1973 Soviet Second League

Second League
Season	1973
	← 1972 1974 →

1973 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

Qualifying groups

Group I [Ukraine]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tavriya Simferopol (C, P)	44	26	6	4	8	75	36	+39	58	Promoted
2	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	44	25	3	2	14	62	36	+26	53
3	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	44	23	6	7	8	69	35	+34	52
4	Hoverla Uzhhorod	44	24	3	5	12	65	52	+13	51
5	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	44	18	11	5	10	64	33	+31	47
6	Shakhtar Horlivka	44	18	9	3	14	58	47	+11	45	Withdrew
7	Avanhard Sevastopol	44	16	13	3	12	44	40	+4	45
8	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	44	18	6	10	10	53	45	+8	42
9	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	44	18	5	10	11	57	45	+12	41
10	Lokomotyv Kherson	44	17	5	10	12	49	33	+16	39
11	SC Chernihiv	44	18	2	6	18	63	56	+7	38
12	Zirka Kirovohrad	44	16	4	6	18	63	57	+6	36
13	Shakhtar Makiivka	44	15	5	9	15	50	48	+2	35	Withdrew
14	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	44	14	7	5	18	44	52	−8	35
15	Khimik Severodonetsk	44	12	9	5	18	51	64	−13	33	Withdrew
16	Frunzenets Sumy	44	14	4	7	19	49	47	+2	32
17	Shakhtar Kadiivka	44	15	2	3	24	42	70	−28	32	Withdrew
18	Kolos Poltava	44	12	7	1	24	44	68	−24	31
19	SC Lutsk	44	11	8	3	22	25	50	−25	30
20	Budivelnyk Ternopil	44	13	3	13	15	45	55	−10	29
21	Avanhard Rovno	44	11	5	7	21	34	57	−23	27
22	Lokomotyv Donetsk	44	9	6	5	24	35	72	−37	24	Withdrew
23	Metalurh Zhdanov	44	10	4	4	26	41	84	−43	24	Withdrew

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ -
^ 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]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ -

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]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d +

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 3 bonus points?

Promotion playoffs

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]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ -
^ +

References

[table_hth_DLE0.93507707628192-1] -

[table_note_BBR0.93507707628192-2] Spartak Brest changed name to Bug.

[table_note_KGR0.93507707628192-3] Neman Grodno changed name to Khimik.

[table_note_DMO0.93507707628192-4] Spartak Mogilyov changed name to Dnepr.

[table_note_SOR0.90082617797927-5] Spartak Oryol changed name to Stal.

[table_note_AKU0.90082617797927-6] Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk changed name to Avangard.

[table_hth_PSU0.90082617797927-7] +

[table_note_TVL0.91052821600369-8] Motor Vladimir changed name to Torpedo.

[table_hth_LSA0.91052821600369-9] +

[table_hth_UMS0.55278332510627-10] -

[table_hth_+0.92761878991854-11] +

[table_hth_VPK0.37506061297611-12] 3 bonus points?

[table_hth_UMS0.18854918898481-13] -

[table_hth_TPA0.18854918898481-14] +

[a]

v t e Third level Soviet football championship seasons
Group V	1936 1937 1938 ... 1962
Class B	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Class A Second Group	1970
Second League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1973 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Supreme League First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Finals)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup
European competitions	European Cup 1972–73 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup 1972–73 1973–74 UEFA Cup 1972–73 1973–74