Football league season
1973 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League .
Qualifying groups
Group I [Ukraine]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: Penalty shoot-out was introduced this season. The shoot-out would take place in case when the regular game time ended in draw. Depending on outcome, its winner was awarded a point (same as for a draw) and the loser received no points.
(C) Champion;
(P) Promoted
Group II [Soviet Northwest]
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
RUS
Iskra Smolensk
32
25
1
4
2
53
14
+39
51
2
LVA
Daugava Riga
32
23
3
1
5
64
20
+44
49
3
LTU
Žalgiris Vilnius
32
18
5
2
7
48
23
+25
41
4
LTU
Atlantas Klaipeda
32
15
7
2
8
46
29
+17
37
5
RUS
Volga Kalinin
32
15
2
5
10
44
28
+16
32
6
RUS
Dinamo Leningrad
32
13
5
2
12
43
32
+11
31[ a]
7
RUS
Mashinostroitel Pskov
32
12
3
5
12
31
34
−3
27
8
RUS
Baltika Kaliningrad
32
11
3
4
14
41
48
−7
25
9
RUS
Mashinostroitel Podolsk
32
11
2
8
11
31
34
−3
24
10
LVA
Zvejnieks Liepaja
32
10
4
6
12
29
35
−6
24
11
BLR
Bug Brest[ b]
32
10
3
6
13
35
46
−11
23
12
BLR
GomSelMash Gomel
32
7
5
4
16
32
49
−17
19
13
BLR
Dvina Vitebsk
32
4
11
5
12
38
36
+2
19
14
BLR
Khimik Grodno[ c]
32
6
7
4
15
24
42
−18
19
15
RUS
Electron Novgorod
32
7
5
2
18
22
45
−23
19
16
BLR
Dnepr Mogilyov[ d]
32
7
3
8
14
21
38
−17
17
17
RUS
Sever Murmansk
32
8
1
2
21
21
50
−29
17
^ -
^ Spartak Brest changed name to Bug.
^ Neman Grodno changed name to Khimik.
^ Spartak Mogilyov changed name to Dnepr.
Group III [Russian South and Caucasus]
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
RUS
Kuban Krasnodar
34
23
3
1
7
61
26
+35
49
2
RUS
Terek Grozny
34
19
3
3
9
73
37
+36
41
3
RUS
Druzhba Maykop
34
18
3
3
10
39
25
+14
39
4
RUS
Dinamo Stavropol
34
17
4
5
8
52
31
+21
38
5
AZE
Dinamo Kirovabad
34
17
2
4
11
40
30
+10
36
6
RUS
Uralan Elista
34
16
4
2
12
43
35
+8
36
7
RUS
Mashuk Pyatigorsk
34
16
2
4
12
45
41
+4
34
8
RUS
Stal Oryol[ a]
34
12
8
4
10
44
36
+8
32
9
RUS
Dinamo Makhachkala
34
15
2
3
14
49
44
+5
32
10
RUS
Salyut Belgorod
34
14
3
3
14
35
36
−1
31
11
ARM
Shirak Leninakan
34
11
5
4
14
33
36
−3
27
12
RUS
Kalitva Belaya Kalitva
34
13
1
2
18
40
51
−11
27
13
RUS
Avangard Kursk[ b]
34
11
4
7
12
39
49
−10
26
14
RUS
Khimik Novomoskovsk
34
11
2
3
18
32
50
−18
24
15
ARM
Lori Kirovakan
34
9
5
5
15
28
44
−16
23
16
RUS
Metallurg Tula
34
7
5
3
19
37
61
−24
19
17
RUS
Volgar Astrakhan
34
7
5
5
17
18
45
−27
19
18
AZE
Polad Sumgait
34
9
0
0
25
38
69
−31
18[ c]
^ Spartak Oryol changed name to Stal.
^ Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk changed name to Avangard.
^ +
Group IV [Russia and Georgia]
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
RUS
Spartak Kostroma
34
21
4
4
5
63
27
+36
46
2
RUS
Lokomotiv Kaluga
34
18
8
2
6
51
30
+21
44
3
RUS
Torpedo Vladimir[ a]
34
19
3
3
9
65
32
+33
41
4
RUS
Dinamo Vologda
34
17
6
4
7
49
32
+17
40
5
MDA
Zvezda Tiraspol
34
18
2
3
11
43
32
+11
38
6
GEO
Mertskhali Makharadze
34
14
5
3
12
46
43
+3
33
7
RUS
Volga Gorkiy
34
14
4
6
10
51
35
+16
32
8
GEO
Guria Lanchkhuti
34
13
5
2
14
52
52
0
31
9
RUS
Trud Voronezh
34
15
0
3
16
43
42
+1
30
10
GEO
Kolkhida Poti
34
12
4
2
16
32
49
−17
28
11
GEO
Dinamo Batumi
34
13
1
5
15
36
39
−3
27
12
GEO
Lokomotiv Samtredia
34
12
3
4
15
39
61
−22
27[ b]
13
RUS
Spartak Ryazan
34
13
0
2
19
44
52
−8
26
14
GEO
Dila Gori
34
13
0
3
18
41
54
−13
26
15
RUS
Revtrud Tambov
34
10
2
5
17
35
61
−26
22
16
RUS
Saturn Rybinsk
34
8
5
3
18
30
47
−17
21
17
GEO
Dinamo Sukhumi
34
8
5
1
20
32
53
−21
21
18
RUS
Dinamo Bryansk
34
9
2
4
19
43
54
−11
20
^ Motor Vladimir changed name to Torpedo.
