# 1965 Ukrainian Class B

The 1965 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was the 35th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the fifteenth in the Soviet Class B and the third season of the Ukrainian Class B.
The 1965 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was won by SKA Lviv.

## Zone 1 (Center)
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* none

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Avanhard Kerch was last year known as FC Metalurh Kerch

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SKA Kyiv | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 48 | |
| 2 | FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 42 | |
| 3 | FC Kolos Poltava | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 36 | |
| 4 | FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 34 | |
| 5 | FC Dnipro Kremenchuk | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 31 | |
| 6 | FC Dvina Vitebsk | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 30 | Withdrew |
| 7 | FC Spartak Sumy | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | |
| 9 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 30 | |
| 10 | FC Spartak Mogilev | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 29 | Withdrew |
| 11 | FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerzhynsk | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 27 | |
| 12 | FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 | |
| 13 | FC Chaika Balaklava | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 27 | |
| 14 | FC Avanhard Kerch | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 22 | |
| 15 | FC Stroitel Beltsy | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 20 | |
| 16 | FC Lucaferul Tiraspol | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 50 | −32 | 17 | |

## Zone 2 (West)
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Avtomobilist Odesa

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv replaced the team of Kyiv aviation plant, Temp Kyiv
* FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi was last year known as FC Avanhard Chernivtsi

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SKA Lviv | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 46 | |
| 2 | FC Avanhard Ternopil | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 40 | |
| 3 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 30 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 39 | |
| 4 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 37 | |
| 5 | FC Naftovyk Drohobych | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 35 | |
| 7 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | |
| 9 | FC Avtomobilist Odesa | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 27 | |
| 10 | FC Spartak Brest | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 26 | Withdrew |
| 11 | FC Neman Grodno | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 25 | Withdrew |
| 12 | FC Volyn Lutsk | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 24 | |
| 13 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | |
| 14 | FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 22 | |
| 15 | FC Dunayets Izmail | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 21 | |
| 16 | FC Kolhospnyk Rovno | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 20 | |

## Zone 3 (Southeast)
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch – (debut)
* FC Shakhtar Torez
* FC Shakhtar Yenakieve

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Lokomotyv Kherson was last year known as FC Budivelnyk Kherson, being transferred to the local administration of Odesa Railways
* FC Spartak Melitopol was last year known as FC Burevisnyk Melitopol

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SC Tavriya Simferopol | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 40 | |
| 2 | FC Shakhtar Kadiivka | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | FC Komunarets Komunarsk | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 39 | |
| 4 | SKF Sevastopol | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 38 | |
| 5 | FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 37 | |
| 6 | FC Spartak Melitopol | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | FC Lokomotyv Kherson | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 34 | |
| 8 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | FC Shakhtar Horlivka | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 33 | |
| 10 | FC Torpedo Kharkiv | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 33 | |
| 11 | FC Shakhtar Torez | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 | |
| 12 | FC Trubnyk Nikopol | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 32 | |
| 13 | FC Nistrul Bendery | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 29 | Withdrew |
| 14 | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 25 | |
| 15 | FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 22 | |
| 16 | FC Shakhtar Yenakieve | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 20 | |
| 17 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 20 | |

## Second stage

Belarusian teams did not participate in the second stage.

### Places 1–6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SKA Lviv(P) (C) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 16 |
| 2 | SKA Kyiv (P) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 15 |
| 3 | FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 |
| 4 | SC Tavriya Simferopol (P) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 |
| 5 | FC Avanhard Ternopil | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 6 |
| 6 | FC Shakhtar Kadiivka | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 2 |

### Places 7–12

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad (P) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 |
| 8 | FC Komunarets Komunarsk | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 |
| 9 | FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 |
| 10 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 |
| 11 | SKF Sevastopol | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 |
| 12 | FC Kolos Poltava | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 |

### Places 13–18

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (P) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Spartak Melitopol | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 11 |
| 15 | FC Spartak Sumy | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | FC Dnipro Kremenchuk | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | FC Naftovyk Drohobych | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 |
| 18 | FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 8 |

### Places 19–24

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 19 | FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 16 |
| 20 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 11 |
| 21 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 10 |
| 22 | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 10 |
| 23 | FC Lokomotyv Kherson | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 4 |

### Places 25–30

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 25 | FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerzhynsk | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 |
| 26 | FC Torpedo Kharkiv | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 11 |
| 27 | FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 |
| 28 | FC Avtomobilist Odesa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| 29 | FC Shakhtar Horlivka | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 |
| 30 | FC Volyn Lutsk | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 7 |

### Places 31–36

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 31 | FC Shakhtar Torez | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 13 |
| 32 | FC Chaika Balaklava | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 11 |
| 33 | FC Trubnyk Nikopol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 10 |
| 34 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 10 |
| 35 | FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 |
| 36 | FC Avanhard Kerch | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 7 |

### Places 37–42

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 37 | FC Stroitel Beltsy (R) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 |
| 38 | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 |
| 39 | FC Nistrul Bendery (R) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 13 |
| 40 | FC Kolhospnyk Rovno | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 9 |
| 41 | FC Dunayets Izmail | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 6 |
| 42 | FC Lucaferul Tiraspol (R) | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 4 |

### Places 43–45

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 43 | FC Shakhtar Yenakieve | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| 44 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 45 | FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |

## Promotion / relegation play-off

Both games were played in Simferopol. Both teams were promoted.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | 0–5 | SKA Lviv | 0–3 | 0–2 |