# 1981 Soviet Second League

1981 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups
### Group I [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 50 |
| 2 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 43 |
| 3 | Dinamo Leningrad | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 42 |
| 4 | Dinamo Bryansk | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 40 |
| 5 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 40 |
| 6 | Saturn Rybinsk | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 39 |
| 7 | Dinamo Vologda | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 36 |
| 8 | Stroitel Cherepovets | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 34 |
| 9 | Spartak Ryazan | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 34 |
| 10 | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 33 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 30 |
| 12 | Volga Kalinin | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 30 |
| 13 | Sever Murmansk | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 26 |
| 14 | Moskvich Moskva | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 50 | −29 | 20 |
| 15 | FSM Moskva | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 62 | −39 | 19 |
| 16 | Volzhanin Kineshma | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 15 |
| 17 | TOZ Tula | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 67 | −42 | 13 |

### Group II [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dinamo Kirov | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 50 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 42 |
| 3 | Zenit Izhevsk | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 39 |
| 4 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 36 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 36 |
| 6 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 35 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 35 |
| 8 | Torpedo Togliatti | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 33 |
| 9 | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 31 |
| 10 | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 31 |
| 11 | Gazovik Orenburg | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 30 |
| 12 | Volga Gorkiy | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 29 |
| 13 | Gastello Ufa | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 27 |
| 14 | Stal Cheboksary | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 27 |
| 15 | Sokol Saratov | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 25 |
| 16 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 22 |
| 17 | Torpedo Vladimir | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 16 |

### Group III [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rotor Volgograd | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 89 | 35 | +54 | 53 |
| 2 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 50 |
| 3 | Terek Grozny | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 32 | +35 | 48 |
| 4 | Torpedo Taganrog | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 43 |
| 5 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 40 |
| 6 | Volgar Astrakhan | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 39 |
| 7 | Uralan Elista | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 38 |
| 8 | Spartak Nalchik | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 36 |
| 9 | Cement Novorossiysk | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 34 |
| 10 | Spartak Oryol | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 32 |
| 11 | Salyut Belgorod | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 31 |
| 12 | Druzhba Maykop | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 31 |
| 13 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 30 |
| 14 | Spartak Tambov | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 25 |
| 15 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 73 | −38 | 23 |
| 16 | Avangard Kursk | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 22 |
| 17 | Torpedo Volzhskiy | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 20 |
| 18 | Atommash Volgodonsk | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 17 |

### Group IV [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dinamo Barnaul | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 46 |
| 2 | Angara Angarsk | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 44 |
| 3 | Irtysh Omsk | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 41 |
| 4 | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 41 |
| 5 | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 |
| 6 | Luch Vladivostok | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 35 |
| 7 | Manometr Tomsk | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 35 |
| 8 | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 33 |
| 9 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 33 |
| 10 | Zapsibovets Novokuznetsk | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Zvezda Perm | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 30 |
| 12 | Zvezda Irkutsk | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 30 |
| 13 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 27 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 26 |
| 15 | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 26 |
| 16 | Fakel Tyumen | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 21 |
| 17 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 32 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 83 | −77 | 7 |
* ↑ Torpedo Tomsk changed name to Manometr.

### Group V [Ukraine]

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, Q) | 44 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 65 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 57 | |
| 3 | Avanhard Rivne | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 56 | |
| 4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 55 | |
| 5 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 51 | |
| 6 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 51 | |
| 7 | Vuhlyk Horlivka | 44 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 51 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Lutsk | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 48 | |
| 9 | SKA Lviv | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 47 | Merged with Karpaty Lviv |
| 10 | Kolos Mezhyrich | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 46 | |
| 11 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Desna Chernihiv | 44 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 41 | |
| 13 | Okean Kerch | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 39 | |
| 15 | Krystal Kherson | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 39 | |
| 16 | Novator Zhdanov | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 39 | |
| 17 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 39 | |
| 18 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 38 | |
| 19 | Kolos Poltava | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 38 | |
| 20 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 37 | |
| 21 | Frunzenets Sumy | 44 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 37 | |
| 22 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 29 | |
| 23 | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 44 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 26 | Avoided relegation |

### Group VI (Central Asia)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 40 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 64 |
| 2 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 61 |
| 3 | UZB | Novbahor Namangan | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 53 |
| 4 | UZB | Hiva | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 49 |
| 5 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 48 |
| 6 | UZB | Yangiyer | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 47 |
| 7 | UZB | Yeshlik Turakurgan | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 46 |
| 8 | UZB | Start Tashkent | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 45 |
| 9 | UZB | Horezm Yangiaryk | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 43 |
| 10 | KGZ | Alay Osh | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 43 |
| 11 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 40 |
| 12 | UZB | Hisar Shahrisabz | 40 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 39 |
| 13 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 40 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 39 |
| 14 | UZB | Narimanovets Bagat | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 39 |
| 15 | UZB | Sohibkor Halkabad | 40 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 37 |
| 16 | TJK | Hojent Leninabad | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 34 |
| 17 | UZB | Shahrihanets Shahrihan | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 32 |
| 18 | UZB | KarshiStroi Karshi | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 30 |
| 19 | UZB | Amudarya Nukus | 40 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 78 | −42 | 25 |
| 20 | TJK | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube | 40 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 23 |
| 21 | KGZ | Semetey Frunze | 40 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 105 | −94 | 3 |
* 1 2 3 +
* ↑ Sohibkor Yangiyul relocated to Halkabad.

### Group VII [Kazakhstan]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | KAZ | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 23 | +52 | 60 |
| 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 57 |
| 3 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 51 |
| 4 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 49 |
| 5 | KAZ | Meliorator Chimkent | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 46 |
| 6 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 43 |
| 7 | KAZ | Khimik Jambul | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 42 |
| 8 | KAZ | Bulat Temirtau | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 42 |
| 9 | KAZ | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 42 |
| 10 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 |
| 11 | KAZ | Jezkazganets Jezkazgan | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 |
| 12 | KAZ | Meliorator Kzil-Orda | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 32 |
| 13 | KAZ | Avangard Petropavlovsk | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 28 |
| 14 | KAZ | Torpedo Kokchetav | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 59 | −31 | 24 |
| 15 | KAZ | Khimik Stepnogorsk | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 24 |
| 16 | KAZ | Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 24 |
| 17 | KAZ | Uralets Uralsk | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 72 | −48 | 21 |
| 18 | KAZ | Prikaspiyets Guryev | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 75 | −55 | 14 |
| 19 | KAZ | SKIF Alma-Ata | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 13 |
* ↑ Metallurg Chimkent changed name to Meliorator.

### Group VIII (Soviet Republics)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 51 |
| 2 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 45 |
| 3 | MDA | Avtomobilist Tiraspol | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 43 |
| 4 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 41 |

### Group IX (Caucasus)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 79 | 37 | +42 | 68 |
| 2 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 80 | 43 | +37 | 59 |
| 3 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 73 | 58 | +15 | 50 |
| 4 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 49 |
| 5 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 44 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 47 |
| 6 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 62 | +7 | 46 |
| 7 | AZE | Hazar Lenkoran | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 82 | 65 | +17 | 46 |
| 8 | ARM | Spartak Oktemberyan | 44 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 40 |

## Final group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Dinamo Kirov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | UKR | Krivbass Krivoi Rog | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Rotor Volgograd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |