1969 Soviet Class A Second Group
The 1969 Soviet Football Championship of the Class A Second Group (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1969 года во второй группе класса «А») was the seventh season of the Class A Second Group that was established in 1963. It was also the 29th season of the Soviet second tier league competition. The season started on April 1, 1969, with the Round 1 games in Group 4. The season ended with the last round of the Final stage played on November 6, 1969.
Season | 1969 |
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Champions | FC Spartak OrdzhonikidzeFC SKA KhabarovskFC Dnepr DnepropetrovskFK Žalgiris Vilnius |
Promoted | FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze |
European Cup Winners' Cup | FC Karpaty Lvov |
← 1968 1970 → |
In August of 1969, Karpaty Lvov won the Football Cup of the Soviet Union (a parallel elimination tournament), thus qualifying for the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup. Karpaty became the only Soviet team of masters that qualified for the continental competition while playing in the second tier of the Soviet football league pyramid.