1972 Soviet Second League

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1972 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups

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### Group I [Ukraine]

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Further information: 1972 Soviet Second League, Zone 1

Pos | Team

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1  | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (C, P) | 46  | 23  | 17  | 6  | 51  | 28  | +23  | 63  | Promoted
2  | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 46  | 25  | 8  | 13  | 70  | 44  | +26  | 58  |
3  | Tavriya Simferopol | 46  | 25  | 7  | 14  | 62  | 32  | +30  | 57
4  | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 46  | 20  | 17  | 9  | 48  | 25  | +23  | 57
5  | Shakhtar Kadiivka | 46  | 22  | 11  | 13  | 61  | 35  | +26  | 55
6  | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 46  | 18  | 18  | 10  | 56  | 39  | +17  | 54
7  | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 46  | 19  | 16  | 11  | 49  | 36  | +13  | 54
8  | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 46  | 19  | 15  | 12  | 44  | 31  | +13  | 53
9  | Metalurh Zhdanov | 46  | 20  | 13  | 13  | 56  | 45  | +11  | 53
10  | SC Chernihiv | 46  | 19  | 14  | 13  | 56  | 41  | +15  | 52
11  | Kolos Poltava | 46  | 17  | 17  | 12  | 44  | 45  | −1  | 51
12  | Shakhtar Makiivka | 46  | 16  | 18  | 12  | 47  | 40  | +7  | 50
13  | Avanhard Sevastopol | 46  | 15  | 17  | 14  | 33  | 31  | +2  | 47
14  | Zirka Kirovohrad | 46  | 13  | 18  | 15  | 40  | 51  | −11  | 44
15  | Budivelnyk Ternopil | 46  | 14  | 15  | 17  | 50  | 55  | −5  | 43
16  | Khimik Severodonetsk | 46  | 15  | 13  | 18  | 37  | 49  | −12  | 43
17  | Shakhtar Horlivka | 46  | 9  | 22  | 15  | 43  | 44  | −1  | 40
18  | Avanhard Rovno | 46  | 13  | 14  | 19  | 41  | 52  | −11  | 40
19  | Frunzenets Sumy | 46  | 16  | 8  | 22  | 36  | 51  | −15  | 40
20  | Lokomotyv Kherson | 46  | 15  | 7  | 24  | 55  | 82  | −27  | 37
21  | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 46  | 10  | 16  | 20  | 32  | 62  | −30  | 36
22  | SC Lutsk | 46  | 8  | 17  | 21  | 30  | 52  | −22  | 33
23  | Lokomotyv Donetsk | 46  | 8  | 13  | 25  | 32  | 71  | −39  | 29
24  | Mayak Kharkiv | 46  | 2  | 11  | 33  | 15  | 47  | −32  | 15  | Relegated

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

### Group II [Soviet Northwest]

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[3-1-0 point system]

Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | LVA  | Daugava Riga  | 38  | 22  | 10  | 6  | 52  | 21  | +31  | 76[a]
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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]

Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrawn
Notes:

1. ^ a b -
2. ^ +

### Group III [Russia and Georgia]

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Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | RUS  | Metallurg Lipetsk  | 36  | 22  | 10  | 4  | 66  | 31  | +35  | 54
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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

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ a b c +

### Group IV [Russian South and Caucasus]

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Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | RUS  | Terek Grozny  | 36  | 21  | 9  | 6  | 62  | 27  | +35  | 51
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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]

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ Stal Volgograd changed name to Barrikady.
2. ^ Spartak Tambov changed name to Revtrud.
3. ^ -
4. ^ +

### Group V [Volga and Soviet Turkestan]

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Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | RUS  | Sokol Saratov  | 32  | 19  | 9  | 4  | 56  | 21  | +35  | 47
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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

Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
Notes:

1. ^ +
2. ^ -
3. ^ Khimmashevets Penza changed name to Sura.
4. ^ Spartak Saransk changed name to Elektrosvet.

### Group VI (Siberia and Kazakhstan)

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[3-1-0 point system]

Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | RUS  | Kuzbass Kemerovo  | 36  | 23  | 9  | 4  | 80  | 30  | +50  | 78[a]
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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

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ -
2. ^ a b +
3. ^ Dzerzhinets Novosibirsk changed name to Chkalovets.

### Group VII (Far East)

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Amur Blagoveshchensk  | 40  | 26  | 7  | 7  | 53  | 22  | +31  | 59
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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

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ +

## Promotion playoffs

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### Final Group

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[Nov 4-18, Sochi]

Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification

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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
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3  | LVA  | Daugava Riga  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 2  | +4  | 6[b] | Additional play-off
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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

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ -
2. ^ -

### Additional play-off

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[Nov 22, 25]
SPARTAK Ivano-Frankovsk  0-1 3-1  Daugava Riga

## References

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* All-Soviet Archive Site
* Results. RSSSF

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