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Soviet Class B

{{short description|Association football league in the Soviet Union}}

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{{Infobox football league

| name = Soviet Class B

| image = Flag of the Soviet Union.svg

| pixels = 80

| country = Soviet Union

| confed =

| founded = 1950

| first =

| folded = 1970

| divisions =

| teams =

| feeds =

| promotion = Soviet Class A Second Group

| relegation = KFK competitions

| levels = Level 2 & 3 & 4

| domest_cup =

| league_cup =

| confed_cup =

| champions = Motor Vladimir
Terek Grozny
FC Kord Balakovo
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Khimik Severodonetsk
Tsementnik Semipalatinsk
Zarafshon Nawoyi

| season =

| most_champs =

| most_caps =

| top_goalscorer =

| tv =

| website =

| current =

}}

The Soviet Football Championship, Class B ({{langx|ru|Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс Б)}}, Soviet football championship (Class B)) was the second, third and for a season fourth highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Class A and then the Soviet Class A Second Group.

Historical background

=Creation=

The league was formed in 1950 as the second tier of football competitions in the Soviet Union in place of the Second Group of the Soviet football championship (1949 Soviet First League). Before the start of the 1950 season, there was an idea to include representatives of all 15 union republics.[https://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2009-06-08/8_1/ ЛЕТОПИСЬ Акселя ВАРТАНЯНА. 1950 год. Часть первая (ЧТОБЫ ВОЛКИ БЫЛИ СЫТЫ, А ОВЦЫ - ЦЕЛЫ)]. www.sport-express.ru. 8 June 2009 On behalf of the Soviet Council of Ministers, the chairman of the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports Arkadiy Apollonov presented to Mikhail Suslov the season's draft which included 27 teams representing 15 union republics. "The team from the Karelo-Finnish SSR due to lack of trained personnel was not included in participation of the Soviet Union championship", explained Arkadiy Apollonov.

Suslov sent the presentation to Kalashnikov and Sushkov to learn more about the issue. Those two came up with an alternative draft which they presented Georgy Malenkov rather than Suslov.

=Further development=

In 1960 Class B was split by republican (regional) principle and there existed Class B of the Russian SFSR, Class B of Ukraine, Class B of Union republics, Class B of Kazakhstan, Class B of Central Asia. With the expansion of Soviet Class A in 1963, the Soviet Class B was downgraded to the third tier and in 1970 even further to the fourth tier. Before 1971 it was abolished.

Winners

=Second tier=

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!Season!!colspan=2|Winner!!Runners-up!!Third

