1970 Soviet Class A First Group

The 1970 Soviet Class A First Group was a transitional season of the future Soviet First League. It was also the 30th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet Class A First Group
Season1970
PromotedFC Karpaty Lvov
FC Kairat Alma-Ata
RelegatedFC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
FC Kuban Krasnodar
SKA Kiev
FC SKA Khabarovsk
1969
1971

The league was reduced to a single group in comparison with the previous season.

Teams

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Relegated teams

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Renamed teams

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  • Energetik Dushanbe was renamed as Pamir Dushanbe.

Final standings

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 UKR   Karpaty Lviv 42 26 11 5 70 22 +48 63 Promoted to Top League
2 KAZ   Kayrat Alma-Ata 42 25 11 6 71 29 +42 61
3 UKR   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 42 26 9 7 58 25 +33 61
4 RUS   Lokomotiv Moscow 42 20 10 12 53 39 +14 50
5 UKR   Metallist Kharkiv 42 15 19 8 43 26 +17 49
6 RUS   Dinamo Leningrad 42 19 9 14 62 49 +13 47
7 RUS   Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 42 17 13 12 43 32 +11 47
8 RUS   Rubin Kazan 42 18 10 14 36 42 −6 46
9 KAZ   Shakhter Karagandy 42 15 15 12 49 43 +6 45
10 LTU   Žalgiris Vilnius 42 15 11 16 46 40 +6 41
11 MDA  Moldova Chișinău 42 13 15 14 40 34 +6 41
12 RUS   Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 42 13 14 15 36 51 −15 40
13 RUS   Volgar Astrakhan 42 14 11 17 38 45 −7 39
14 RUS   Uralmash Sverdlovsk 42 13 12 17 37 49 −12 38
15 GEO   Lokomotiv Tbilisi 42 14 9 19 36 43 −7 37 Relegated to Second League
16 RUS   Kuban Krasnodar 42 11 15 16 27 45 −18 37
17 LVA   Daugava Riga 42 11 11 20 36 50 −14 33
18 TJK   Pamir Dushanbe 42 12 9 21 41 62 −21 33
19 UKR   SKA Kyiv 42 11 10 21 39 50 −11 32 Relegated to Second League
20 KGZ   Alga Frunze 42 10 12 20 34 45 −11 32
21 RUS   SKA Khabarovsk 42 8 16 18 22 41 −19 32 Relegated to Second League
22 TKM   Stroitel Ashgabat 42 6 8 28 22 77 −55 20
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

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24 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 9 Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Rubin Kazan, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Volgar Astrakhan, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk
2   Ukrainian SSR 4 Karpaty Lvov, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, SKA Kiev
3   Kazakh SSR 2 Kairat Alma-Ata, Shakhter Karaganda
4   Lithuanian SSR 1 Žalgiris Vilnius
  Moldavian SSR Moldova Kishinev
  Georgian SSR Lokomotivi Tbilisi
  Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
  Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
  Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat

See also

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