1981 Soviet Second League

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1981 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups

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### Group I [Russian Federation]

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

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1  | Textilshchik Ivanovo  | 32  | 23  | 4  | 5  | 64  | 32  | +32  | 50
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2  | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo  | 32  | 18  | 7  | 7  | 48  | 26  | +22  | 43
3  | Dinamo Leningrad  | 32  | 18  | 6  | 8  | 48  | 34  | +14  | 42
4  | Dinamo Bryansk  | 32  | 17  | 6  | 9  | 47  | 25  | +22  | 40
5  | Baltika Kaliningrad  | 32  | 17  | 6  | 9  | 47  | 28  | +19  | 40
6  | Saturn Rybinsk  | 32  | 15  | 9  | 8  | 55  | 35  | +20  | 39
7  | Dinamo Vologda  | 32  | 14  | 8  | 10  | 50  | 36  | +14  | 36
8  | Stroitel Cherepovets  | 32  | 14  | 6  | 12  | 50  | 36  | +14  | 34
9  | Spartak Ryazan  | 32  | 14  | 6  | 12  | 43  | 37  | +6  | 34
10  | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva  | 32  | 14  | 5  | 13  | 43  | 38  | +5  | 33
11  | Lokomotiv Kaluga  | 32  | 10  | 10  | 12  | 27  | 39  | −12  | 30
12  | Volga Kalinin  | 32  | 9  | 12  | 11  | 42  | 31  | +11  | 30
13  | Sever Murmansk  | 32  | 10  | 6  | 16  | 42  | 62  | −20  | 26
14  | Moskvich Moskva  | 32  | 6  | 8  | 18  | 21  | 50  | −29  | 20
15  | FSM Moskva  | 32  | 7  | 5  | 20  | 23  | 62  | −39  | 19
16  | Volzhanin Kineshma  | 32  | 6  | 3  | 23  | 33  | 70  | −37  | 15
17  | TOZ Tula  | 32  | 4  | 5  | 23  | 25  | 67  | −42  | 13

Source: [citation needed]

### Group II [Russian Federation]

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

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1  | Dinamo Kirov  | 32  | 22  | 6  | 4  | 62  | 24  | +38  | 50
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2  | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk  | 32  | 16  | 10  | 6  | 44  | 26  | +18  | 42
3  | Zenit Izhevsk  | 32  | 15  | 9  | 8  | 52  | 31  | +21  | 39
4  | Khimik Dzerzhinsk  | 32  | 15  | 6  | 11  | 42  | 34  | +8  | 36
5  | Rubin Kazan  | 32  | 14  | 8  | 10  | 46  | 30  | +16  | 36
6  | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola  | 32  | 13  | 9  | 10  | 38  | 42  | −4  | 35
7  | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev  | 32  | 11  | 13  | 8  | 41  | 26  | +15  | 35[a]
8  | Torpedo Togliatti  | 32  | 13  | 7  | 12  | 52  | 50  | +2  | 33
9  | Svetotekhnika Saransk  | 32  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 31  | 37  | −6  | 31
10  | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny  | 32  | 10  | 11  | 11  | 33  | 41  | −8  | 31
11  | Gazovik Orenburg  | 32  | 12  | 6  | 14  | 41  | 44  | −3  | 30
12  | Volga Gorkiy  | 32  | 10  | 9  | 13  | 38  | 48  | −10  | 29
13  | Gastello Ufa  | 32  | 10  | 7  | 15  | 33  | 45  | −12  | 27
14  | Stal Cheboksary  | 32  | 8  | 11  | 13  | 23  | 38  | −15  | 27
15  | Sokol Saratov  | 32  | 8  | 9  | 15  | 42  | 52  | −10  | 25
16  | Metallurg Magnitogorsk  | 32  | 5  | 12  | 15  | 26  | 43  | −17  | 22
17  | Torpedo Vladimir  | 32  | 6  | 4  | 22  | 24  | 57  | −33  | 16