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1950

|colspan=2|VMS Moscow

|Torpedo Gorkiy

|Spartakas Vilnius

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1951

|colspan=2|Kalinin

|Dinamo Minsk

|Lokomotiv Moscow

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rowspan=5|1952

!Kharkiv

|Spartakas Vilnius

|FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv

|FC VMS Moscow

Ivanovo

|DO Tbilisi

|FC Krasnoe Znamya Ivanovo

|FC Dinamo Alma-Ata

Baku

|Neftçi PFK

|FC Burevestnik Chișinău

|FC Torpedo Gorky

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Final

|Lokomotyv Kharkiv

|Spartakas Vilnius

|DO Tbilisi

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rowspan=5|1953

!Zone 1

|FC Spartaki Tbilisi

|FC Dynamo Yerevan

|FC Torpedo Rostov-on-Don

Zone 2

|FC Znamya Ivanovo

|FC Dinamo Minsk

|FC Metalurh Odessa

Zone 3

|FC Shakhtar Stalino

|FC Torpedo Gorky

|FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

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Final

|Dinamo Minsk

|Torpedo Gorkiy

|Shakhtar Stalino

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rowspan=5|1954

!Zone 1

|FC Spartak Yerevan

|Neftçi PFK

|ODO Tbilisi

Zone 2

|FC Zenit Moscow

|Spartakas Vilnius

|FC Khimik Moscow

Zone 3

|FC Shakhtar Stalino

|FC Torpedo Rostov-on-Don

|FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

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Final

|Shakhtar Stalino

|Spartakas Vilnius

|Neftchi Baku

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rowspan=2|1955

!Zone 1

|Burevestnik Chisinau

|Spartak Kalinin

|ODO Kiev

Zone 2

|ODO Sverdlovsk

|Spartak Yerevan

|ODO Tbilisi

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rowspan=2|1956

!Zone 1

|Spartak Minsk

|Torpedo Taganrog

|Metalurh Zaporizhia

Zone 2

|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev

|ODO Tbilisi

|Spartak Yerevan

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rowspan=6|1957

!Zone 1

|FC Avangard Leningrad

|FC Torpedo Taganrog

|FC Avanhard Kharkiv

Zone 2

|FC Spartak Stanislav

|SKVO Lviv

|FC Trudovyie Rezervy Leningrad

Zone 3

|SKVO Tbilisi

|FC Spartak Yerevan

|Neftçi PFK

Far East

|SKVO Khabarovsk

|FC Dynamo Vladivostok

|FC Burevestnik Tomsk

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Final

|Avangard Leningrad

|Spartak Stanislav

|SKVO Tbilisi

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rowspan=8|1958

!Zone 1

|SKVO Odessa

|FC Trudovyie Rezervy Leningrad

|FC Avanhard Mykolaiv

Zone 2

|SKCF Sevastopol

|FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

|FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don

Zone 3

|SKVO Lviv

|Spartak Minsk

|FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

Zone 4

|SKVO Rostov-on-Don

|FC Spartak Yerevan

|FC Kuban Krasnodar

Zone 5

|SKVO Sverdlovsk

|FC Kairat Alma-Ata

|FC Zvezda Perm

Zone 6

|SKVO Khabarovsk

|FC Tomich Tomsk

|FC Urozhai Barnaul

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Final

|SKVO Rostov-na-Donu

|SKVO Sverdlovsk

|SKCF Sevastopol

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rowspan=9|1959

!Zone 1

|FC Trud Voronezh

|FC Dynamo Kirov

|FC Avanhard Mykolaiv

Zone 2

|FC Trudovyie Rezervy Leningrad

|FC Trud Glukhovo

|FC Avanhard Kharkiv

Zone 3

|FC Spartak Yerevan

|FC Terek Grozny

|FC Torpedo Taganrog

Zone 4

|FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

|FC Baltika Kaliningrad

|SKVO Odessa

Zone 5

|FC Admiralteyets Leningrad

|FC Volga Kalinin

|FC Zenit Izhevsk

Zone 6

|FC Pamir Leninabad

|FC Mashinostroitel Sverdlovsk

|FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Zone 7

|SKVO Sverdlovsk

|FC Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk

|SKVO Khabarovsk

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Russia Final

|Admiralteyets Leningrad

|Trudovyie Reservy Leningrad{{refn|Trudovye Reservy replaced Dynamo Leningrad for several seasons. Later, Dynamo was reinstated in their place.|group=note}}

