# 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group

The 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the 1962 Soviet Class B season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Class B zones and position in 1962 | Class B zones and position in 1962 |
| Daugava Riga | Class A (relegation) | 21 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | Class A (relegation) | 22 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | I Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Trud Voronezh | II Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | III Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Traktor Volgograd | III Zone (Russia) | 2 |
| UralMash Sverdlovsk | IV Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | IV Zone (Russia) | 2 |
| SKA Novosibirsk | V Zone (Russia) | 1 |
| Chernomorets Odessa | I Zone (Ukraine) | 1 |
| Metallurg Zaporozhye | II Zone (Ukraine) | 2 |
| Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk | III Zone (Ukraine) | 1 |
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | III Zone (Ukraine) | 6 |
| Lokomotiv Gomel | I Zone (Union rep) | 1 |
| Shakhtyor Karaganda | II Zone (Union rep) | 1 |
| Alga Frunze | II Zone (Union rep) | 2 |
| Volga Gorkiy | new | new |
| Karpaty Lvov | new | new |
Notes:
* FC Kuban Krasnodar was previously called as Spartak.
* FC Volga Gorkiy was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy.
* FC Karpaty Lvov replaced SKA Lvov.

## Final standings

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 45 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | Volga Gorkiy | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | Trud Voronezh | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 42 |
| 4 | Ukrainian SSR | Metallurg Zaporozhie | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 41 |
| 5 | Ukrainian SSR | Trudovye rezervy Lugansk | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 41 |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | Chernomorets Odessa | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 39 |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Karpaty Lvov | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 39 |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 |
| 9 | Latvian SSR | Daugava Riga | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 |
| 10 | Russian SFSR | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 |
| 11 | Russian SFSR | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 |
| 12 | Kazakh SSR | Shakhter Karaganda | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 |
| 13 | Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 |
| 14 | Lithuanian SSR | Zalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 28 |
| 15 | Kyrgyz SSR | Alga Frunze | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 |
| 16 | Russian SFSR | Traktor Volgograd | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 27 |
| 17 | Russian SFSR | SKA Novosibirsk | 34 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 20 |
| 18 | Byelorussian SSR | Lokomotiv Gomel | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 46 | −33 | 14 |
* ↑ 6 points deducted?

## Top scorers
### 13 goals

* Anatoli Isayev (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
* Viktor Korolkov (Shakhter Karaganda)

### 12 goals

* Valentyn Hrishyn (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk)
* Albert Liber (Trud Voronezh)

### 11 goals

* Vitaliy Kovalenko (Metallurg Zaporozhie)

## Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 8 | Russian SFSR | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, SKA Novosibirsk, FC Volga Gorkiy |
| 5 | Ukrainian SSR | FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, FC Karpaty Lvov |
| 1 | Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
| 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Gomel |
| 1 | Kazakh SSR | FC Shakhter Karaganda |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Alga Frunze |