^ +
Group V [Volga and Ural]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
UralMash Sverdlovsk
32
24
2
4
2
61
15
+46
50[ a]
2
Rubin Kazan
32
21
5
0
6
58
26
+32
47
3
Kord Balakovo
32
23
0
4
5
62
25
+37
46
4
Khimik Dzerzhinsk
32
16
6
3
7
47
32
+15
38
5
Spartak Yoshkar-Ola
32
15
2
2
13
40
34
+6
32
6
Sokol Saratov
32
14
3
5
10
44
38
+6
31
7
Barrikady Volgograd
32
12
4
5
11
38
31
+7
28
8
Torpedo Togliatti
32
13
2
3
14
35
29
+6
28
9
Energiya Cheboksary
32
12
4
3
13
29
37
−8
28
10
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
32
10
3
2
17
33
43
−10
23
11
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
32
9
4
3
16
34
54
−20
22
12
Zenit Izhevsk
32
8
5
4
15
22
33
−11
21
13
Uralets Nizhniy Tagil
32
9
3
4
16
30
45
−15
21
14
Lokomotiv Orenburg
32
9
2
5
16
35
51
−16
20
15
Volga Ulyanovsk
32
7
5
5
15
21
41
−20
19
16
Dinamo Kirov
32
6
6
4
16
25
48
−23
18
17
Stroitel Ufa
32
6
2
2
22
27
59
−32
14
Group VI (Central Asia)
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
KAZ
Traktor Pavlodar
30
19
0
5
6
51
25
+26
38[ a]
2
KAZ
Alatau Jambul
30
18
2
5
5
43
23
+20
38
3
KAZ
Dinamo Tselinograd
30
17
1
2
10
43
25
+18
35
4
UZB
Avtomobilist Termez
30
13
4
4
9
41
26
+15
30
5
UZB
Yangiyer
30
14
2
4
10
44
30
+14
30
6
KAZ
Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
30
12
5
5
8
36
29
+7
29
7
KAZ
Spartak Semipalatinsk
30
12
4
0
14
32
37
−5
28
8
KAZ
Avtomobilist Kzil-Orda
30
12
4
3
11
33
41
−8
28
9
UZB
Trud Jizak
30
13
1
5
11
41
38
+3
27[ a]
10
UZB
Yangiaryk
30
10
7
3
10
30
36
−6
27
11
RUS
Neftyanik Tyumen
30
9
7
0
14
27
44
−17
25
12
KAZ
Yenbek Jezkazgan
30
10
4
2
14
23
34
−11
24
13
UZB
Andizhanets Andizhan
30
9
2
4
15
33
41
−8
20[ a]
14
RUS
Zauralets Kurgan
30
7
4
4
15
24
36
−12
18
15
UZB
Neftyanik Fergana
30
7
2
3
18
32
44
−12
16
16
TJK
Neftyanik Leninskiy District
30
7
2
2
19
25
49
−24
16[ a]
Group VII (Siberia and the Far East)
Pos
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sibiryak Bratsk
30
15
4
2
9
25
19
+6
34
2
Dinamo Barnaul
30
16
1
5
8
44
28
+16
33
3
Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
30
12
6
4
8
31
26
+5
33[ a]
4
Amur Blagoveshchensk
30
15
3
2
10
25
20
+5
33
5
Selenga Ulan-Ude
30
15
2
5
8
29
21
+8
32
6
Irtysh Omsk
30
14
2
5
9
38
26
+12
30
7
Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk
30
13
4
3
10
39
32
+7
30
8
Luch Vladivostok
30
14
1
6
9
37
26
+11
29
9
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
30
12
5
3
10
30
21
+9
29
10
Start Angarsk
30
11
6
4
9
39
29
+10
28
11
TomLes Tomsk
30
12
1
6
11
22
23
−1
25
12
SKA Khabarovsk
30
7
9
1
13
31
36
−5
23
13
Aeroflot Irkutsk
30
9
3
3
15
26
41
−15
21
14
Chkalovets Novosibirsk
30
7
3
2
18
26
49
−23
17
15
Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk
30
4
5
7
14
18
44
−26
13
16
SKA Chita
30
2
4
7
17
17
36
−19
8
Final group
[Nov 4-20, Sochi]
Pos
Rep
Team
Pld
W
PKW
PKL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion
1
RUS
UralMash Sverdlovsk
6
4
1
0
1
14
7
+7
9[ a]
Promoted
2
UKR
Tavria Simferopol
6
4
0
1
1
13
5
+8
8
3
RUS
Kuban Krasnodar
6
2
3
1
0
11
4
+7
7
4
RUS
Iskra Smolensk
6
3
0
1
2
12
11
+1
6
5
RUS
Spartak Kostroma
6
3
0
0
3
9
14
−5
6
6
RUS
Sibiryak Bratsk
6
0
1
0
5
2
12
−10
1
7
KAZ
Traktor Pavlodar
6
0
0
2
4
4
12
−8
0[ b]
References
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