1963 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the 1962 Soviet Class B season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.

Qualified teams

Notes:

• FC Kuban Krasnodar was previously called as Spartak.
• FC Volga Gorkiy was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy.
• FC Karpaty Lvov replaced SKA Lvov.

Final standings

Top scorers

13 goals

• Anatoli Isayev (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
• Viktor Korolkov (Shakhter Karaganda)

12 goals

• Valentyn Hrishyn (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk)
• Albert Liber (Trud Voronezh)

11 goals

• Vitaliy Kovalenko (Metallurg Zaporozhie)

Number of teams by republics

See also

• 1963 Soviet Top League
• 1963 Soviet Class B

External links

• 1963 season. RSSSF