Football league season
1972 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.
Group II [Soviet Northwest]
[edit]
[3-1-0 point system]
Pos
|
Rep
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
LVA
|
Daugava Riga
|
38
|
22
|
10
|
6
|
52
|
21
|
+31
|
76[a]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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[a]
|
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[b]
|
Group III [Russia and Georgia]
[edit]
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[a]
|
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[a]
|
14
|
RUS
|
Kalitva Belaya Kalitva
|
36
|
10
|
9
|
17
|
39
|
48
|
−9
|
29[a]
|
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
|
Group IV [Russian South and Caucasus]
[edit]
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[a]
|
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[b]
|
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[c]
|
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[d]
|
- ^ Stal Volgograd changed name to Barrikady.
- ^ Spartak Tambov changed name to Revtrud.
- ^ -
- ^ +
Group V [Volga and Soviet Turkestan]
[edit]
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[a]
|
7
|
RUS
|
Rubin Kazan
|
32
|
11
|
14
|
7
|
24
|
22
|
+2
|
36[b]
|
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[c]
|
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[d] (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)
[edit]
[3-1-0 point system]
Pos
|
Rep
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
1
|
RUS
|
Kuzbass Kemerovo
|
36
|
23
|
9
|
4
|
80
|
30
|
+50
|
78[a]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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[b]
|
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[b]
|
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[c]
|
36
|
4
|
8
|
24
|
20
|
53
|
−33
|
20
|
- ^ -
- ^ a b +
- ^ Dzerzhinets Novosibirsk changed name to Chkalovets.
Group VII (Far East)
[edit]
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[a]
|
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
|
[Nov 4-18, Sochi]
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[a]
|
Promoted
|
2
|
RUS
|
Metallurg Lipetsk
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
+2
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
LVA
|
Daugava Riga
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
+4
|
6[b]
|
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
|
Additional play-off
[edit]
[Nov 22, 25]
SPARTAK Ivano-Frankovsk 0-1 3-1 Daugava Riga
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European competitions |
- European Cup
- Cup Winners' Cup
- UEFA Cup
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