# 1963 Ukrainian Class B

The 1963 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was the 33rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the thirteenth in the Ukrainian Class B.
The 1963 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was won by SKA Odessa.
There was reorganization of professional football competitions with Class A being expanded by adding extra tier and all Class B competitions including in Ukraine were moved to the third tier. Due to reorganization 35 out of 39 teams were relegated to lower tier by continuing to compete in the Ukrainian Class B competitions.

## Format

The Ukrainian Republican competition consisted of two zones of 20 clubs. Upon conclusion of the league format each club qualified for a playoff with another club that placed the same place in the other group. The pair of the first placed clubs was sort of a republican championship playoff. The playoffs consisted of two legs - home and away. Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).

## Zone 1
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Dnipro Kremenchuk – (debut, champion of Poltava Oblast in 1962)

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Zirka Kirovohrad was last year known as FC Dynamo Kirovohrad
* FC Budivelnyk Kherson was last year known as FC Mayak Kherson
* FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was last year known as FC Spartak Stanislav

### League's standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 60 |
| 2 | SKA Lviv | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 82 | 35 | +47 | 59 |
| 3 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 52 |
| 4 | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 49 |
| 5 | FC Avanhard Ternopil | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 47 |
| 6 | FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 46 |
| 7 | SKA Kyiv | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 44 |
| 8 | FC Budivelnyk Kherson | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 41 |
| 9 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 37 |
| 10 | FC Arsenal Kyiv | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 36 |
| 11 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 36 |
| 12 | FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 35 |
| 13 | FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 35 |
| 14 | FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 34 |
| 15 | FC Avanhard Chernivtsi | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Shakhtar Oleksandria | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 26 |
| 17 | FC Volyn Lutsk | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 26 |
| 18 | FC Kolhospnyk Rivne | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 25 |
| 19 | FC Naftovyk Drohobych | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 24 |
| 20 | FC Dnipro Kremenchuk | 38 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 82 | −50 | 18 |

## Zone 2
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Burevisnyk Melitopol – (debut)
* FC Metalurh Komunarsk – (debut, champion of Luhansk Oblast in 1962)
* FC Metalurh Yenakiyeve – (debut, champion of Donetsk Oblast in 1962)
* FC Metalurh Kerch – (debut, champion of Crimean Oblast in 1962)

### Relocated and renamed teams

* SC Tavriya Simferopol was last year known as FC Avanhard Simferopol
* FC Spartak Sumy was last year known as FC Avanhard Sumy

### League's standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SKA Odessa | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 59 | 11 | +48 | 58 |
| 2 | FC Azovstal Zhdanov | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 49 |
| 3 | FC Torpedo Kharkiv | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 47 |
| 4 | FC Burevisnyk Melitopol | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 44 |
| 5 | FC Shakhtar Horlivka | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 43 |
| 6 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 43 |
| 7 | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 41 |
| 8 | FC Shakhtar Kadiyevka | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 40 |
| 9 | FC Kolhospnyk Poltava | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 40 |
| 10 | FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerhynsk | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 39 |
| 11 | FC Metalurh Kommunarsk | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 39 |
| 12 | SC Navy Sevastopol | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 38 |
| 13 | FC Trubnik Nikopol | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 38 |
| 14 | FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 37 |
| 15 | SC Tavriya Simferopol | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 37 |
| 16 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 33 |
| 17 | FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 26 |
| 18 | FC Metalurh Yenakiyeve | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 74 | −36 | 26 |
| 19 | FC Metalurh Kerch | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 21 |
| 20 | FC Spartak Sumy | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 21 |

## Play-offs

Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated. SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone. They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.
* FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia - SKA Odessa 0:2 0:1
* FC Azovstal Zhdanov - SKA Lviv 0:0 1:0
* FC Zirka Kirovohrad - FC Torpedo Kharkiv 1:1 0:2
* FC Burevisnyk Melitopol - FC Polissya Zhytomyr 1:0 1:3
* FC Avanhard Ternopil - FC Shakhtar Horlivka 1:1 0:0
* FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy - FC Khimik Severodonetsk 2:1 0:2
* FC Lokomotyv Donetsk - SKA Kyiv 0:2 1:2
* FC Budivelnyk Kherson - FC Shakhtar Kadiivka 3:2 0:2
* FC Dynamo Khmelnytsky - FC Kolhospnyk Poltava 5:1 0:1
* FC Arsenal Kyiv - FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerzhynsk 3:2 1:2
* FC Desna Chernihiv - FC Metalurh Kommunarsk 3:1 1:2
* SC Navy Sevastopol - FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2:1 1:4
* FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod - FC Trubnyk Nikopol 0:0 1:2
* FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody - FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1:1 1:0
* FC Avanhard Chernivtsi - SC Tavriya Simferopol 6:0 0:1
* FC Avanhard Kramatorsk - FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1:1 0:2
* FC Volyn Lutsk - FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 0:0 0:3
* FC Kolhospnyk Rivne - FC Metalurh Yenakieve 3:1 2:2
* FC Metalurh Kerch - FC Naftovyk Drohobych 0:1 0:0
* FC Dnipro Kremenchuk - FC Spartak Sumy 0:0 0:2

## Relegation play-offs

* FC Volyn Lutsk - Zenit Volodymyr-Volynskyi 0:1 3:3
* FC Metalurh Yenakieve – FC Shakhtar Chystyakove 1:0 2:0