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ -

### Group III [Russian Federation]

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

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1  | Rotor Volgograd  | 34  | 24  | 5  | 5  | 89  | 35  | +54  | 53
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2  | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu  | 34  | 22  | 6  | 6  | 64  | 33  | +31  | 50
3  | Terek Grozny  | 34  | 22  | 4  | 8  | 67  | 32  | +35  | 48
4  | Torpedo Taganrog  | 34  | 18  | 7  | 9  | 55  | 43  | +12  | 43
5  | Metallurg Lipetsk  | 34  | 18  | 4  | 12  | 59  | 30  | +29  | 40
6  | Volgar Astrakhan  | 34  | 15  | 9  | 10  | 57  | 46  | +11  | 39
7  | Uralan Elista  | 34  | 15  | 8  | 11  | 47  | 36  | +11  | 38
8  | Spartak Nalchik  | 34  | 14  | 8  | 12  | 48  | 42  | +6  | 36[a]
9  | Cement Novorossiysk  | 34  | 12  | 10  | 12  | 33  | 34  | −1  | 34
10  | Spartak Oryol  | 34  | 15  | 2  | 17  | 48  | 67  | −19  | 32
11  | Salyut Belgorod  | 34  | 12  | 7  | 15  | 30  | 37  | −7  | 31
12  | Druzhba Maykop  | 34  | 10  | 11  | 13  | 40  | 48  | −8  | 31
13  | Dinamo Makhachkala  | 34  | 12  | 6  | 16  | 40  | 48  | −8  | 30
14  | Spartak Tambov  | 34  | 8  | 9  | 17  | 24  | 43  | −19  | 25
15  | Mashuk Pyatigorsk  | 34  | 8  | 7  | 19  | 35  | 73  | −38  | 23
16  | Avangard Kursk  | 34  | 5  | 12  | 17  | 26  | 52  | −26  | 22
17  | Torpedo Volzhskiy  | 34  | 6  | 8  | 20  | 41  | 64  | −23  | 20
18  | Atommash Volgodonsk  | 34  | 6  | 5  | 23  | 31  | 71  | −40  | 17

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ -

### Group IV [Russian Federation]

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

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1  | Dinamo Barnaul  | 32  | 20  | 6  | 6  | 52  | 22  | +30  | 46
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2  | Angara Angarsk  | 32  | 20  | 4  | 8  | 56  | 27  | +29  | 44
3  | Irtysh Omsk  | 32  | 18  | 5  | 9  | 53  | 29  | +24  | 41
4  | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk  | 32  | 17  | 7  | 8  | 47  | 26  | +21  | 41
5  | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil  | 32  | 13  | 11  | 8  | 43  | 36  | +7  | 37
6  | Luch Vladivostok  | 32  | 15  | 5  | 12  | 50  | 37  | +13  | 35
7  | Manometr Tomsk[a] | 32  | 15  | 5  | 12  | 51  | 38  | +13  | 35
8  | UralMash Sverdlovsk  | 32  | 14  | 5  | 13  | 50  | 36  | +14  | 33[b]
9  | Amur Blagoveshchensk  | 32  | 13  | 7  | 12  | 45  | 37  | +8  | 33
10  | Zapsibovets Novokuznetsk  | 32  | 13  | 6  | 13  | 40  | 40  | 0  | 32
11  | Zvezda Perm  | 32  | 11  | 8  | 13  | 40  | 41  | −1  | 30
12  | Zvezda Irkutsk  | 32  | 11  | 8  | 13  | 39  | 43  | −4  | 30
13  | Torpedo Rubtsovsk  | 32  | 12  | 3  | 17  | 47  | 56  | −9  | 27
14  | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude  | 32  | 10  | 6  | 16  | 29  | 49  | −20  | 26
15  | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure  | 32  | 9  | 8  | 15  | 29  | 47  | −18  | 26
16  | Fakel Tyumen  | 32  | 7  | 7  | 18  | 29  | 59  | −30  | 21
17  | Chkalovets Novosibirsk  | 32  | 2  | 3  | 27  | 6  | 83  | −77  | 7

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ Torpedo Tomsk changed name to Manometr.
2. ^ -

### Group V [Ukraine]

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Further information: 1981 Soviet Second League, Zone 5

