1972 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season1972
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The 1972 Soviet First League was the second season of the Soviet First League and the 32nd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 24 7 7 74 36 +38 55 Promoted
2 UKR Shakhtar Donetsk 38 19 13 6 57 21 +36 51
3 UKR Chornomorets Odessa 38 20 8 10 67 36 +31 48
4 RUS Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 14 17 7 50 35 +15 45
5 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 19 6 13 49 32 +17 44
6 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 14 16 8 41 35 +6 44
7 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 15 10 13 39 44 −5 40
8 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 13 13 12 52 51 +1 39
9 RUS Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 14 10 14 49 50 −1 38
10 KAZ Shakhter Karagandy 38 11 13 14 37 48 −11 35
11 KGZ Alga Frunze 38 10 14 14 42 44 −2 34
12 MDA Nistru Chișinău 38 11 12 15 39 49 −10 34
13 RUS Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 38 11 12 15 37 52 −15 34
14 UKR Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 13 7 18 45 49 −4 33
15 RUS Automobilist Nalchik 38 8 17 13 28 43 −15 33
16 UKR Metallist Kharkiv 38 10 12 16 33 42 −9 32
17 TKM Stroitel Ashgabad 38 11 10 17 36 55 −19 32
18 RUS Uralmash Sverdlovsk 38 11 9 18 38 58 −20 31 Relegated
19 UKR Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 38 10 10 18 50 62 −12 30
20 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 14 17 32 53 −21 28
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c +
  3. ^ Nistru Kishinev was called Moldova.

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 8 Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Zvezda Perm, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Avtomobilist Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Dinamo Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Shakhter Donetsk, Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Metallist Kharkov, Krivbass Krivoi Rog
3  Uzbek SSR 1 Pakhtakor Tashkent
 Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Kazakh SSR Shakhter Karaganda
 Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat