Football league season
Football league season
The 1969 Soviet Football Championship of the Class A Second Group (Russian : Чемпионат СССР 1969 года во второй группе класса «А» ) was the seventh season of the Class A Second Group that was established in 1963. It was also the 29th season of the Soviet second tier league competition. The season started on April 1, 1969, with the Round 1 games in Group 4. The season ended with the last round of the Final stage played on November 6, 1969.
In August of 1969, Karpaty Lvov won the Football Cup of the Soviet Union (a parallel elimination tournament), thus qualifying for the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup . Karpaty became the only Soviet team of masters that qualified for the continental competition while playing in the second tier of the Soviet football league pyramid.
The competition involved participation of 87 clubs split in four groups by geographic principle with 2 groups consisting of only teams only from Russian SFSR , one group consisting of teams from Ukrainian SSR , and the other group involved teams from other union republics of the Soviet Union . Three groups conducted their competitions in simple double round-robin format, while one group was split in two subgroups which had double round-robin format and after that each subgroup was split in half with best teams from each playing with best teams of other subgroup, and worst teams from each subgroup playing with worst teams of other subgroup. At the end all winners from each of the four groups qualified for the final stage where teams played each other in single round-robin tournament. The best team out of 87 received promotion to the 1970 Class A Top Group (predecessor of the Top League).
For the next season, the Class A Second Group was to be renamed as the Class A First Group and its composition reduced. For that reason, only 18 teams preserved their place for the next season with 68 teams being either relegated or withdrawn.
First stage
Subgroup 1 (Russia)
Teams
Dinamo Bryansk
Spartak Belgorod
Mashuk Pyatigorsk
Renamed
Avtomobilist Nalchik was called Spartak Nalchik
Subgroup 1 table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Spartak Orjonikidze
38
22
12
4
60
25
+35
56
Final stage
2
Dinamo Leningrad
38
23
8
7
59
27
+32
54
3
Kuban Krasnodar
38
14
17
7
31
24
+7
45
4
Textilshchik Ivanovo
38
15
14
9
34
20
+14
44
5
Metallurg Tula
38
12
19
7
36
25
+11
43
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
6
Shinnik Yaroslavl
38
16
11
11
40
34
+6
43
7
Metallurg Lipetsk
38
10
19
9
36
33
+3
39
8
Dinamo Makhachkala
38
11
14
13
35
32
+3
36
9
Volga Kalinin
38
12
12
14
36
39
−3
36
10
Baltika Kaliningrad
38
9
18
11
34
43
−9
36
11
Torpedo Taganrog
38
10
15
13
37
43
−6
35
12
Dinamo Stavropol
38
8
18
12
32
32
0
34
13
RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu
38
14
6
18
39
40
−1
34
14
Dinamo Bryansk
38
11
12
15
26
43
−17
34
15
Avtomobilist Nalchik
38
12
9
17
37
43
−6
33
16
Trud Voronezh
38
7
18
13
27
36
−9
32
17
Spartak Belgorod
38
11
10
17
32
43
−11
32
18
Mashuk Pyatigorsk
38
10
12
16
31
43
−12
32
19
Lokomotiv Kaluga
38
10
11
17
25
42
−17
31
20
Terek Grozny
38
10
11
17
28
48
−20
31
Relegated to the Class B
Subgroup 2 (Russia)
Teams
Renamed
Dinamo Barnaul was called Temp Barnaul
First Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
SKA Khabarovsk
22
12
7
3
36
20
+16
31
2
Kuzbass Kemerovo
22
12
5
5
34
22
+12
29
3
Selenga Ulan-Ude
22
8
9
5
18
15
+3
25
4
Aeroflot Irkutsk
22
8
8
6
29
17
+12
24
5
TomLes Tomsk
22
7
9
6
15
17
−2
23
6
Kalininets Sverdlovsk
22
8
7
7
19
20
−1
23
7
SKA Chita
22
7
9
6
17
19
−2
23
8
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
22
8
6
8
18
18
0
22
9
Irtysh Omsk
22
7
7
8
21
21
0
21
10
Luch Vladivostok
22
3
9
10
12
29
−17
15
11
Rassvet Krasnoyarsk
22
2
10
10
11
21
−10
14
12
Dinamo Barnaul
22
5
4
13
17
28
−11
14
Second Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Metallurg Kuibyshev
22
11
7
4
32
12
+20
29
2
Rubin Kazan
22
10
9
3
27
15
+12
29
3
Sokol Saratov
22
12
3
7
34
21
+13
27
4
Volga Gorkiy
22
10
7
5
22
16
+6
27
5
Volgar Astrakhan
22
10
5
7
25
20
+5
25
6
Spartak Yoshkar-Ola
22
9
6
7
20
25
−5
24
7
Zvezda Perm
22
8
4
10
22
20
+2
20
8
Traktor Volgograd
22
8
4
10
18
26
−8
20
9
Zenit Izhevsk
22
7
3
12
26
37
−11
17
10
Volga Ulyanovsk
22
4
8
10
15
22
−7
16
11
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
22
5
6
11
16
30
−14
16
12
Stroitel Ufa
22
3
8
11
14
27
−13
14
For places 1-12
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
SKA Khabarovsk
22
11
7
4
