# 1970 Soviet Second Group (Class A), Zone 1

The 1970 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 40th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Second Group of Soviet Class A in Zone 1. It was the eighth and last season in the Second Group of Soviet Class A.
The season started on 11 April 1970.
The 1970 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Metalurh Zaporizhia.

## Reorganization

In 1970–1971 the Soviet football league structure went through reformation. The Soviet Class A introduced an extra tier expanding from two to three in total. To the previous First and Second groups, there was introduced Higher (or Top) group. With this, many clubs that previously competed at the second tier (Second Group) were relegated to lower third tier (Second Group). Because of that, many clubs also moved two tiers either up the league's ladder.

## Teams
### Relegated teams

18 clubs were relegated from the 1969 Second Group (Class A).
* FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
* SC Tavriya Simferopol
* FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
* FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
* FC Azovets Zhdanov
* FC Zirka Kirovohrad
* FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
* FC Lokomotyv Kherson
* FC Desna Chernihiv
* FC Shakhtar Horlivka
* FC Budivelnyk Poltava
* SKA Lviv
* FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
* FC Spartak Brest
* FC Avanhard Ternopil
* FC Neman Grodno
* FC Baltika Kaliningrad
* SKA Odessa

### Promoted teams

All four teams technically were never promoted as they stayed at the third tier. Three clubs were moved from the 1969 Ukrainian Class B, one more from the 1969 Russian Class B, Zone 1.
* FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* FC Shakhtar Kadiivka
* FC Spartak Sumy
* FC Gomselmash Gomel

### Relocated and renamed teams

* none

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Metalurh Zaporizhia (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 62 | Promoted |
| 2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 57 | |
| 3 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 55 | |
| 4 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 50 | |
| 5 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 48 | |
| 6 | Azovets Zhdanov | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 48 | |
| 7 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 47 | |
| 8 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 46 | |
| 9 | Shakhtar Kadiivka | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 45 | |
| 10 | Lokomotyv Kherson | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 44 | |
| 11 | Desna Chernihiv | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 44 | Dissolved |
| 12 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Budivelnyk Poltava | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 39 | |
| 14 | SKA Lviv | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 39 | |
| 15 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 38 | |
| 16 | Spartak Brest | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 37 | |
| 17 | Avanhard Ternopil | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 36 | |
| 18 | Neman Grodno | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 35 | |
| 19 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 31 | |
| 20 | SKA Odessa | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 30 | |
| 21 | Spartak Sumy | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 28 | |
| 22 | Gomselmash Gomel | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 55 | −33 | 24 | |

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Valentyn Prylepskyi | 20 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 2 | Viktor Kutin | 19 | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
| 2 | Anatoliy Lebid | 19 | Lokomotyv Kherson |
| 4 | Yuriy Nesmiyan | 17 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| 5 | Volodymyr Bystrov | 15 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 5 | Roman Shpondarunok | 15 | Avanhard Ternopil |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Portnov | 13 | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
| 7 | Viktor Kozyn | 13 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 7 | Stepan Chopei | 13 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 7 | Roman Khyzhak | 13 | SKA Lviv |
| 7 | Volodymyr Tovchykh | 13 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |