1972 Soviet First League

The 1972 Soviet First League was the second season of the Soviet First League and the 32nd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1972
← 1971
1973 →

Final standings
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UZB Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pahtakor Tashkent 38 24 7 7 74 36 +38 55[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 38 19 13 6 57 21 +36 51[lower-alpha 1]
3 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 38 20 8 10 67 36 +31 48
4 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 14 17 7 50 35 +15 45
5 GEO Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 38 19 6 13 49 32 +17 44
6 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zvezda Perm 38 14 16 8 41 35 +6 44[lower-alpha 2]
7 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 15 10 13 39 44 −5 40
8 TJK Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 38 13 13 12 52 51 +1 39
9 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 14 10 14 49 50 −1 38
10 KAZ Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhter Karagandy 38 11 13 14 37 48 −11 35
11 KGZ Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Alga Frunze 38 10 14 14 42 44 −2 34
12 MDA Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Chișinău[lower-alpha 3] 38 11 12 15 39 49 −10 34
13 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 38 11 12 15 37 52 −15 34
14 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 13 7 18 45 49 −4 33
15 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Automobilist Nalchik 38 8 17 13 28 43 −15 33[lower-alpha 2]
16 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallist Kharkiv 38 10 12 16 33 42 −9 32
17 TKM Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Stroitel Ashgabad 38 11 10 17 36 55 −19 32
18 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Sverdlovsk 38 11 9 18 38 58 −20 31 Relegated
19 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 38 10 10 18 50 62 −12 30[lower-alpha 2]
20 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 14 17 32 53 −21 28
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
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  2. +
  3. Nistru Kishinev was called Moldova.

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 8 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Zvezda Perm, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Avtomobilist Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Dinamo Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Shakhter Donetsk, Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Metallist Kharkov, Krivbass Krivoi Rog
3  Uzbek SSR 1 Pakhtakor Tashkent
 Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Kazakh SSR Shakhter Karaganda
 Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat
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