1963 Soviet Second League

This was the first edition of the League since after the World War II. It was finally decided to recreate the third tier of competitions. The League was named the Class B and consisted of three zones: Russia, Ukraine, and other republics. Each zone also often had its own sub-groups. The winner of each zone was promoted to the Soviet First League or as it used to be called in 1963 the Second Group of Class A.

Ukraine

The Ukrainian Republican competition consisted of two zones of 20 clubs. Upon conclusion of the league format each club qualified for a playoff with another club that placed the same place in the other group. The pair of the first placed clubs was sort of a republican championship playoff. The playoffs consisted of two legs - home and away. Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).

Ukraine Zone 1

No Club GP W D L GF-GA Pts Notes
1 FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 38 25 10 3 58-22 60
2 SKA Lviv 38 26 7 5 82-35 59
3 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 38 23 6 9 72-26 52
4 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 38 21 7 10 58-36 49
5 FC Avanhard Ternopil 38 14 19 5 44-26 47
6 FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy 38 19 8 11 50-35 46
7 SKA Kyiv 38 16 12 10 54-26 44
8 FC Budivelnyk Kherson 38 14 13 11 48-47 41
9 FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 38 14 9 15 41-47 37
10 FC Arsenal Kyiv 38 13 10 15 38-39 36
11 FC Desna Chernihiv 38 12 12 14 35-42 36
12 FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 15 5 18 44-48 35
13 FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod 38 13 9 16 36-44 35
14 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 38 11 12 15 33-43 34
15 FC Avanhard Chernivtsi 38 11 8 19 40-66 30
16 FC Shakhtar Oleksandria 38 7 12 19 28-56 26
17 FC Volyn Lutsk 38 8 10 20 24-61 26
18 FC Kolhospnyk Rivne 38 9 7 22 37-57 25
19 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 38 5 14 19 36-54 24
20 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 38 5 8 25 32-82 18
Note

Ukraine Zone 2

No Club GP W D L GF-GA Pts Notes
1 SKA Odessa (P) 38 23 12 3 59-11 58 Promoted
2 FC Azovstal Zhdanov 38 19 11 8 54-37 49
3 FC Torpedo Kharkiv 38 19 9 10 50-33 47
4 FC Burevisnyk Melitopol 38 14 16 8 38-28 44
5 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 38 14 15 9 49-44 43
6 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 38 14 15 9 44-40 43
7 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 38 14 13 11 35-37 41
8 FC Shakhtar Kadiyevka 38 12 16 10 51-37 40
9 FC Kolhospnyk Poltava 38 15 10 13 40-32 40
10 FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerhynsk 38 17 5 16 53-51 39
11 FC Metalurh Kommunarsk 38 15 9 14 41-46 39
12 SC Navy Sevastopol 38 15 8 15 48-32 39
13 FC Trubnik Nikopol 38 12 14 12 42-35 38
14 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 38 15 7 16 42-44 37
15 SC Tavriya Simferopol 42 13 11 14 39-41 37
16 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 38 11 11 16 34-44 33
17 FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 38 8 10 20 37-64 26
18 FC Metalurh Yenakiyeve 38 9 8 21 38-74 26
19 FC Metalurh Kerch 38 6 9 23 28-57 21
20 FC Spartak Sumy 38 6 9 23 28-63 21
Note

Ukraine Zone Play-offs

Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated. SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone. They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.

Russia

Promoted Volga Kalinin.

Soviet Republics

Promoted Lokomotiv Tbilisi and Dynamo Tallinn.

See also

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