The 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the
1962 Soviet Class B season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.
Qualified teams
''Notes:''
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FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the Ru ...
was previously called as Spartak.
*
FC Volga Gorkiy was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy.
*
FC Karpaty Lvov replaced
SKA Lvov.
Final standings
Top scorers
;13 goals
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Anatoli Isayev
Anatoli Konstantinovich Isayev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Исаев; 14 July 1932 – 10 July 2016) was a Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach.
Honours
* Olympic champion: 1956.
* Soviet Top Lea ...
(Shinnik Yaroslavl)
*
Viktor Korolkov (Shakhter Karaganda)
;12 goals
*
Valentyn Hrishyn (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk)
*
Albert Liber (Trud Voronezh)
;11 goals
*
Vitaliy Kovalenko (Metallurg Zaporozhie)
Number of teams by republics
See also
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1963 Soviet Top League
*
1963 Soviet Class B
External links
1963 season RSSSF
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{{Soviet First League seasons
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Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
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The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...