1968 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1968 Soviet Class A Second Group was the sixth season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 28th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

First stage

First subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	40	26	7	7	80	34	+46	59
2	UKR	SKA Kiev	40	23	11	6	58	23	+35	57
3	UKR	SKA Odessa	40	19	12	9	50	30	+20	50
4	UKR	Avtomobilist Zhitomir	40	17	16	7	38	19	+19	50[lower-alpha 1]
5	UKR	SelStroi Poltava[lower-alpha 2]	40	18	13	9	50	34	+16	49[lower-alpha 1]
6	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	40	16	14	10	70	39	+31	46
7	UKR	SKA Lvov	40	16	14	10	40	42	−2	46
8	LVA	Daugava Riga	40	16	13	11	39	27	+12	45
9	MDA	Moldova Kishinev	40	16	12	12	40	36	+4	44
10	UKR	Lokomotiv Vinnitsa	40	14	13	13	46	33	+13	41
11	UKR	Azovets Zhdanov	40	11	17	12	30	30	0	39[lower-alpha 1]
12	UKR	Khimik Severodonetsk	40	11	14	15	44	51	−7	36[lower-alpha 1]
13	RUS	Lokomotiv Kaluga	40	13	9	18	35	56	−21	35
14	RUS	Metallurg Tula	40	9	16	15	31	40	−9	34
15	RUS	Volga Kalinin	40	11	12	17	33	44	−11	34
16	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	40	11	11	18	30	43	−13	33
17	UKR	Krivbass Krivoi Rog	40	8	16	16	40	51	−11	32[lower-alpha 1]
18	RUS	Baltika Kaliningrad	40	8	13	19	30	59	−29	29
19	BLR	Neman Grodno	40	6	17	17	20	53	−33	29[lower-alpha 1]
20	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	40	8	12	20	29	60	−31	28
21	BLR	Spartak Gomel	40	6	12	22	21	50	−29	24

Source:
Notes:

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2. SelStroi Poltava was called Kolos.

Second subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Sudostroitel Nikolayev	40	23	15	2	51	22	+29	61
2	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	40	21	13	6	45	18	+27	55
3	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	40	19	16	5	50	27	+23	54
4	UKR	Zvezda Kirovograd	40	19	15	6	52	39	+13	53
5	RUS	Trud Voronezh	40	18	14	8	49	28	+21	50
6	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	40	20	10	10	51	33	+18	50
7	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	40	19	11	10	43	26	+17	49
8	RUS	Sokol Saratov	40	18	12	10	59	32	+27	48
9	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	40	14	15	11	52	42	+10	43
10	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	40	12	18	10	31	26	+5	42
11	UKR	Lokomotiv Kherson	40	15	11	14	42	32	+10	41[lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	40	12	15	13	40	41	−1	39
13	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	40	11	15	14	36	43	−7	37
14	RUS	Dinamo Stavropol	40	9	15	16	26	36	−10	33
15	UKR	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	40	8	16	16	33	44	−11	32
16	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	40	11	10	19	41	60	−19	32
17	RUS	Metallurg Kuibyshev	40	9	12	19	28	42	−14	30[lower-alpha 1]
18	UKR	Dnepr Kremenchug	40	7	14	19	23	46	−23	28[lower-alpha 1]
19	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	40	3	15	22	22	55	−33	21[lower-alpha 1]
20	RUS	Zvezda Ryazan[lower-alpha 2]	40	4	13	23	19	60	−41	21[lower-alpha 1]
21	UKR	SKCF Sevastopol	40	5	11	24	16	57	−41	21[lower-alpha 1]

Source:
Notes:

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2. Zvezda Ryazan was called Spartak.