|Trud Voronezh

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rowspan=17|1960

!Russia I

|FC Trud Voronezh

|FC Spartak Leningrad

|FC Shakhter Stalinogorsk

Russia II

|FC Volga Kalinin

|FC Shinnik Yaroslavl

|FC Dynamo Kirov

Russia III

|FC Terek Grozny

|FC Torpedo Taganrog

|FC Spartak Krasnodar

Russia IV

|FC Metallurg Nizhny Tagil

|FC Zvezda Perm

|FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk

Russia V

|FC Irtysh Omsk

|SKA Khabarovsk

|FC Sibelektromotor Tomsk

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Russia Final

|Trud Voronezh

|FC Irtysh Omsk

|Volga Kalinin

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Ukraine I

|Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

|FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

|FC Arsenal Kyiv

Ukraine II

|FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

|SKA Odessa

|FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk

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Ukraine Final

|Metalurh Zaporizhzhya

|Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv

|

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Republics I

|FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi

|FC Urozhai Minsk

|FC Shirak Leninakan

Republics II

|FC Torpedo Kutaisi

|FC Pamir Leninabad

|FC Progress Baku

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Republics Final

|Torpedo Kutaisi

|Lokomotivi Tbilisi

|

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rowspan=16|1961

!Russia I

|FC Volga Kalinin

|FC Metallurg Cherepovets

|FC Dynamo Leningrad

Russia II

|FC Dynamo Kirov

|FC Baltika Kaliningrad

|FC Iskra Kazan

Russia III

|FC Krylia Sovietov Kuibyshev

|FC Sokol Saratov

|FC Traktor Stalingrad

Russia IV

|FC Terek Grozny

|FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don

|FC Torpedo Taganrog

Russia V

|FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk

|FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk

|FC Stroitel Ufa

Russia VI

|SKA Khabarovsk

|SKA Novosibirsk

|FC Luch Vladivostok

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Russia Final

|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev

|Terek Grozny

|Dynamo Kirov

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Ukraine I

|FC Chornomorets Odessa

|FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

|FC Zirka Kirovohrad

Ukraine II

|SKA Odessa

|FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk

|FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody

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Ukraine Final

|Chornomorets Odessa

|SCA Odessa

|Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

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Republics I

|FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi

|FC Shirak Leninakan

|Lokomotiv Gomel

Republics II

|FC Torpedo Kutaisi

|FC Shakhter Karaganda

|FC Metallurg Rustavi

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rowspan=18|1962

!Russia I

|FC Shinnik Yaroslavl

|FC Spartak Leningrad

|FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo

Russia II

|FC Trud Voronezh

|FC Trudovyie Rezervy Kursk

|FC Serpukhov

Russia III

|FC Spartak Krasnodar

|FC Traktor Volgograd

|FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don

Russia IV

|FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk

|FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk

|FC Iskra Kazan

Russia V

|SKA Novosibirsk

|SKA Khabarovsk

|FC Luch Vladivostok

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Russia Final

|Spartak Krasnodar

|Trud Voronezh

|Uralmash Sverdlovsk

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Ukraine I

|FC Chornomorets Odessa

|FC Polissya Zhytomyr

|FC Lokomotyv Donetsk

Ukraine II

|SKA Odessa

|FC Metalurh Zaporizhia

|SKA Kyiv

Ukraine III

|FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk

|Avanhard Simferopol

|FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

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Ukraine Final

|Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk

|Chornomorets Odessa

|Avanhard Simferopol

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Republics I

|Lokomotiv Gomel

|FC Shirak Leninakan

|FC Nairi Yerevan

Republics II

|FC Shakhter Karaganda

|FC Alga Frunze

|FC Metallurg Chimkent

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Republics Final

|Shakhtyor Karaganda

|Lokomotiv Gomel

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=Third tier=

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!Season!!Zone!!Winner!!Runners-up!!Third!!Notes

rowspan=3|1963

!Russia

|Volga Kalinin

|Dinamo Kirov

|Zvezda Serpukhov

|rowspan=3|three zones

Ukraine

|SKA Odessa

|Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

|Azovstal Zhdanov

Republics

|Lokomotivi Tbilisi

|Dinamo Batumi

|

rowspan=3|1964

!Russia

|Rostselmash Rostov/Don

|Terek Grozny

|Tekstilshchik Ivanovo

|rowspan=3|three zones

Ukraine

|Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

|SKA Kiev

|Polissya Zhytomyr

Republics

|Granitas Klaipėda

|Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk

|Politodel Tashkent Oblast

rowspan=3|1965

!Russia

|Spartak Nalchik

|Rubin Kazan

|Sokol Saratov

|rowspan=3|three zones

Ukraine

|SKA Lviv

|SKA Kiev

|Avanhard Zhovti Vody

Republics

|Dynamo Kirovobad

|Dynamo Baku

|Pamir Leninabad

rowspan=4|1966

!Russia

|Lokomotiv Kaluga

|Spartak Ordzhonikidze

|Metallurg Tula

|rowspan=4|four zones

Ukraine

|Avanhard Zhovti Vody

|Dynamo Khmelnytskyi

|Lokomotyv Kherson

Central Asia

|Pamir Leninabad

|Metallurg Chimkent

|Dynamo Tselinograd

Republics

|Meshakhte Tkibuli

|Polad Sumgayit

|Neman Grodno

rowspan=4|1967

!Russia

|Dinamo Makhachkala

|Volga Ulyanovsk

|Volgar Astrakhan

|rowspan=4|four zones

Ukraine

|Avtomobilist Zhytomyr

|Khimik Severodonetsk

|Dnipro Kremenchuk

Central Asia

|Zarafshon Nawoyi

|Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast

|Metallurg Temirtau

Republics

|Neman Grodno

|Polad Sumgait

|

rowspan=4|1968

!Russia

|Mashuk Pyatigorsk

|Kalinenets Sverdlovsk

|Spartak Belgorod

|rowspan=4|four zones

Ukraine

|Avanhard Ternopil

|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|Shakhtar Kadiivka

Central Asia

|Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast

|Ak Altyn Andizhan Oblast

|Samarqand

Kazakhstan

|Embek Djezkazghan

|ADK Alma‑Ata

|Metallurg Temirtau

rowspan=5|1969

!Russia

|Druzhba Maykop

|Saturn Rybinsk

|Iskra Smolensk

|rowspan=5|five zones

Ukraine

|Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

|Shakhtar Horlivka

|Spartak Sumy

Central Asia

|Tashavtomash Tashkent

|Samarkand

|Yangiyer

Kazakhstan

|Traktor Pavlodar

|Tsementnik Semipalatinsk

|Embek Djezkazghan

Caucasus

|Dila Gori

|Guria Lanchkhuti

|Avtomobilist Yerevan

=Fourth tier=

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!Season!!Winner!!Runners-up!!Notes

1970

|Motor Vladimir (Russia)
Terek Grozny (Russia)
FC Kord Balakovo (Russia)
Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia)
Khimik Severodonetsk (Ukraine)
Tsementnik Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan)
Zarafshon Nawoyi (Central Asia)

|Spartak Kostroma (Russia)
FC Spartak Ryazan (Russia)
Neftianik Tumen (Russia)
Vulkan Petropavlovsk‑Kamtchatski (Russia)
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia (Ukraine)
Traktor Pavlodar (Kazakhstan)
Janguier (Central Asia)

|seven zones, four in RSFSR

{{Soviet First League seasons}}

{{Soviet Second League seasons}}

{{Soviet Second League B seasons}}

Notes

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References

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