33
17
+16
29
Final stage
2
Rubin Kazan
22
10
8
4
22
13
+9
28
3
Metallurg Kuibyshev
22
10
6
6
31
16
+15
26
Merged with Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
4
Volgar Astrakhan
22
9
7
6
24
26
−2
25
5
Sokol Saratov
22
10
4
8
31
21
+10
24
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
6
Volga Gorkiy
22
8
6
8
24
27
−3
22
7
Kuzbass Kemerovo
22
7
7
8
20
26
−6
21
8
Aeroflot Irkutsk
22
5
9
8
26
26
0
19
9
TomLes Tomsk
22
6
7
9
17
22
−5
19
10
Spartak Yoshkar-Ola
22
5
9
8
14
27
−13
19
11
Kalininets Sverdlovsk
22
6
5
11
25
35
−10
17
12
Selenga Ulan-Ude
22
4
7
11
17
28
−11
15
For places 13-24
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
13
Irtysh Omsk
34
13
10
11
33
30
+3
36
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
14
SKA Chita
34
11
14
9
28
31
−3
36
15
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
34
13
8
13
26
27
−1
34
16
Traktor Volgograd
34
13
7
14
34
37
−3
33
17
Luch Vladivostok
34
10
12
12
28
39
−11
32
18
Rassvet Krasnoyarsk
34
8
13
13
24
32
−8
29
19
Zenit Izhevsk
34
11
6
17
40
51
−11
28
20
Zvezda Perm
34
10
7
17
29
32
−3
27
21
Stroitel Ufa
34
7
12
15
28
40
−12
26
22
Volga Ulyanovsk
34
7
12
15
22
35
−13
26
23
Dinamo Barnaul
34
9
7
18
30
41
−11
25
24
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
34
8
8
18
22
40
−18
24
Relegated to the Class B
Subgroup 3 (Ukraine)
Teams
Bukovina Chernovtsy
Avangard Ternopol
Desna Chernigov
Shakhter Kadievka
Dinamo Khmelnitskiy
Renamed
Stroitel Poltava was called Selstroi Poltava
Subgroup 3 table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
42
24
9
9
73
39
+34
57
Final stage
2
SKA Kiev
42
18
16
8
51
30
+21
52
3
Metallist Kharkov
42
19
14
9
40
27
+13
52
4
Avtomobilist Zhitomir
42
21
9
12
57
31
+26
51
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
5
Zvezda Kirovograd
42
20
11
11
43
30
+13
51
6
Karpaty Lvov
42
17
12
13
63
50
+13
46
Qualification for European Cup Winners' Cup
7
Metallurg Zaporozhye
42
15
14
13
49
35
+14
44
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
8
Tavria Simferopol
42
14
16
12
60
49
+11
44
9
Bukovina Chernovtsy
42
16
12
14
32
33
−1
44
10
Stroitel Poltava
42
14
15
13
34
33
+1
43
11
Lokomotiv Kherson
42
13
15
14
42
38
+4
41
12
Sudostroitel Nikolayev
42
14
13
15
38
35
+3
41
13
SKA Lvov
42
14
11
17
40
47
−7
39
14
Avangard Ternopol
42
11
17
14
32
41
−9
39
15
Krivbass Krivoi Rog
42
13
10
19
41
52
−11
36
16
Azovets Zhdanov
42
12
12
18
40
52
−12
36
17
SKA Odessa
42
13
10
19
36
55
−19
36
18
Desna Chernigov
42
11
14
17
30
59
−29
36
19
Shakhtyor Kadiyevka
42
11
13
18
29
49
−20
35
20
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa
42
8
18
16
37
49
−12
34
Relegated to the Class B
21
Dinamo Khmelnitskiy
42
9
16
17
32
47
−15
34
22
Khimik Severodonetsk
42
11
11
20
40
58
−18
33
Subgroup 4 (Union rep)
Teams
Relegated
Subgroup 4 table
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
LTU
Žalgiris Vilnius
40
21
11
8
50
21
+29
53
Final stage
2
KAZ
Shakhtyor Karaganda
40
19
12
9
47
23
+24
50
3
GEO
Lokomotiv Tbilisi
40
19
11
10
49
29
+20
49
4
TJK
Energetik Dushanbe
40
16
17
7
44
31
+13
49
5
TKM
Stroitel Ashkhabad
40
16
12
12
50
35
+15
44
6
MDA
Moldova Kishinev
40
14
16
10
36
23
+13
44
7
GEO
Dinamo Batumi
40
14
15
11
37
31
+6
43
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
8
UZB
Neftyanik Fergana
40
16
10
14
39
47
−8
42
9
KGZ
Alga Frunze
40
12
17
11
25
25
0
41
10
UZB
Politotdel Tashkent Region
40
13
15
12
33
38
−5
41
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
11
KAZ
Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
40
12
15
13
38
36
+2
39
12
LVA
Daugava Riga
40
10
18
12
41
37
+4
38
13
BLR
Spartak Brest
40
12
13
15
30
29
+1
37
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
14
BLR
Neman Grodno
40
7
23
10
27
27
0
37
15
AZE
Dinamo Kirovabad
40
12
13
15
34
43
−9
37
16
AZE
Polad Sumgait
40
9
18
13
36
40
−4
36
17
UZB
Zarafshan Navoi
40
13
9
18
41
49
−8
35
18
GEO
Meshakhte Tkibuli
40
14
7
19
34
47
−13
35
Relegated to the Class B
19
KAZ
Metallurg Chimkent
40
11
11
18
33
45
−12
33
Relegated to the Class A Second Group
20
ARM
Shirak Leninakan
40
11
10
19
36
67
−31
32
21
TJK
Pamir Leninabad
40
7
11
22
31
68
−37
25
Number of teams by republics
Final stage
For places 1-4
[Oct 31 - Nov 6, Simferopol]
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion
1
RUS
Spartak Orjonikidze
3
2
0
1
4
2
+2
4
Promoted
2
UKR
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
3
1
1
1
2
3
−1
3
3
RUS
SKA Khabarovsk
3
1
1
1
1
2
−1
3
4
LTU
Žalgiris Vilnius
3
1
0
2
2
2
0
2
See also
External links
Domestic leagues Domestic cups