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.
| Season | 1963 |
|---|---|
← 1962 1964 → | |
The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.
Qualified teams
edit| Team | Class B zones and position in 1962 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daugava Riga | Class A (relegation) | 21 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | Class A (relegation) | 22 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | I Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Trud Voronezh | II Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | III Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Traktor Volgograd | III Zone (Russia) | 2 |
| UralMash Sverdlovsk | IV Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | IV Zone (Russia) | 2 |
| SKA Novosibirsk | V Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Chernomorets Odessa | I Zone (Ukraine) | 1 |
| Metallurg Zaporozhye | II Zone (Ukraine) | 2 |
| Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk | III Zone (Ukraine) | 1 |
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | III Zone (Ukraine) | 6 |
| Lokomotiv Gomel | I Zone (Union rep) | 1 |
| Shakhtyor Karaganda | II Zone (Union rep) | 1 |
| Alga Frunze | II Zone (Union rep) | 2 |
| Volga Gorkiy | new | |
| Karpaty Lvov | new | |
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
edit| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russian SFSR
|
Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 45 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR
|
Volga Gorkiy | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 |
| 3 | Russian SFSR
|
Trud Voronezh | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 42 |
| 4 |  Ukrainian SSR
|
Metallurg Zaporozhie | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 41 |
| 5 | Ukrainian SSR
|
Trudovye rezervy Lugansk | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 41 |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR
|
Chernomorets Odessa | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 39 |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR
|
Karpaty Lvov | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 39 |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR
|
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 |
| 9 |  Latvian SSR
|
Daugava Riga | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 |
| 10 | Russian SFSR
|
Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 |
| 11 | Russian SFSR
|
Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 |
| 12 |  Kazakh SSR
|
Shakhter Karaganda | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 |
| 13 | Russian SFSR
|
Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 |
| 14 |  Lithuanian SSR
|
Zalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 28 |
| 15 |  Kyrgyz SSR
|
Alga Frunze | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 |
| 16 | Russian SFSR
|
Traktor Volgograd | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 27 |
| 17 | Russian SFSR
|
SKA Novosibirsk | 34 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 20 |
| 18 |  Byelorussian SSR
|
Lokomotiv Gomel | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 46 | −33 | 14[a] |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ 6 points deducted?
Top scorers
edit- 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)