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Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (, Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet Union, Soviet football (soccer), football, below the Soviet First League. The league was formed in 1971 in place of the Class A Second Group of the Soviet football championship just a year after the division was downgraded to the third tier. Previously, the third-tier competition predecessor Class B was liquidated completely. The Second League remained in force until dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Overview The Soviet third tier competitions were conducted since the establishment of the Soviet football championship among teams of masters in 1936. At first they were called as the Group V (Cyrillic letter of V) of the Soviet football championship, but was discontinued after the 1937. The experimental edition of the third-tier competition was re-introduced in 1946 as the Third Group of the Soviet football championship. But the consistent competitions really to ...
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ...
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FC Spartak Tbilisi
FC Spartaki Tbilisi is a defunct Georgian football club based in Tbilisi. Before their dissolution they played in Meore Liga's Centre Zone and held home games at Shevardeni Stadium. Previous names * 1946—1947: Krylya Sovetov Tbilisi * 1948—198?: Spartak Tbilisi * 2002—2003: Spartaki Tbilisi * 2003—2004: Spartaki-Lazika Zugdidi * 2004—2008: Spartaki Tbilisi Notable players * Teymuraz Mchedlishvili Teymuraz Davidovich Mchedlishvili (; born 18 April 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career In 2005 Mchedlishvili started his career at Spartaki Tbilisi. In 2006 he moved to Merani Tbilisi. In 2008 ... External links SoccerwayStatistics by Footballfacts (USSR)Statistics by Footballfacts (Georgia)Profile on WeltFussballArchiv Defunct football clubs in Georgia (country) Spartaki Tbilisi Association football clubs established in 1946 Association football clubs established in 2002 2002 establishments in Georgia (cou ...
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FC Rostov
FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-1991) The club was established on 10 May 1930, and was initially named Selmashstroy (Сельмашстрой). They were renamed Selmash in 1936 and Traktor in 1941. In 1950, the club joined the South Zone of the Azov-Don group of the Russian SFSR Championship. The following season they were placed in Group B of the championship. After finishing first in their group, they played in Group A in 1952. A third-place finish meant the club were promoted to the Soviet Second League, Class B for the Soviet Second League 1953, 1953 season, during which they were renamed again, becoming Torpedo. In 1958, they were renamed Rostselmash. In Soviet Second League 1964, 1964 the club won their Division of Class B. In the Russian-zone play-offs they finished ...
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Soviet Second League 1964
1964 Soviet Class B was a Soviet football competition at the Soviet third tier. Russian Federation Semifinal Group 1 rozny Semifinal Group 2 rjonikidze Final Group ov 9-17, Orjonikidze Additional final RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 2-0 Terek Grozny Ukraine This season to the Ukrainian zone were added four teams from Belarus and three teams from Moldova. SKA Odessa did not participate as it gained its promotion last season. Two other newcomers were added: FC Chayka Balaklava and FC Dunayets Izmail. This season play-off featured a mini League format. The two successive ranking teams from one group were put together in group with the other two teams from other two groups of equal rank. For example, the first two placed teams of each group played off between themselves for the final ranking. Teams from Belarus and Moldova did not participate at this stage. Second stage for places 1-6 Second stage for places 7-12 Union republics ct 18-28, Klaipeda Additional final ...
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FC Dinamo Batumi
FC Dinamo Batumi ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი დინამო ბათუმი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Batumi, Adjara that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of the national football system. The club won the champion's title in 2021 and 2023, the Georgian Cup in 1997–98, and two Georgian Super Cups, in 1997–98 and 2022. In 1990, they changed their name to ''FC Batumi'', only to reverse the decision in 1994. Dinamo play their home matches at Batumi Stadium. History Early period Prior to the formation of this club, there were some other teams existing in the city. In 1923 two newly established clubs called ''Mezgvauri'' (The Sailor) and ''Tsiteli Raindi'' (The Red Knight) merged and became Dinamo Batumi. Football was becoming more popular in Adjara later, although Dinamo participated only in the lower divisions of Soviet championship. However, there were some players in the club, who later became succe ...
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FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
FC Locomotive Tbilisi, commonly referred to as Lokomotivi or simply Loco, is a Georgian professional football club based Tbilisi. The club competes in the Erovnuli Liga 2, the second tier of Georgian football. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways. History Locomotive was founded on 14 August 1936 as a part of Lokomotiv sports society. The club won Georgian championship in 1937, which gave them the permission to participate in USSR Top League. Their debut season in the highest level of the Soviet football championship came in 1938, where the club took 24th place out of 26 and got relegated. However, the Tbilisi-based club managed to get another promotion during the following season and participated in 1940 Soviet Top League. But they were eventually disqualified from the tournament. These were the only seasons when Locomotive managed to take part in the top ...