Pos | Team

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1  | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, Q) | 44  | 25  | 15  | 4  | 68  | 33  | +35  | 65  | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners
2  | Nyva Vinnytsia | 44  | 23  | 11  | 10  | 60  | 34  | +26  | 57  |
3  | Avanhard Rivne | 44  | 21  | 14  | 9  | 62  | 23  | +39  | 56
4  | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44  | 23  | 9  | 12  | 58  | 28  | +30  | 55
5  | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44  | 19  | 13  | 12  | 50  | 39  | +11  | 51
6  | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44  | 18  | 15  | 11  | 64  | 40  | +24  | 51
7  | Vuhlyk Horlivka | 44  | 16  | 19  | 9  | 53  | 44  | +9  | 51
8  | Torpedo Lutsk | 44  | 20  | 8  | 16  | 56  | 35  | +21  | 48
9  | SKA Lviv | 44  | 16  | 15  | 13  | 49  | 47  | +2  | 47  | Merged with Karpaty Lviv
10  | Kolos Mezhyrich | 44  | 19  | 8  | 17  | 50  | 49  | +1  | 46  |
11  | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44  | 15  | 13  | 16  | 38  | 47  | −9  | 43
12  | Desna Chernihiv | 44  | 13  | 15  | 16  | 48  | 38  | +10  | 41
13  | Okean Kerch | 44  | 13  | 14  | 17  | 45  | 51  | −6  | 40
14  | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 44  | 15  | 9  | 20  | 45  | 64  | −19  | 39
15  | Krystal Kherson | 44  | 15  | 9  | 20  | 62  | 73  | −11  | 39
16  | Novator Zhdanov | 44  | 14  | 11  | 19  | 41  | 63  | −22  | 39
17  | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44  | 10  | 19  | 15  | 36  | 36  | 0  | 39
18  | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 44  | 13  | 12  | 19  | 41  | 44  | −3  | 38
19  | Kolos Poltava | 44  | 11  | 16  | 17  | 33  | 61  | −28  | 38
20  | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44  | 13  | 11  | 20  | 44  | 55  | −11  | 37
21  | Frunzenets Sumy | 44  | 9  | 19  | 16  | 36  | 56  | −20  | 37
22  | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 44  | 8  | 13  | 23  | 31  | 71  | −40  | 29
23  | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 44  | 10  | 6  | 28  | 34  | 73  | −39  | 26  | Avoided relegation

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

### Group VI (Central Asia)

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

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1  | UZB  | Neftyanik Fergana  | 40  | 29  | 6  | 5  | 88  | 26  | +62  | 64
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2  | UZB  | Dinamo Samarkand  | 40  | 27  | 7  | 6  | 76  | 33  | +43  | 61
3  | UZB  | Novbahor Namangan  | 40  | 21  | 11  | 8  | 67  | 34  | +33  | 53[a]
4  | UZB  | Hiva  | 40  | 20  | 9  | 11  | 62  | 48  | +14  | 49
5  | UZB  | Avtomobilist Termez  | 40  | 19  | 10  | 11  | 68  | 51  | +17  | 48
6  | UZB  | Yangiyer[b] | 40  | 18  | 11  | 11  | 60  | 40  | +20  | 47
7  | UZB  | Yeshlik Turakurgan  | 40  | 18  | 10  | 12  | 56  | 46  | +10  | 46
8  | UZB  | Start Tashkent  | 40  | 17  | 11  | 12  | 48  | 35  | +13  | 45
9  | UZB  | Horezm Yangiaryk  | 40  | 16  | 11  | 13  | 60  | 45  | +15  | 43
10  | KGZ  | Alay Osh  | 40  | 16  | 11  | 13  | 52  | 51  | +1  | 43[a]
11  | UZB  | Pahtachi Gulistan  | 40  | 17  | 6  | 17  | 60  | 53  | +7  | 40
12  | UZB  | Hisar Shahrisabz  | 40  | 17  | 5  | 18  | 69  | 68  | +1  | 39
13  | UZB  | Zarafshan Navoi  | 40  | 17  | 5  | 18  | 42  | 46  | −4  | 39
14  | UZB  | Narimanovets Bagat  | 40  | 15  | 9  | 16  | 60  | 47  | +13  | 39
15  | UZB  | Sohibkor Halkabad  | 40  | 15  | 7  | 18  | 51  | 52  | −1  | 37
16  | TJK  | Hojent Leninabad  | 40  | 14  | 6  | 20  | 45  | 71  | −26  | 34
17  | UZB  | Shahrihanets Shahrihan  | 40  | 12  | 8  | 20  | 46  | 80  | −34  | 32
18  | UZB  | KarshiStroi Karshi  | 40  | 12  | 6  | 22  | 57  | 84  | −27  | 30
19  | UZB  | Amudarya Nukus  | 40  | 8  | 9  | 23  | 36  | 78  | −42  | 25
20  | TJK  | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube  | 40  | 7  | 9  | 24  | 50  | 71  | −21  | 23
21  | KGZ  | Semetey Frunze  | 40  | 0  | 3  | 37  | 11  | 105  | −94  | 3[a]

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ a b c +
2. ^ Sohibkor Yangiyul relocated to Halkabad.

