Soviet Class B
Founded | 1950 |
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Folded | 1970 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Level on pyramid | Level 2 & 3 & 4 |
Promotion to | Soviet Class A Second Group |
Relegation to | KFK competitions |
Last champions | Motor Vladimir Terek Grozny FC Kord Balakovo Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Khimik Severodonetsk Tsementnik Semipalatinsk |
The Soviet Class B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс Б), Soviet football championship (Class B)) was the second, third and for a season fourth highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Class A Second Group. The league was formed in 1950 in place of the Second Group of the Soviet football championship. With the expansion of Soviet Class A in 1963, the Soviet Class B was downgraded to the third tier and in 1970 even further to the fourth tier. Before 1971 it was abolished.
Winners[]
Second tier[]
Season | Winner | Runners-up | Third | |
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1950 | Torpedo Gorkiy | Spartakas Vilnius | ||
1951 | Kalinin | Dinamo Minsk | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
1952 | Kharkiv | Spartakas Vilnius | FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv | |
Ivanovo | DO Tbilisi | FC Krasnoe Znamya Ivanovo | FC Dinamo Alma-Ata | |
Baku | Neftçi PFK | FC Burevestnik Chișinău | FC Torpedo Gorky | |
Final | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Spartakas Vilnius | DO Tbilisi | |
1953 | Zone 1 | FC Spartaki Tbilisi | FC Dynamo Yerevan | FC Torpedo Rostov-on-Don |
Zone 2 | FC Znamya Ivanovo | FC Dinamo Minsk | FC Metalurh Odessa | |
Zone 3 | FC Shakhtar Stalino | FC Torpedo Gorky | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
Final | Dinamo Minsk | Torpedo Gorkiy | Shakhtar Stalino | |
1954 | Zone 1 | FC Spartak Yerevan | Neftçi PFK | ODO Tbilisi |
Zone 2 | Spartakas Vilnius | |||
Zone 3 | FC Shakhtar Stalino | FC Torpedo Rostov-on-Don | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
Final | Shakhtar Stalino | Spartakas Vilnius | Neftchi Baku | |
1955 | Zone 1 | Burevestnik Chisinau | Spartak Kalinin | ODO Kiev |
Zone 2 | ODO Sverdlovsk | Spartak Yerevan | ODO Tbilisi | |
1956 | Zone 1 | Spartak Minsk | Torpedo Taganrog | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
Zone 2 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | ODO Tbilisi | Spartak Yerevan | |
1957 | Zone 1 | FC Torpedo Taganrog | FC Avanhard Kharkiv | |
Zone 2 | FC Spartak Stanislav | SKVO Lviv | ||
Zone 3 | SKVO Tbilisi | FC Spartak Yerevan | Neftçi PFK | |
Far East | SKVO Khabarovsk | FC Dynamo Vladivostok | FC Burevestnik Tomsk | |
Final | Spartak Stanislav | SKVO Tbilisi | ||
1958 | Zone 1 | SKVO Odessa | FC Avanhard Mykolaiv | |
Zone 2 | SKCF Sevastopol | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | |
Zone 3 | SKVO Lviv | Spartak Minsk | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | |
Zone 4 | SKVO Rostov-on-Don | FC Spartak Yerevan | FC Kuban Krasnodar | |
Zone 5 | SKVO Sverdlovsk | FC Kairat Alma-Ata | FC Zvezda Perm | |
Zone 6 | SKVO Khabarovsk | FC Tomich Tomsk | FC Urozhai Barnaul | |
Final | SKVO Rostov-na-Donu | SKVO Sverdlovsk | SKCF Sevastopol | |
1959 | Zone 1 | FC Trud Voronezh | FC Dynamo Kirov | FC Avanhard Mykolaiv |
Zone 2 | FC Trud Glukhovo | FC Avanhard Kharkiv | ||
Zone 3 | FC Spartak Yerevan | FC Terek Grozny | FC Torpedo Taganrog | |
Zone 4 | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | SKVO Odessa | |
Zone 5 | FC Volga Kalinin | FC Zenit Izhevsk | ||
Zone 6 | FC Pamir Leninabad | FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk | FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | |
Zone 7 | SKVO Sverdlovsk | FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk | SKVO Khabarovsk | |
Russia Final | [1] | Trud Voronezh | ||
1960 | Russia I | FC Trud Voronezh | FC Spartak Leningrad | FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk |
Russia II | FC Volga Kalinin | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | FC Dynamo Kirov | |
Russia III | FC Terek Grozny | FC Torpedo Taganrog | FC Spartak Krasnodar | |
Russia IV | FC Metallurg Nizhny Tagil | FC Zvezda Perm | ||
Russia V | FC Irtysh Omsk | SKA Khabarovsk | FC Sibelektromotor Tomsk | |
Russia Final | Trud Voronezh | FC Irtysh Omsk | Volga Kalinin | |
Ukraine I | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | FC Arsenal Kyiv | |
Ukraine II | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | SKA Odessa | FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk | |
