title: 1975 Soviet Second League
text: # 1975 Soviet Second League
  
  1975 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.
  
  ## Qualifying groups
  
  ### Group I [Caucasus and Soviet Turkestan]
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | UZB | Yangiyer | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 45 |
  | 2 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 42 |
  | 3 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 41 |
  | 4 | UZB | Hanki Yangiaryk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 41 |
  | 5 | GEO | Dila Gori | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 40 |
  | 6 | UZB | Jizak | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 38 |
  | 7 | GEO | Metallurg Rustavi | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 37 |
  | 8 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 35 |
  | 9 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 34 |
  | 10 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 32 |
  | 11 | GEO | Dinamo Zugdidi | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 32 |
  | 12 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 31 |
  | 13 | AZE | Progress Kirovabad | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 31 |
  | 14 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 30 |
  | 15 | GEO | Mertskhali Makharadze | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 29 |
  | 16 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 26 |
  | 17 | ARM | SKIF Yerevan | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 25 |
  | 18 | AZE | Hazar Sumgait | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 23 |
  
  * ↑ Yangiaryk changed name to Hanki.
  * ↑ Trud Jizak changed name to Jizak.
  * 1 2 3 +
  * ↑ Dinamo Kirovabad changed name to Progress.
  * ↑ Spartak Termez changed name to Avtomobilist.
  
  ### Group II [Centre and Northwest]
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 53 |
  | 2 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 50 |
  | 3 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 50 |
  | 4 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 45 |
  | 5 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 44 |
  | 6 | RUS | Spartak Kostroma | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 42 |
  | 7 | RUS | Iskra Smolensk | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 39 |
  | 8 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 37 |
  | 9 | RUS | Dinamo Vologda | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 34 |
  | 10 | BLR | Bug Brest | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 31 |
  | 11 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 29 |
  | 12 | RUS | Sever Murmansk | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 28 |
  | 13 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 28 |
  | 14 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 25 |
  | 15 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 24 |
  | 16 | BLR | Dvina Vitebsk | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 19 |
  | 17 | RUS | Electron Novgorod | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 42 | −27 | 18 |
  | 18 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 16 |
  
  ### Group III [Russian South]
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 53 |
  | 2 | Torpedo Vladimir | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 53 |
  | 3 | Terek Grozny | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 53 |
  | 4 | Druzhba Maykop | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 50 |
  | 5 | Trud Voronezh | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 50 |
  | 6 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 48 |
  | 7 | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 43 |
  | 8 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 43 |
  | 9 | Avangard Kursk | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 35 |
  | 10 | Dinamo Stavropol | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 34 |
  | 11 | Salyut Belgorod | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 34 |
  | 12 | Spartak Oryol | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 33 |
  | 13 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 32 |
  | 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 31 |
  | 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 30 |
  | 16 | Uralan Elista | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 30 |
  | 17 | Novolipetsk Lipetsk | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 29 |
  | 18 | Revtrud Tambov | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 28 |
  | 19 | Mashinostroitel Tula | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 28 |
  | 20 | Torpedo Taganrog | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 80 | −41 | 23 |
  
  * 1 2 +
  * ↑ Stal Oryol changed name to Spartak.
  * ↑ Metallurg Lipetsk changed name to Novolipetsk.
  * ↑ Metallurg Tula changed name to Mashinostroitel.
  
  ### Group IV [Volga–Ural]
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 47 |
  | 2 | Sokol Saratov | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 45 |
  | 3 | Torpedo Togliatti | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 41 |
  | 4 | Volga Gorkiy | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 41 |
  | 5 | Irtysh Omsk | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 35 |
  | 6 | Dinamo Kirov | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 35 |
  | 7 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 34 |
  | 8 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 33 |
  | 9 | Rotor Volgograd | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 31 |
  | 10 | Stroitel Ufa | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 31 |
  | 11 | Spartak Ryazan | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 29 |
  | 12 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 28 |
  | 13 | Volga Ulyanovsk | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 27 |
  | 14 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 23 |
  | 15 | Neftyanik Tyumen | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 22 |
  | 16 | Lokomotiv Orenburg | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 22 |
  | 17 | Zenit Izhevsk | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 20 |
  
  * ↑ Barrikady Volgograd changed name to Rotor.
  * ↑ Spartak Yoshkar-Ola changed name to Druzhba.
  
  ### Group V [Kazakhstan and Siberia]
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | RUS | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 43 |
  | 2 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 41 |
  | 3 | RUS | Luch Vladivostok | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 41 |
  | 4 | RUS | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 39 |
  | 5 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 39 |
  | 6 | RUS | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 39 |
  | 7 | KAZ | Orbita Kzil-Orda | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 36 |
  | 8 | KAZ | Khimik Jambul | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 36 |
  | 9 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 35 |
  | 10 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 35 |
  | 11 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 33 |
  | 12 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 33 |
  | 13 | KAZ | Gornyak Nikolskiy | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 32 |
  | 14 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 31 |
  | 15 | RUS | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 31 |
  | 16 | RUS | Torpedo Tomsk | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 31 |
  | 17 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chita | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 26 |
  | 18 | RUS | Aviator Irkutsk | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 81 | −63 | 11 |
  
  * ↑ Dinamo Tselinograd changed name to Tselinnik.
  * ↑ Alatau Jambul changed name to Khimik.
  
  ### Group VI (Ukraine)
  
  | Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C) | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 41 | Promoted |
  | 2 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 40 | |
  | 3 | SC Lutsk | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 38 | |
  | 4 | SC Chernihiv | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 37 | |
  | 5 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 36 | |
  | 6 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 35 | |
  | 7 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 34 | |
  | 8 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 33 | |
  | 9 | Kolos Poltava | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 32 | |
  | 10 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 32 | |
  | 11 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 32 | |
  | 12 | Frunzenets Sumy | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 31 | |
  | 13 | FC Tiraspol | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 30 | |
  | 14 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 29 | |
  | 15 | Avanhard Rovno | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 27 | |
  | 16 | Lokomotyv Zhdanov | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 20 | |
  | 17 | Lokomotyv Kherson | 32 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 17 | Avoided relegation |
  
  ## Promotion playoffs
  
  ### Semifinal group 1
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 |
  | 2 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
  | 3 | UKR | Avtomobilist Zhitomir | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
  | 4 | RUS | Torpedo Vladimir | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
  | 5 | RUS | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
  | 6 | RUS | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 |
  
  ### Semifinal group 2
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
  | 2 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
  | 3 | UKR | Krivbass Krivoi Rog | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
  | 4 | RUS | Torpedo Togliatti | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
  | 5 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
  | 6 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
  
  ### Semifinal group 3
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | UZB | Yangiyer | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 |
  | 2 | RUS | Dinamo Makhachkala | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 |
  | 3 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | 4 | RUS | Sokol Saratov | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
  | 5 | RUS | Luch Vladivostok | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
  | 6 | UKR | SK Lutsk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
  
  ### Final group
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 8 | Promoted |
  | 2 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | Promoted |
  | 3 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Promoted |
  | 4 | UZB | Yangiyer | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
  | 5 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 2 | |
  | 6 | RUS | Dinamo Makhachkala | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | |
  