### Group VII [Kazakhstan]

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

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1  | KAZ  | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk  | 36  | 28  | 4  | 4  | 75  | 23  | +52  | 60
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2  | KAZ  | Shakhtyor Karaganda  | 36  | 26  | 5  | 5  | 79  | 27  | +52  | 57
3  | KAZ  | Tselinnik Tselinograd  | 36  | 22  | 7  | 7  | 70  | 38  | +32  | 51
4  | KGZ  | Alga Frunze  | 36  | 20  | 9  | 7  | 69  | 27  | +42  | 49
5  | KAZ  | Meliorator Chimkent[a] | 36  | 19  | 8  | 9  | 54  | 33  | +21  | 46
6  | KAZ  | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk  | 36  | 20  | 3  | 13  | 80  | 54  | +26  | 43
7  | KAZ  | Khimik Jambul  | 36  | 19  | 4  | 13  | 64  | 37  | +27  | 42
8  | KAZ  | Bulat Temirtau  | 36  | 17  | 8  | 11  | 50  | 44  | +6  | 42
9  | KAZ  | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz  | 36  | 16  | 10  | 10  | 36  | 30  | +6  | 42
10  | KAZ  | Spartak Semipalatinsk  | 36  | 15  | 8  | 13  | 53  | 43  | +10  | 38
11  | KAZ  | Jezkazganets Jezkazgan  | 36  | 14  | 6  | 16  | 37  | 47  | −10  | 34
12  | KAZ  | Meliorator Kzil-Orda  | 36  | 13  | 6  | 17  | 43  | 51  | −8  | 32
13  | KAZ  | Avangard Petropavlovsk  | 36  | 11  | 6  | 19  | 35  | 64  | −29  | 28
14  | KAZ  | Torpedo Kokchetav  | 36  | 9  | 6  | 21  | 28  | 59  | −31  | 24
15  | KAZ  | Khimik Stepnogorsk  | 36  | 8  | 8  | 20  | 32  | 60  | −28  | 24
16  | KAZ  | Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan  | 36  | 7  | 10  | 19  | 31  | 56  | −25  | 24[b]
17  | KAZ  | Uralets Uralsk  | 36  | 7  | 7  | 22  | 24  | 72  | −48  | 21
18  | KAZ  | Prikaspiyets Guryev  | 36  | 5  | 4  | 27  | 20  | 75  | −55  | 14
19  | KAZ  | SKIF Alma-Ata  | 36  | 3  | 7  | 26  | 26  | 66  | −40  | 13

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ Metallurg Chimkent changed name to Meliorator.
2. ^ +

### Group VIII (Soviet Republics)

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For places 1-4

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

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1  | LVA  | Daugava Riga  | 38  | 19  | 13  | 6  | 61  | 38  | +23  | 51
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2  | BLR  | Dnepr Mogilyov  | 38  | 20  | 5  | 13  | 59  | 40  | +19  | 45
3  | MDA  | Avtomobilist Tiraspol  | 38  | 14  | 15  | 9  | 43  | 33  | +10  | 43
4  | BLR  | Khimik Grodno  | 38  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 41

Source: [citation needed]

### Group IX (Caucasus)

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For places 1-8

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

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1  | ARM  | Kotaik Abovyan  | 44  | 29  | 10  | 5  | 79  | 37  | +42  | 68
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2  | GEO  | Lokomotiv Samtredia  | 44  | 24  | 11  | 9  | 80  | 43  | +37  | 59
3  | GEO  | Dinamo Sukhumi  | 44  | 20  | 10  | 14  | 73  | 58  | +15  | 50
4  | AZE  | Karabakh Stepanakert  | 44  | 19  | 11  | 14  | 69  | 60  | +9  | 49
5  | TKM  | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad  | 44  | 20  | 7  | 17  | 74  | 65  | +9  | 47
6  | ARM  | Shirak Leninakan  | 44  | 20  | 6  | 18  | 69  | 62  | +7  | 46
7  | AZE  | Hazar Lenkoran  | 44  | 19  | 8  | 17  | 82  | 65  | +17  | 46
8  | ARM  | Spartak Oktemberyan  | 44  | 18  | 4  | 22  | 69  | 68  | +1  | 40[a]

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ +

## Final group stage

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[Oct 26 – Nov 12]

### Group A

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

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1  | LVA  | Daugava Riga  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 5  | +6  | 6  | Promoted
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2  | ARM  | Kotaik Abovyan  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 9  | −2  | 4  |
3  | UZB  | Neftyanik Fergana  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

### Group B

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

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1  | RUS  | Dinamo Kirov  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 4  | +5  | 6  | Promoted
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2  | UKR  | Krivbass Krivoi Rog  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 6  |
3  | KAZ  | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 3  | 12  | −9  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

### Group C

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

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1  | RUS  | Rotor Volgograd  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 6  | Promoted
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2  | RUS  | Dinamo Barnaul  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 3  |
3  | RUS  | Textilshchik Ivanovo  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 3

Source: rsssf.com

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