Ukraine Final | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv | ||
Republics I | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi | FC Shirak Leninakan | ||
Republics II | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | FC Pamir Leninabad | ||
Republics Final | Torpedo Kutaisi | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | ||
1961 | Russia I | FC Volga Kalinin | FC Metallurg Cherepovets | FC Dynamo Leningrad |
Russia II | FC Dynamo Kirov | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | FC Iskra Kazan | |
Russia III | FC Krylia Sovietov Kuibyshev | FC Sokol Saratov | FC Traktor Stalingrad | |
Russia IV | FC Terek Grozny | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | FC Torpedo Taganrog | |
Russia V | FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk | FC Stroitel Ufa | ||
Russia VI | SKA Khabarovsk | SKA Novosibirsk | FC Luch Vladivostok | |
Russia Final | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | Terek Grozny | Dynamo Kirov | |
Ukraine I | FC Chornomorets Odessa | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | |
Ukraine II | SKA Odessa | FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk | FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody | |
Ukraine Final | Chornomorets Odessa | SCA Odessa | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | |
Republics I | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi | FC Shirak Leninakan | Lokomotiv Gomel | |
Republics II | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | FC Shakhter Karaganda | FC Metallurg Rustavi | |
1962 | Russia I | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | FC Spartak Leningrad | FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo |
Russia II | FC Trud Voronezh | FC Trudovyie Rezervy Kursk | FC Serpukhov | |
Russia III | FC Spartak Krasnodar | FC Traktor Volgograd | FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | |
Russia IV | FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk | FC Iskra Kazan | ||
Russia V | SKA Novosibirsk | SKA Khabarovsk | FC Luch Vladivostok | |
Russia Final | Spartak Krasnodar | Trud Voronezh | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | |
Ukraine I | FC Chornomorets Odessa | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk | |
Ukraine II | SKA Odessa | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | SKA Kyiv | |
Ukraine III | FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk | Avanhard Simferopol | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | |
Ukraine Final | Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk | Chornomorets Odessa | Avanhard Simferopol | |
Republics I | Lokomotiv Gomel | FC Shirak Leninakan | FC Nairi Yerevan | |
Republics II | FC Shakhter Karaganda | FC Alga Frunze | FC Metallurg Chimkent | |
Republics Final | Shakhtyor Karaganda | Lokomotiv Gomel |
Third tier[]
Season | Zone | Winner | Runners-up | Third | Notes |
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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 | 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 | Metallurg Temirtau | ||||
Republics | Neman Grodno | Polad Sumgait | |||
1968 | Russia | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | Spartak Belgorod | four zones | |
Ukraine | Avanhard Ternopil | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Shakhtar Kadiivka | ||
Central Asia | Samarqand | ||||
Kazakhstan | Embek 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 | Embek Djezkazghan | ||
Caucasus | Dila Gori | Guria Lanchkhuti |
Fourth tier[]
Season | Winner | Runners-up | Notes |
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1970 | Motor Vladimir (Russia) Terek Grozny (Russia) FC Kord Balakovo (Russia) Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia) Khimik Severodonetsk (Ukraine) Tsementnik Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) (Central Asia) |
Spartak Kostroma (Russia) FC Spartak Ryazan (Russia) Neftianik Tumen (Russia) (Russia) Lokomotyv Vinnytsia (Ukraine) Traktor Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) (Central Asia) |
seven zones, four in RSFSR |
References[]
- ^ Trudovye Reservy were replacing Dynamo Leningrad for several season. Later Dynamo was reinstated in their place.
Categories:
- Football leagues in the Soviet Union
- Defunct second level football leagues in Europe
- Defunct third level football leagues in Europe
- Defunct fourth level football leagues in Europe
- Sports leagues established in 1950
- Sports leagues disestablished in 1970
- 1950 establishments in the Soviet Union
- 1970 disestablishments in the Soviet Union