# 1966 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1966 Soviet Class A Second Group was the fourth season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 26th season of the Soviet second-tier league competition. The competitions became again split completely by geographical principle as before the 1963 league's consolidation reform.

## First stage
### First subgroup

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 43 |
| 2 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 32 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 39 |
| 3 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 39 |
| 4 | AZE | Dinamo Kirovabad | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 39 |
| 5 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 39 |
| 6 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 36 |
| 7 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 36 |
| 8 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 33 |
| 9 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 32 |
| 10 | RUS | Spartak Nalchik | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 32 |
| 11 | RUS | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 29 |
| 12 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 29 |
| 13 | RUS | Dinamo Stavropol | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 |
| 14 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 26 |
| 15 | BLR | Spartak Gomel | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 26 |
| 16 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 22 |
| 17 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 15 |
* ↑ 2 points deducted?
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +

#### Top scorers
##### 14 goals

* Zhak Suprikyan (Shirak Leninakan)

##### 13 goals

* Bondo Giorgadze (Dinamo Batumi)
* Anatoliy Mironov (Kuban Krasnodar)

#### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 9 | Russian SFSR | FC Tekstilschik Ivanovo, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Terek Grozny, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC Dinamo Stavropol, FC Baltika Kaliningrad |
| 2 | Georgian SSR | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 1 | Azerbaijan SSR | FC Dinamo Kirovabad |
| 1 | Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
| 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Spartak Gomel |
| 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Shirak Leninakan |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Dinamo Tallinn |

### Second subgroup

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 44 |
| 2 | UKR | SKA Kiev | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 41 |
| 3 | UKR | SKA Lvov | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 40 |
| 4 | UKR | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 39 |
| 5 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 38 |
| 6 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 36 |
| 8 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 34 |
| 9 | RUS | Sokol Saratov | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 33 |
| 10 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 34 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 32 |
| 11 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 32 |
| 12 | UKR | Tavria Simferopol | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 31 |
| 13 | MDA | Avyntul Kishinev | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 31 |
| 14 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | UKR | Sudostroitel Nikolayev | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 30 |
| 16 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 30 |
| 17 | RUS | Volga Gorkiy | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 29 |
| 18 | UKR | Zvezda Kirovograd | 34 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 25 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 +
* ↑ Avyntul Kishinev was called Moldova.

#### Top scorers
##### 13 goals

* Volodymyr Dudarenko (SKA Lvov)

##### 12 goals

* János Gabovda (Lokomotiv Vinnitsa)

##### 11 goals

* Vladimir Voinov (Dinamo Leningrad)

#### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 11 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Zaria Lugansk, SKA Kiev, SKA Lvov, FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Avangard Kharkov, SC Tavria Simferopol, FC Karpaty Lvov, FC Sudostroitel Nikolayev, FC Zirka Kirovograd |
| 6 | Russian SFSR | FC Dinamo Leningrad, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Sokol Saratov, FC Volga Kalinin, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Volga Gorkiy |
| 1 | Moldavian SSR | FC Avyntul Kishinev |

### Third subgroup

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 43 |
| 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 42 |
| 3 | RUS | Stroitel Ufa | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 42 |
| 4 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 38 |
| 5 | RUS | Luch Vladivostok | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 38 |
| 6 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 38 |
| 7 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 35 |
| 8 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 35 |
| 9 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 34 |
| 10 | RUS | Temp Barnaul | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 33 |
| 11 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 33 |
| 12 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 33 |
| 13 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 31 |
| 14 | RUS | Torpedo Tomsk | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 30 |
| 15 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 28 |
| 16 | RUS | Zvezda Perm | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 27 |
| 17 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 27 |
| 18 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 25 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +
* ↑ Kuzbass Kemerovo was called Khimik.

#### Top scorers
##### 16 goals

* Viktor Abgoltz (Shakhter Karaganda)

##### 14 goals

* Bohdan Keslo (Politotdel Tashkent Oblast)

##### 13 goals

* Yusup Musayev (Alga Frunze)
* Boris Brykin (Temp Barnaul)

#### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 11 | Russian SFSR | FC Stroitel Ufa, FC Luch Vladivostok, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Temp Barnaul, FC Kuzbass Kemerevo, SKA Khabarovsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Torpedo Tomsk, FC Irtysh Omsk, FC Zvezda Perm |
| 2 | Uzbek SSR | FC Politotdel Tashkent Oblast, FC Neftyanik Fergana |
| 2 | Kazakh SSR | FC Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, FC Shakhter Karaganda |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Alga Frunze |
| 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Stroitel Ashkhabat |
| 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Energetik Dushanbe |

## Final stage
### For places 1-3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### For places 4-6

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| 6 | UKR | SKA Kiev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |