1971 Soviet First League

The 1971 Soviet First League was the inaugural season of the Soviet First League and the 31st season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1971
← 1970
1972 →

Final standings
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UKR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 42 27 9 6 83 30 +53 63 Promoted
2 RUS Lokomotiv Moscow 42 25 12 5 81 33 +48 62
3 UKR Chornomorets Odessa 42 21 11 10 56 33 +23 53[lower-alpha 1]
4 UKR Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 42 16 14 12 51 39 +12 46[lower-alpha 2]
5 RUS Spartak Ordzhonikidze 42 19 7 16 52 57 −5 45[lower-alpha 1]
6 RUS Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 42 17 9 16 54 41 +13 43
7 RUS Tekstilshchik Ivanovo 42 14 15 13 45 43 +2 43
8 UKR Metallist Kharkiv 42 18 7 17 50 49 +1 43
9 KAZ Shakhter Karagandy 42 14 13 15 46 47 −1 41
10 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 42 14 12 16 35 40 −5 40
11 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 42 12 15 15 47 53 −6 39[lower-alpha 1]
12 RUS Uralmash Sverdlovsk 42 13 13 16 34 40 −6 39
13 TKM Stroitel Ashgabat 42 16 7 19 53 62 −9 39
14 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 16 7 19 42 52 −10 39[lower-alpha 2]
15 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 42 16 7 19 42 54 −12 39
16 KGZ Alga Frunze 42 13 12 17 45 52 −7 38
17 MDA Moldova Chișinău 42 12 14 16 35 42 −7 38
18 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 42 14 10 18 49 57 −8 38[lower-alpha 2] Relegated
19 LVA Daugava Riga 42 10 16 16 23 34 −11 36
20 LTU Žalgiris Vilnius 42 9 17 16 30 45 −15 35
21 RUS Volgar Astrakhan 42 8 18 16 34 58 −24 34
22 RUS Rubin Kazan 42 9 13 20 31 57 −26 31
Source: rsssf.com
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Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 10 Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Dinamo Leningrad, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Volgar Astrakhan, Rubin Kazan
2  Ukrainian SSR 4 Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Chernomorets Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Metallist Kharkov
3  Kazakh SSR 1 Shakhter Karaganda
 Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
 Turkmen SSR Stroitel Ashkhabat
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
 Moldavian SSR Moldova Kishinev
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
 Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
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