1971 Soviet First League

The 1971 Soviet First League was the inaugural season of the Soviet First League and the 31st season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	42	27	9	6	83	30	+53	63	Promoted
2	RUS	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	25	12	5	81	33	+48	62
3	UKR	Chornomorets Odessa	42	21	11	10	56	33	+23	53[a]
4	UKR	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	42	16	14	12	51	39	+12	46[b]
5	RUS	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	42	19	7	16	52	57	−5	45[a]
6	RUS	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev	42	17	9	16	54	41	+13	43
7	RUS	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	42	14	15	13	45	43	+2	43
8	UKR	Metallist Kharkiv	42	18	7	17	50	49	+1	43
9	KAZ	Shakhter Karagandy	42	14	13	15	46	47	−1	41
10	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	42	14	12	16	35	40	−5	40
11	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	42	12	15	15	47	53	−6	39[a]
12	RUS	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	42	13	13	16	34	40	−6	39
13	TKM	Stroitel Ashgabat	42	16	7	19	53	62	−9	39
14	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	16	7	19	42	52	−10	39[b]
15	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	7	19	42	54	−12	39
16	KGZ	Alga Frunze	42	13	12	17	45	52	−7	38
17	MDA	Moldova Chișinău	42	12	14	16	35	42	−7	38
18	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	42	14	10	18	49	57	−8	38[b]	Relegated
19	LVA	Daugava Riga	42	10	16	16	23	34	−11	36
20	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	42	9	17	16	30	45	−15	35
21	RUS	Volgar Astrakhan	42	8	18	16	34	58	−24	34
22	RUS	Rubin Kazan	42	9	13	20	31	57	−26	31

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Dinamo Leningrad, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Volgar Astrakhan, Rubin Kazan
2	Ukrainian SSR	4	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Metallist Kharkov
3	Kazakh SSR	1	Shakhter Karaganda
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Turkmen SSR		Stroitel Ashkhabat
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze
	Moldavian SSR		Moldova Kishinev
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius

• 1971 season. RSSSF