title: 1964 Soviet Class A Second Group
text: # 1964 Soviet Class A Second Group
  
  The 1964 Soviet Class A Second Group was the second season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 24th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
  
  ## First stage
  
  ### First subgroup
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 30 |
  | 2 | UKR | Chernomorets Odessa | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 29 |
  | 3 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 29 |
  | 4 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 28 |
  | 5 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 27 |
  | 6 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 26 |
  | 7 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 24 |
  | 8 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 24 |
  | 9 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
  | 10 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 20 |
  | 11 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 19 |
  | 12 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 19 |
  | 13 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 14 |
  
  * ↑ The factory club of Zarya Lugansk was merged with the student club Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk as Zarya Lugansk.
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  ### Second subgroup
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | UKR | SKA Odessa | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 36 |
  | 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 32 |
  | 3 | RUS | Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 32 |
  | 4 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 28 |
  | 5 | ARM | Ararat Yerevan | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 27 |
  | 6 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 27 |
  | 7 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 26 |
  | 8 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 26 |
  | 9 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 25 |
  | 10 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 24 |
  | 11 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 23 |
  | 12 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 21 |
  | 13 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 19 |
  | 14 | BLR | Lokomotiv Gomel | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 18 |
  
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  ## Final stage
  
  ### For places 1-14
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | RUS | Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 35 | Promoted |
  | 2 | UKR | SKA Odessa | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 33 | Promoted |
  | 3 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 31 | Promoted |
  | 4 | UKR | Chernomorets Odessa | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 31 | Promoted |
  | 5 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 29 | |
  | 6 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 26 | |
  | 7 | ARM | Ararat Yerevan | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 26 | |
  | 8 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 25 | |
  | 9 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 | |
  | 10 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 24 | |
  | 11 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 23 | |
  | 12 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 21 | |
  | 13 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 20 | |
  | 14 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 16 | |
  
  * 1 2 3 -
  
  ### For places 15-27
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 42 |
  | 16 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 41 |
  | 17 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 39 |
  | 18 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 38 |
  | 19 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 38 |
  | 20 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 38 |
  | 21 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 36 |
  | 22 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 35 |
  | 23 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 31 |
  | 24 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 30 |
  | 25 | BLR | Lokomotiv Gomel | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 27 |
  | 26 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 24 |
  | 27 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 24 |
  
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  * 1 2 3 +
  
  ## Top scorers
  
  ### 20 goals
  
  * Vasyl Moskalenko (Chernomorets Odessa)
  * Romualdas Juška (Žalgiris Vilnius)
  
  ### 17 goals
  
  * Mykola Korolyov (Metallist Kharkov)
  
  ### 16 goals
  
  * Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
  * Anatoli Koldakov (Chernomorets Odessa)
  
  ## Number of teams by republics
  
  | Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Russian SFSR | FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk, FC Trud Voronezh, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Traktor Volgograd, FC Dinamo Leningrad, SKA Novosibirsk, FC UralMash Sverdlovsk, FC Volga Kalinin |
  | 7 | Ukrainian SSR | SKA Odessa, FC Chernomorets Odessa, FC Avangard Kharkov, FC Karpaty Lvov, FC Zaria Lugansk, FC Metallurg Zaporozhye, FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
  | 1 | Uzbek SSR | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent |
  | 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
  | 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Ararat Yerevan |
  | 1 | Georgian SSR | FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi |
  | 1 | Latvian SSR | FC Daugava Riga |
  | 1 | Kazakh SSR | FC Shakhter Karaganda |
  | 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Stroitel Ashkhabat |
  | 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Dinamo Tallinn |
  | 1 | Belarusian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Gomel |
  | 1 | Tajik SSR | FC Energetik Dushanbe |
  | 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FC Alga Frunze |
  