Third subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	40	24	10	6	57	19	+38	58
2	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	40	19	12	9	53	29	+24	50
3	RUS	Dinamo Makhachkala	40	17	16	7	30	18	+12	50[lower-alpha 1]
4	RUS	Volga Gorkiy	40	18	12	10	54	28	+26	48
5	RUS	Rubin Kazan	40	19	9	12	52	31	+21	47
6	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	40	15	15	10	40	32	+8	45
7	GEO	Dinamo Batumi	40	13	15	12	44	39	+5	41
8	GEO	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	40	14	12	14	45	37	+8	40
9	RUS	Volgar Astrakhan	40	13	14	13	46	45	+1	40[lower-alpha 1]
10	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	40	13	14	13	34	40	−6	40[lower-alpha 1]
11	AZE	Polad Sumgait	40	15	10	15	34	42	−8	40[lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	Zvezda Perm	40	11	17	12	30	37	−7	39
13	RUS	Traktor Volgograd	40	13	11	16	49	50	−1	37
14	RUS	Spartak Yoshkar-Ola	40	11	15	14	34	36	−2	37[lower-alpha 1]
15	RUS	Torpedo Taganrog	40	12	12	16	33	40	−7	36[lower-alpha 1]
16	RUS	Volga Ulyanovsk	40	14	8	18	43	58	−15	36[lower-alpha 1]
17	RUS	Stroitel Ufa	40	11	12	17	40	55	−15	34
18	GEO	Meshakhte Tkibuli	40	7	19	14	35	48	−13	33
19	RUS	Terek Grozny	40	9	13	18	45	55	−10	31
20	ARM	Shirak Leninakan	40	9	11	20	28	56	−28	29
21	RUS	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	40	7	15	18	30	61	−31	29[lower-alpha 1]

Source:
Notes:

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Fourth subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	40	22	11	7	44	21	+23	55
2	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	40	21	8	11	44	30	+14	50
3	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	40	18	14	8	37	25	+12	50
4	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	40	18	11	11	53	31	+22	47
5	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	40	20	5	15	68	52	+16	45
6	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	40	12	21	7	29	22	+7	45
7	RUS	TomLes Tomsk[lower-alpha 1]	40	16	12	12	45	36	+9	44
8	RUS	SKA Chita	40	16	12	12	40	38	+2	44[lower-alpha 2]
9	TJK	Energetik Dushanbe	40	14	14	12	58	47	+11	42
10	RUS	Temp Barnaul	40	13	16	11	35	26	+9	42
11	UZB	Zarafshan Navoi	40	15	12	13	46	44	+2	42[lower-alpha 2]
12	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	40	13	15	12	42	35	+7	41
13	RUS	Luch Vladivostok	40	14	13	13	36	37	−1	41
14	RUS	Aeroflot Irkutsk[lower-alpha 3]	40	12	12	16	37	49	−12	36[lower-alpha 2]
15	KAZ	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	40	14	8	18	34	48	−14	36
16	RUS	Selenga Ulan-Ude	40	12	12	16	37	52	−15	36[lower-alpha 2]
17	KGZ	Alga Frunze	40	10	15	15	22	33	−11	35
18	RUS	Rassvet Krasnoyarsk[lower-alpha 4]	40	10	14	16	34	44	−10	34[lower-alpha 2]
19	KAZ	Metallurg Chimkent	40	8	16	16	33	47	−14	32[lower-alpha 2]
20	RUS	SKA Novosibirsk	40	3	16	21	24	52	−28	22
21	TJK	Pamir Leninabad	40	5	9	26	31	60	−29	19

Source:
Notes:

1. TomLes Tomsk was called Torpedo.
2. +
3. Aeroflot Irkutsk was called Angara.
4. Rassvet Krasnoyarsk was called Lokomotiv.

Final stage

For places 1-4

[Nov 17-24, Sochi]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4	Promoted
2	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
3	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
4	UKR	Sudostroitel Nikolayev	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Source: rsssf.com

Relegation Tournament for Ukraine

[Nov 12-20]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Krivbass Krivoi Rog	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	8[lower-alpha 1]
2	Khimik Severodonetsk	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Azovets Zhdanov	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Dnepr Kremenchug	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	5[lower-alpha 1]	Relegated
5	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	5	1	1	3	2	6	−4	3
6	SKCF Sevastopol	5	0	0	5	2	9	−7	0[lower-alpha 1]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

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See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1968 season. RSSSF