Soviet Class B

Soviet Class B

Founded	1950
Folded	1970
Country	Soviet Union
Level on pyramid	Level 2 & 3 & 4
Promotion to	Soviet Class A Second Group
Relegation to	KFK competitions
Last champions	Motor Vladimir Terek Grozny FC Kord Balakovo Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Khimik Severodonetsk Tsementnik Semipalatinsk Zarafshon Nawoyi

The Soviet Football Championship, Class B (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс Б), Soviet football championship (Class B)) was the second, third and for a season fourth highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Class A and then the Soviet Class A Second Group.

The league was formed in 1950 as the second tier of football competitions in the Soviet Union in place of the Second Group of the Soviet football championship. In 1960 Class B was split by republican (regional) principle and there existed Class B of the Russian SFSR, Class B of Ukraine, Class B of Union republics, Class B of Kazakhstan, Class B of Central Asia. With the expansion of Soviet Class A in 1963, the Soviet Class B was downgraded to the third tier and in 1970 even further to the fourth tier. Before 1971 it was abolished.

Winners

Second tier

Third tier

Fourth tier

References