1973 Soviet First League

The 1973 Soviet First League was the third season of the Soviet First League and the 33rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1973
1972
1974

Final standings

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Pos Rep Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UKR   Chornomorets Odessa 38 24 4 2 8 83 38 +45 52 Promoted
2 MDA   Nistru Chișinău 38 25 2 5 6 71 35 +36 52
3 RUS   Lokomotiv Moscow 38 20 6 2 10 47 32 +15 46[a]
4 AZE   Neftçi Baku 38 17 5 3 13 58 43 +15 39[a]
5 RUS   Metallurg Lipetsk 38 14 7 5 12 42 38 +4 35[b]
6 UKR   Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 14 6 5 13 62 53 +9 34
7 RUS   Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 16 2 6 14 48 41 +7 34
8 RUS   Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 15 4 3 16 46 51 −5 34
9 GEO   Torpedo Kutaisi 38 16 2 2 18 40 46 −6 34
10 UKR   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 14 5 2 17 40 54 −14 33[b]
11 RUS   Zvezda Perm 38 14 4 5 15 50 52 −2 32
12 RUS   Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 38 14 4 4 16 41 46 −5 32
13 TKM   Stroitel Ashgabad 38 14 4 3 17 46 58 −12 32
14 TJK   Pamir Dushanbe 38 14 3 5 16 50 44 +6 31
15 RUS   Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 14 2 7 15 42 46 −4 30[b]
16 RUS   Spartak Nalchik 38 12 6 2 18 46 61 −15 30
17 RUS   Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 13 4 3 18 29 44 −15 30
18 KAZ   Shakhter Karagandy 38 12 4 5 17 42 60 −18 28 Relegated
19 UKR   Metallist Kharkiv 38 11 5 4 18 34 50 −16 27
20 KGZ   Alga Frunze 38 6 2 8 22 29 54 −25 14
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c +

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 9 Lokomotiv Moscow, Metallurg Lipetsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Zvezda Perm, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Elbrus Nalchik, Spartak Ordzhonikidze
2   Ukrainian SSR 4 Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallist Kharkov
3   Moldavian SSR 1 Nistru Kishinev
  Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
  Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
  Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat
  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
  Kazakh SSR Shakhter Karaganda
  Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze

See also

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