# 1972 Soviet Second League

1972 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups
### Group I [Ukraine]

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 63 | Promoted |
| 2 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 58 | |
| 3 | Tavriya Simferopol | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 57 | |
| 4 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 57 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Kadiivka | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 55 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 46 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 54 | |
| 7 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 54 | |
| 8 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 53 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Zhdanov | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 53 | |
| 10 | SC Chernihiv | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 52 | |
| 11 | Kolos Poltava | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 51 | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Makiivka | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 50 | |
| 13 | Avanhard Sevastopol | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 47 | |
| 14 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 46 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 44 | |
| 15 | Budivelnyk Ternopil | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 43 | |
| 16 | Khimik Severodonetsk | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 43 | |
| 17 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 46 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 18 | Avanhard Rovno | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 40 | |
| 19 | Frunzenets Sumy | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 40 | |
| 20 | Lokomotyv Kherson | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 55 | 82 | −27 | 37 | |
| 21 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 36 | |
| 22 | SC Lutsk | 46 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 33 | |
| 23 | Lokomotyv Donetsk | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 29 | |
| 24 | Mayak Kharkiv | 46 | 2 | 11 | 33 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 15 | Relegated |

### Group II [Soviet Northwest]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 76 |
| 2 | RUS | Electron Novgorod | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 75 |
| 3 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 73 |
| 4 | RUS | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 66 |
| 5 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 61 |
| 6 | BLR | Spartak Brest | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 57 |
| 7 | RUS | Mashinostroitel Pskov | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 57 |
| 8 | RUS | Sever Murmansk | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 55 |
| 9 | RUS | Iskra Smolensk | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 54 |
| 10 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 54 |
| 11 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 49 |
| 12 | RUS | Metallurg Tula | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 46 |
| 13 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 46 |
| 14 | RUS | Dinamo Kirov | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 46 |
| 15 | BLR | Dvina Vitebsk | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 44 |
| 16 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 44 |
| 17 | BLR | Spartak Mogilyov | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 40 |
| 18 | BLR | Neman Grodno | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 40 |
| 19 | RUS | Spartak Petrozavodsk | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 28 |
| 20 | RUS | Stroitel Syktyvkar (W) | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 19 |
* 1 2 -

### Group III [Russia and Georgia]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 54 |
| 2 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 48 |
| 3 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 46 |
| 4 | GEO | Mertskhali Makharadze | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 46 |
| 5 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 43 |
| 6 | MDA | Zvezda Tiraspol | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 39 |
| 7 | RUS | Druzhba Maykop | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 38 |
| 8 | RUS | Dinamo Bryansk | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 38 |
| 9 | RUS | Mashinostroitel Podolsk | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 37 |
| 10 | RUS | Salyut Belgorod | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 36 |
| 11 | GEO | Kolkhida Poti | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 35 |
| 12 | GEO | Dila Gori | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 35 |
| 13 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 31 |
| 14 | RUS | Kalitva Belaya Kalitva | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 29 |
| 15 | RUS | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 29 |
| 16 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 29 |
| 17 | GEO | Metallurg Rustavi | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 25 |
| 18 | RUS | Spartak Oryol | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 23 |
| 19 | RUS | Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 23 |
* 1 2 3 +

### Group IV [Russian South and Caucasus]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 51 |
| 2 | AZE | Dinamo Kirovabad | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 46 |
| 3 | RUS | Volga Gorkiy | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 45 |
| 4 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 42 |
| 5 | RUS | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 42 |
| 6 | RUS | Barrikady Volgograd | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 42 |
| 7 | RUS | Uralan Elista | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 38 |
| 8 | RUS | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 37 |
| 9 | RUS | Motor Vladimir | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 37 |
| 10 | RUS | Dinamo Stavropol | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 36 |
| 11 | RUS | Spartak Ryazan | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 35 |
| 12 | RUS | Dinamo Makhachkala | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 34 |
| 13 | RUS | Revtrud Tambov | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 34 |
| 14 | RUS | Spartak Kostroma | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 34 |
| 15 | RUS | Volgar Astrakhan | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 30 |
| 16 | ARM | Lori Kirovakan | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 29 |
| 17 | RUS | Saturn Rybinsk | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 28 |
| 18 | RUS | Dinamo Vologda | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 26 |
| 19 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 18 |
* ↑ Stal Volgograd changed name to Barrikady.
* ↑ Spartak Tambov changed name to Revtrud.

### Group V [Volga and Soviet Turkestan]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Sokol Saratov | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 47 |
| 2 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 40 |
| 3 | UZB | Yangiyer | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 40 |
| 4 | RUS | Kord Balakovo | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 38 |
| 5 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 36 |
| 6 | UZB | Yangiaryk | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 36 |
| 7 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 36 |
| 8 | RUS | Torpedo Togliatti | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 35 |
| 9 | RUS | Zenit Izhevsk | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 34 |
| 10 | RUS | Sura Penza | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 32 |
| 11 | RUS | Spartak Yoshkar-Ola | 32 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 30 |
| 12 | RUS | Energiya Cheboksary | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 28 |
| 13 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 26 |
| 14 | RUS | Volga Ulyanovsk | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 26 |
| 15 | RUS | Lokomotiv Orenburg | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 18 |
| 16 | RUS | Elektrosvet Saransk (W) | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 0 |
| 17 | KGZ | Alay Osh (W) | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 0 |
* ↑ Khimmashevets Penza changed name to Sura.
* ↑ Spartak Saransk changed name to Elektrosvet.

### Group VI (Siberia and Kazakhstan)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 80 | 30 | +50 | 78 |
| 2 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 74 |
| 3 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 71 |
| 4 | KAZ | Dinamo Tselinograd | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 62 |
| 5 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 57 |
| 6 | RUS | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 55 |
| 7 | RUS | TomLes Tomsk | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 55 |
| 8 | KAZ | Alatau Jambul | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 55 |
| 9 | KAZ | Yenbek Jezkazgan | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 55 |
| 10 | KAZ | Avtomobilist Kzil-Orda | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 53 |
| 11 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 52 |
| 12 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 50 |
| 13 | RUS | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 44 |
| 14 | RUS | Neftyanik Tyumen | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 37 |
| 15 | RUS | Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 36 |
| 16 | RUS | Stroitel Ufa | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 35 |
| 17 | KAZ | Metallurg Chimkent | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 65 | −45 | 28 |
| 18 | RUS | Zauralets Kurgan | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 59 | −40 | 27 |
| 19 | RUS | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 20 |
* 1 2 +
* ↑ Dzerzhinets Novosibirsk changed name to Chkalovets.

### Group VII (Far East)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 40 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 59 |
| 2 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 54 |
| 3 | Start Angarsk | 40 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 46 |
| 4 | Sibiryak Bratsk | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 43 |
| 5 | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 40 |
| 6 | SKA Chita | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 37 |
| 7 | SKA Khabarovsk | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 36 |
| 8 | Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 36 |
| 9 | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 32 |
| 10 | Luch Vladivostok | 40 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 30 |
| 11 | Aeroflot Irkutsk | 40 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 27 |

## Promotion playoffs
### Final Group

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Promoted |
| 3 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Additional play-off |
| 4 | RUS | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | RUS | Sokol Saratov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |