# 1965 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1965 Soviet Class A Second Group was the third season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 25th season of the Soviet second-tier league competition.

## First stage
### First Subgroup

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 39 |
| 2 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 36 |
| 3 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 36 |
| 4 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 33 |
| 5 | MDA | Moldova Kishinev | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 32 |
| 6 | RUS | Volga Gorkiy | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 32 |
| 7 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 31 |
| 8 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 30 |
| 9 | UKR | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 29 |
| 10 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 29 |
| 11 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 28 |
| 12 | BLR | Spartak Gomel | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 27 |
| 13 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 25 |
| 14 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 25 |
| 15 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 24 |
| 16 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 24 |
* 1 2 -
* 1 2 +
* ↑ Spartak Gomel was called Lokomotiv.

### Second Subgroup

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 42 |
| 2 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 40 |
| 3 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 36 |
| 4 | KAZ | Kayrat Alma-Ata | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 36 |
| 5 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 36 |
| 6 | ARM | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 35 |
| 7 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 33 |
| 8 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 31 |
| 9 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 29 |
| 10 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 29 |
| 11 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 28 |
| 12 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 26 |
| 13 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 25 |
| 14 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 22 |
| 15 | RUS | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 52 | −32 | 17 |
| 16 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 15 |
* 1 2 -
* 1 2 +

## Final stage
### For places 1-16

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | ARM | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 38 | Promoted |
| 2 | KAZ | Kayrat Alma-Ata | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 38 | Promoted |
| 3 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 35 | |
| 5 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 35 | |
| 6 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 35 | |
| 7 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 33 | |
| 8 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 31 | |
| 9 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 30 | |
| 10 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | RUS | Volga Gorkiy | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 28 | |
| 12 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 27 | |
| 13 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 25 | |
| 14 | MDA | Moldova Kishinev | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 23 | |
| 15 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 20 | |
| 16 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 4 -

#### Match for 1st place

* Ararat Yerevan 2-1 Kayrat Alma-Ata

### For places 17-32

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 51 |
| 18 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 47 |
| 19 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 47 |
| 20 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 46 |
| 21 | UKR | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa | 46 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 46 |
| 22 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 46 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 46 |
| 23 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 46 |
| 24 | BLR | Spartak Gomel | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 45 |
| 25 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 43 |
| 26 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 40 |
| 27 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 39 |
| 28 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 37 |
| 29 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 35 |
| 30 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 35 |
| 31 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 46 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 28 |
| 32 | RUS | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 27 |
* 1 2 3 +

## Top scorers
### 25 goals

* Vladimir Korotkov (Shinnik Yaroslavl)

### 23 goals

* Valeriy Pogorelov (Traktor Volgograd)

### 21 goals

* German Apukhtin (SKA Novosibirsk)

### 18 goals

* Seiran Galstyan (Ararat Yerevan)

### 17 goals

* Givi Mumladze (Lokomotivi Tbilisi)
* Valentin Kosov (Terek Grozny)

## Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 13 | Russian SFSR | FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Volga Gorkiy, FC Terek Grozny, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Traktor Volgograd, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Zaria Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye |
| 2 | Kazakh SSR | FC Kairat Alma-Ata, FC Shakhter Karaganda |
| 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Ararat Yerevan |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 1 | Moldavian SSR | FC Moldova Kishinev |
| 1 | Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Alga Frunze |
| 1 | Uzbek SSR | FC Politotdel Tashkent Oblast |
| 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Spartak Gomel |
| 1 | Georgian SSR | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi |
| 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Stroitel Ashkhabat |
| 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Energetik Dushanbe |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Dinamo Tallinn |