1973 Soviet First League

The 1973 Soviet First League was the third season of the Soviet First League and the 33rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Chornomorets Odessa	38	24	4	2	8	83	38	+45	52	Promoted
2	MDA	Nistru Chișinău	38	25	2	5	6	71	35	+36	52
3	RUS	Lokomotiv Moscow	38	20	6	2	10	47	32	+15	46[a]
4	AZE	Neftçi Baku	38	17	5	3	13	58	43	+15	39[a]
5	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	38	14	7	5	12	42	38	+4	35[b]
6	UKR	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	38	14	6	5	13	62	53	+9	34
7	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	16	2	6	14	48	41	+7	34
8	RUS	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	15	4	3	16	46	51	−5	34
9	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	16	2	2	18	40	46	−6	34
10	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	38	14	5	2	17	40	54	−14	33[b]
11	RUS	Zvezda Perm	38	14	4	5	15	50	52	−2	32
12	RUS	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	38	14	4	4	16	41	46	−5	32
13	TKM	Stroitel Ashgabad	38	14	4	3	17	46	58	−12	32
14	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	38	14	3	5	16	50	44	+6	31
15	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	38	14	2	7	15	42	46	−4	30[b]
16	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	38	12	6	2	18	46	61	−15	30
17	RUS	Spartak Orzhonikidze	38	13	4	3	18	29	44	−15	30
18	KAZ	Shakhter Karagandy	38	12	4	5	17	42	60	−18	28	Relegated
19	UKR	Metallist Kharkiv	38	11	5	4	18	34	50	−16	27
20	KGZ	Alga Frunze	38	6	2	8	22	29	54	−25	14

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Metallurg Lipetsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Zvezda Perm, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Elbrus Nalchik, Spartak Ordzhonikidze
2	Ukrainian SSR	4	Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallist Kharkov
3	Moldavian SSR	1	Nistru Kishinev
	Azerbaijan SSR		Neftchi Baku
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Turkmen SSR		Stroitel Ashkhabat
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Kazakh SSR		Shakhter Karaganda
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze

• Soviet First League

• 1973 season. RSSSF