1970 Soviet Class A First Group

• FC Kairat Alma-Ata – placing 17th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 4 seasons)
• FC Lokomotiv Moscow – placing 18th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 5 seasons)
• FC Krylia Sovetov Kiubyshev – placing 19th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 8 seasons)
• FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk – placing 20th (last) in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after a season)

• Energetik Dushanbe was renamed as Pamir Dushanbe.

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|team1=KLV|group_KLV=UKR|name_KLV={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Karpaty Lviv

|team2=KAA|group_KAA=KAZ|name_KAA={{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} Kayrat Alma-Ata

|team3=DDN|group_DDN=UKR|name_DDN= {{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

|team4=LMO|group_LMO=RUS|name_LMO={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|team5=MKH|group_MKH=UKR|name_MKH={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Metallist Kharkiv

|team6=DLE|group_DLE=RUS|name_DLE={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Dinamo Leningrad

|team7=KSK|group_KSK=RUS|name_KSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev

|team8=RKA|group_RKA=RUS|name_RKA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Rubin Kazan

|team9=SKA|group_SKA=KAZ|name_SKA={{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} Shakhter Karagandy

|team10=ŽVI|group_ŽVI=LTU|name_ŽVI={{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} Žalgiris Vilnius

|team11=MKI|group_MKI=MDA|name_MKI={{flagicon|Moldavian SSR}}Moldova Chișinău

|team12=TIV|group_TIV=RUS|name_TIV={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Tekstilshchik Ivanovo

|team13=VAS|group_VAS=RUS|name_VAS={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Volgar Astrakhan

|team14=UMS|group_UMS=RUS|name_UMS={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Uralmash Sverdlovsk

|team15=LTB|group_LTB=GEO|name_LTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} Lokomotiv Tbilisi

|team16=KKR|group_KKR=RUS|name_KKR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Kuban Krasnodar

|team17=DRI|group_DRI=LVA|name_DRI={{flagicon|Latvian SSR}} Daugava Riga

|team18=PDU|group_PDU=TJK|name_PDU={{flagicon|Tajik SSR}} Pamir Dushanbe

|team19=SKI|group_SKI=UKR|name_SKI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} SKA Kyiv

|team20=AFR|group_AFR=KGZ|name_AFR={{flagicon|Kirghiz SSR}} Alga Frunze

|team21=SKH|group_SKH=RUS|name_SKH={{flagicon|RSFSR}} SKA Khabarovsk

|team22=SAS|group_SAS=TKM|name_SAS={{flagicon|Turkmen SSR}} Stroitel Ashgabat

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|win_KLV=26|draw_KLV=11|loss_KLV=5|gf_KLV=70|ga_KLV=22

|win_KAA=25|draw_KAA=11|loss_KAA=6|gf_KAA=71|ga_KAA=29

|win_DDN=26|draw_DDN=9|loss_DDN=7|gf_DDN=58|ga_DDN=25

|win_LMO=20|draw_LMO=10|loss_LMO=12|gf_LMO=53|ga_LMO=39

|win_MKH=15|draw_MKH=19|loss_MKH=8|gf_MKH=43|ga_MKH=26

|win_DLE=19|draw_DLE=9|loss_DLE=14|gf_DLE=62|ga_DLE=49

|win_KSK=17|draw_KSK=13|loss_KSK=12|gf_KSK=43|ga_KSK=32

|win_RKA=18|draw_RKA=10|loss_RKA=14|gf_RKA=36|ga_RKA=42

|win_SKA=15|draw_SKA=15|loss_SKA=12|gf_SKA=49|ga_SKA=43

|win_ŽVI=15|draw_ŽVI=11|loss_ŽVI=16|gf_ŽVI=46|ga_ŽVI=40

|win_MKI=13|draw_MKI=15|loss_MKI=14|gf_MKI=40|ga_MKI=34

|win_TIV=13|draw_TIV=14|loss_TIV=15|gf_TIV=36|ga_TIV=51

|win_VAS=14|draw_VAS=11|loss_VAS=17|gf_VAS=38|ga_VAS=45

|win_UMS=13|draw_UMS=12|loss_UMS=17|gf_UMS=37|ga_UMS=49

|win_LTB=14|draw_LTB=9|loss_LTB=19|gf_LTB=36|ga_LTB=43

|win_KKR=11|draw_KKR=15|loss_KKR=16|gf_KKR=27|ga_KKR=45

|win_DRI=11|draw_DRI=11|loss_DRI=20|gf_DRI=36|ga_DRI=50

|win_PDU=12|draw_PDU=9|loss_PDU=21|gf_PDU=41|ga_PDU=62

|win_SKI=11|draw_SKI=10|loss_SKI=21|gf_SKI=39|ga_SKI=50

|win_AFR=10|draw_AFR=12|loss_AFR=20|gf_AFR=34|ga_AFR=45

|win_SKH=8|draw_SKH=16|loss_SKH=18|gf_SKH=22|ga_SKH=41

|win_SAS=6|draw_SAS=8|loss_SAS=28|gf_SAS=22|ga_SAS=77

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to Top League

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to Second League

|result15=R|result16=R|result19=R|result21=R

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;24 goals

• János Gabovda (Karpaty Lvov)

;19 goals

• Yury Sevidov (Kairat Alma-Ata)

;18 goals

• Eugen Piunovschi (Shakhter Karaganda)

;17 goals

• Viktor Abgoltz (Kairat Alma-Ata)

;16 goals

• Boris Govorunov (Dinamo Leningrad)

• Soviet First League

• [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su70.html 1970 season]. RSSSF

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