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FC Illichivets Mariupol
Football Club Mariupol ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of Mariupol, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2023 the Brazilian club AA Batel, whose local community is more than 70% Ukrainian or of Ukrainian descent, adopted the name, colours, and badge of the Ukrainian club. From 2002 to 2017, the club was named Illichivets Mariupol under which it participated in European competitions. It was renamed as part of decommunization in Ukraine. History Metalurh Zhdanov Previously the city of Mariupol hosted a football team that competed consistently in Ukrainian republican competitions among teams of physical culture (amateur teams). The first mentioning of a Mariupol team could be traced to 1936 when it lost to Dynamo Kryvyi Rih 0:5 as part of the 1936 Soviet Cup. Next season, in 1937, it was seeded to play against another team from Berdyansk ...
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FC Nyva Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a Ukrainian professional association football, football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. The name "Nyva" translates to "grain field". The club was originally created in 1958 in the Soviet Union and folded in 2005 and 2012, but was reformed again in 2015 as Nyva-V and renamed back to Nyva in 2018. History Previous clubs A football team in Vinnytsia existed before the World War II as a local team of Vinnytsia city, which participated in championships among other cities. After the 1936 reorganization of football competition, the team then continued to play in lower tiers. Following World War II, in 1946 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR, 1946 football in Vinnytsia was represented by the Spartak (sports society), Spartak society. In 1947 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR, 1947 the team played under Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo's colors which for the next several years was regularly winning regional competitions and making finals appearances. ...
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SKA Odessa
SC Odesa is a Ukrainian former football team that appeared in 1992 following the reorganization of the Soviet SKA Odesa. The new city municipal team was located in Odesa, Ukraine and previously at one point was part of the Soviet Army sport system. Brief history The club was founded as a sport society of various disciplines in 1944. It began its legacy in the Soviet sport competitions under the name of ODO (Okruzhnoy Dom Offitserov), which meant Regional Officers' Club in Russian. There were many similar Army clubs in various cities across the whole USSR, with the central one being in Moscow. Since 1957 all of them changed names to SKVO (Sport Club of Military District), the club became SKVO Odesa. In 1960 it became SKA (Sport Club of the Army) for all Army clubs except the Moscow one, which became CSKA (the Central Sport Club of the Army). In 1970s it represented the city of Tiraspol in Moldavian SSR, after Tiraspol's team Dnestr Tiraspol was disbanded in 1971. The Odesa s ...
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FC Zvezda Serpukhov
FC Zvezda Serpukhov () is a Russian football club from Serpukhov. History It was founded in 2006 by merger of Serpukhov clubs FC Lokomotiv-M (2002–2005) and FC Serpukhov (1999–2005). Zvezda played in Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ... (Center zone) in 2006–2009. Since 2010 it plays in amateur Russian championship (Moscow oblast zone, group A). Another Serpukhov club existed in the past was also named Zvezda in some part of its history (its names: Serpukhov town team – 1961–1962, Zvezda – 1963–1967, Avangard – 1968–1969); it played in Soviet lower leagues. Current club declares itself legatee of historical club heritage. Sources External linksOfficial Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Zvezda Serpukhov Association fo ...
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FC Dinamo Kirov
FC Dynamo Kirov () is a Russian association football club from Kirov, founded in 1923. It plays in the Russian Second League. Club history The club played on the professional level in 1937, 1957 to 1994, 1999 to 2017 and from 2023. The highest level it ever achieved was the second highest (Soviet First League and Russian First Division), where it played in 1957–1962, 1982, 1983, and 1992. It was called Dynamo Vyatka (1923–1934 before the city of Vyatka was renamed to Kirov), Vyatka Kirov (1993–1996), Mashinostroitel Kirov (1997–1998), and Dynamo-Mashinostroitel Kirov (1999–2003). On 18 July 2017, the club voluntarily left the third-tier Russian Professional Football League due to lack of financing. For the 2023 season, Dynamo was licensed for the Russian Second League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. ...
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FC Volga Tver
FC Tver () is an association football club from Tver, Russia, firstly founded in 1908 as FC Volga Tver. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, 2004 to 2017, and from 2020 to 2023. In 1992–1995, the club was called Trion-Volga Tver. It played on the second-highest level (Soviet First League and Russian First Division) in 1957 to 1962, 1964 to 1969 and 1992. Another Tver team, Spartak Tver, existed from 1937 to 1957 and played in the Soviet First League in 1949 and from 1953 to 1956. The club was dissolved at the end of the 2016–17 season due to lack of financing. In April 2020, the club was reestablished as professional football club named FC Tver, with financial support from Tver Oblast, and FC Arsenal Tula. It was licensed for the Russian Second League, Russian Professional Football League for 2020–21 season. On 29 February 2024, Tver was denied the license for the 2024 Russian Second League season. The club was returned to the league aft ...
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