1966 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1966 Soviet Class A Second Group was the fourth season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 26th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

First stage

First subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	32	18	7	7	45	23	+22	43
2	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	32	13	15	4	37	25	+12	39[lower-alpha 1]
3	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	32	15	9	8	46	19	+27	39
4	AZE	Dinamo Kirovabad	32	12	15	5	35	17	+18	39[lower-alpha 2]
5	RUS	Rubin Kazan	32	15	9	8	32	23	+9	39[lower-alpha 2]
6	LVA	Daugava Riga	32	13	10	9	43	32	+11	36
7	GEO	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	32	12	12	8	43	38	+5	36
8	RUS	Terek Grozny	32	11	11	10	26	28	−2	33
9	GEO	Dinamo Batumi	32	12	8	12	35	36	−1	32[lower-alpha 2]
10	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	32	12	8	12	26	33	−7	32[lower-alpha 2]
11	RUS	RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	32	8	13	11	37	42	−5	29
12	RUS	Traktor Volgograd	32	10	9	13	31	37	−6	29
13	RUS	Dinamo Stavropol	32	8	11	13	24	32	−8	27[lower-alpha 2]
14	RUS	Baltika Kaliningrad	32	8	10	14	20	32	−12	26[lower-alpha 2]
15	BLR	Spartak Gomel	32	7	12	13	16	29	−13	26
16	ARM	Shirak Leninakan	32	7	8	17	25	55	−30	22[lower-alpha 2]
17	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	32	4	7	21	16	50	−34	15

Source:
Notes:

1. 2 points deducted?
2. +

Second subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UKR	Zarya Lugansk	34	16	12	6	33	15	+18	44
2	UKR	SKA Kiev	34	17	7	10	42	36	+6	41[lower-alpha 1]
3	UKR	SKA Lvov	34	15	10	9	44	29	+15	40[lower-alpha 1]
4	UKR	Lokomotiv Vinnitsa	34	13	13	8	34	30	+4	39
5	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	34	15	8	11	40	32	+8	38
6	RUS	Trud Voronezh	34	13	11	10	31	31	0	37
7	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	34	12	12	10	35	28	+7	36
8	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	34	11	12	11	33	27	+6	34
9	RUS	Sokol Saratov	34	11	11	12	25	30	−5	33[lower-alpha 1]
10	UKR	Avangard Kharkov	34	6	20	8	22	23	−1	32
11	RUS	Volga Kalinin	34	11	10	13	32	46	−14	32
12	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	34	10	11	13	29	33	−4	31[lower-alpha 1]
13	MDA	Avyntul Kishinev[lower-alpha 2]	34	8	15	11	23	29	−6	31
14	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	34	8	14	12	23	23	0	30
15	UKR	Sudostroitel Nikolayev	34	8	14	12	27	31	−4	30[lower-alpha 1]
16	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	34	7	16	11	36	42	−6	30
17	RUS	Volga Gorkiy	34	7	15	12	21	26	−5	29
18	UKR	Zvezda Kirovograd	34	5	15	14	18	37	−19	25[lower-alpha 1]

Source:
Notes:

1. +
2. Avyntul Kishinev was called Moldova.

Third subgroup

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	34	17	9	8	36	26	+10	43
2	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	34	18	6	10	43	26	+17	42
3	RUS	Stroitel Ufa	34	13	16	5	40	31	+9	42[lower-alpha 1]
4	KGZ	Alga Frunze	34	12	14	8	50	32	+18	38
5	RUS	Luch Vladivostok	34	16	6	12	40	27	+13	38[lower-alpha 1]
6	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	34	14	10	10	44	33	+11	38
7	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	34	12	11	11	35	26	+9	35
8	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	34	14	7	13	41	40	+1	35
9	TJK	Energetik Dushanbe	34	10	14	10	39	42	−3	34
10	RUS	Temp Barnaul	34	12	9	13	37	33	+4	33[lower-alpha 1]
11	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo[lower-alpha 2]	34	11	11	12	27	32	−5	33[lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	36	12	12	12	28	34	−6	33[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3]
13	RUS	SKA Novosibirsk	34	11	9	14	23	33	−10	31
14	RUS	Torpedo Tomsk	34	11	8	15	27	35	−8	30[lower-alpha 1]
15	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	34	9	10	15	26	38	−12	28[lower-alpha 1]
16	RUS	Zvezda Perm	34	7	13	14	25	37	−12	27[lower-alpha 1]
17	KAZ	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	34	11	5	18	35	50	−15	27[lower-alpha 1]
18	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	34	7	11	16	22	43	−21	25[lower-alpha 1]

Source:
Notes:

1. +
2. Kuzbass Kemerovo was called Khimik.
3. 3 points deducted?

Final stage

For places 1-3

[Oct 25 – Nov 16]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	UKR	Zarya Lugansk	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6	Promoted
2	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	5
3	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	4	0	1	3	1	4	−3	1

Source:

For places 4-6

[Oct 29 – Nov 14]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5
5	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	4	1	2	1	1	4	−3	4
6	UKR	SKA Kiev	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	3[lower-alpha 1]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. +

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1966 season. RSSSF