1970 Soviet Class A First Group

The 1970 Soviet Class A First Group was a transitional season of the future Soviet First League. It was also the 30th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet Class A First Group
Season1970
PromotedFC Karpaty Lvov
FC Kairat Alma-Ata
RelegatedFC Lokomotiv Tbilisi
FC Kuban Krasnodar
SKA Kiev
FC SKA Khabarovsk
← 1969
1971 →

The league was reduced to a single group in comparison with the previous season.

Teams

Relegated teams

Renamed teams
  • Energetik Dushanbe was renamed as Pamir Dushanbe.

Final standings
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 42 26 11 5 70 22 +48 63 Promoted to Top League
2 KAZ Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kayrat Alma-Ata 42 25 11 6 71 29 +42 61
3 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 42 26 9 7 58 25 +33 61
4 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 42 20 10 12 53 39 +14 50
5 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallist Kharkiv 42 15 19 8 43 26 +17 49
6 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Leningrad 42 19 9 14 62 49 +13 47
7 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 42 17 13 12 43 32 +11 47
8 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rubin Kazan 42 18 10 14 36 42 −6 46
9 KAZ Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhter Karagandy 42 15 15 12 49 43 +6 45
10 LTU Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 42 15 11 16 46 40 +6 41
11 MDA Moldavian Soviet Socialist RepublicMoldova Chișinău 42 13 15 14 40 34 +6 41
12 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 42 13 14 15 36 51 −15 40
13 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Volgar Astrakhan 42 14 11 17 38 45 −7 39
14 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Sverdlovsk 42 13 12 17 37 49 −12 38
15 GEO Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Tbilisi 42 14 9 19 36 43 −7 37 Relegated to Second League
16 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 11 15 16 27 45 −18 37
17 LVA Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 42 11 11 20 36 50 −14 33
18 TJK Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 42 12 9 21 41 62 −21 33
19 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Kyiv 42 11 10 21 39 50 −11 32 Relegated to Second League
20 KGZ Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Alga Frunze 42 10 12 20 34 45 −11 32
21 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 42 8 16 18 22 41 −19 32 Relegated to Second League
22 TKM Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Stroitel Ashgabat 42 6 8 28 22 77 −55 20
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers
24 goals
  • János Gabovda (Karpaty Lvov)
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
  • Viktor Abgoltz (Kairat Alma-Ata)
16 goals
  • Boris Govorunov (Dinamo Leningrad)

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 9 Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Rubin Kazan, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Volgar Astrakhan, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk
2  Ukrainian SSR 4 Karpaty Lvov, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, SKA Kiev
3  Kazakh SSR 2 Kairat Alma-Ata, Shakhter Karaganda
4  Lithuanian SSR 1 Žalgiris Vilnius
 Moldavian SSR Moldova Kishinev
 Georgian SSR Lokomotivi Tbilisi
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
 Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat

See also
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