Soviet Class A First Group

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{{Infobox football league

| name = Soviet Class A First Group

| image = Flag of the Soviet Union.svg

| pixels = 80

| country = Soviet Union

| confed =

| founded = 1950

| first =

| folded = 1970

| divisions =

| teams =

| feeds =

| promotion = none / Class A Top Group

| relegation = Soviet Class B / Soviet Class A Second Group

| levels = Level 1 & 2

| domest_cup =

| league_cup =

| confed_cup =

| champions = Spartak Moscow {{small|top tier}}
Karpaty Lviv {{small|second tier}}

| season =

| most_champs = Spartak Moscow (6)

| most_caps =

| top_goalscorer =

| tv =

| website =

| current =

}}

The Soviet Class A First Group ({{langx|ru|Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс А. Первая группа)}}, Soviet football championship (Class A First Group)) was the top and for a season second highest division of Soviet football, below the 1970 Soviet Class A Top Group.Evgeni Kazakov. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ovTADwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83&pg=PA1863 The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407145746/https://books.google.com/books?id=ovTADwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83&pg=PA1863|date=2023-04-07}}. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019 The league was formed in 1950 in place of the First Group of the Soviet football championship and initially was called as Class A of the Soviet football championship.

In 1963 the Class A was expanded into two divisions the Class A First Group and the Class A Second Group, latter becoming the second tier. In 1970 the Soviet Class A was expanded even further adding additional tier to the top and downgrading now the Soviet Class A First Group to the second tier. In 1971 it was replaced with the Soviet First League.