo.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 +
  3. ↑ Aeroflot Irkutsk was called Angara.
  4. ↑ Rassvet Krasnoyarsk was called Lokomotiv.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
11  Russian SFSRFC 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 SSRFC Politotdel Tashkent Region, FC Neftyanik Fergana, FC Zarafshan Navoi
3  Kazakh SSRFC Shakhter Karaganda, FC Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, FC Metallurg Chimkent
2  Tajik SSRFC Energetik Dushanbe, FC Pamir Leninabad
1  Turkmen SSRFC Stroitel Ashkhabad
1  Kyrgyz SSRFC Alga Frunze

Final stage

For places 1-4

[Nov 17-24, Sochi]
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 4 Promoted
2 UKR Karpaty Lvov 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 3
3 RUS Irtysh Omsk 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 3
4 UKR Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 2
Source: rsssf.com

Relegation Tournament for Ukraine

[Nov 12-20]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Krivbass Krivoi Rog 5 3 2 0 7 2 +5 8[lower-alpha 1]
2 Khimik Severodonetsk 5 4 0 1 8 3 +5 8[lower-alpha 1]
3 Azovets Zhdanov 5 2 2 1 4 4 0 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 Dnipro Kremenchuk 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 5[lower-alpha 1] Relegated
5 Avangard Zholtyye Vody 5 1 1 3 2 6 −4 3
6 SKCF Sevastopol 5 0 0 5 2 9 −7 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

See also

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