Soviet Class A First Group
Founded | 1950 |
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Folded | 1970 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Level on pyramid | Level 1 & 2 |
Promotion to | none / Class A Top Group |
Relegation to | Soviet Class B / Soviet Class A Second Group |
Last champions | Spartak Moscow top tier Karpaty Lviv second tier |
Most championships | Spartak Moscow (6) |
The Soviet Class A First Group (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс А. Первая группа), Soviet football championship (Class A First Group)) was the top and for a season second highest division of Soviet football, below the 1970 Soviet Class A Top Group. The league was formed in 1950 in place of the First Group of the Soviet football championship and initially was called as Class A of the Soviet football championship.
In 1963 the Class A was expanded into two divisions the Class A First Group and the Class A Second Group, latter becoming the second tier. In 1970 the Soviet Class A was expanded even further adding additional tier to the top and downgrading now the Soviet Class A First Group to the second tier. In 1971 it was replaced with the Soviet First League.
Winners
Top tier
Second tier
Season | Winner | Runners-up | Third |
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1970 | Karpaty Lviv | Kairat Alma-Aty | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Gruppa "A" (Group A) | |
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Pervaya Gruppa (First Group) | |
Klass "A" (Class A) | |
Vysshaya Liga (Top League) |
- Dinamo Kiev (13)
- Spartak Moscow (12)
- Dinamo Moscow (11)
- CSKA Moscow (7)
- Torpedo Moscow (3)
- Dinamo Tbilisi (2)
- Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (2)
- Zenit Leningrad (1)
- Dinamo Minsk (1)
- Ararat Yerevan (1)
- Zaria Voroshilovgrad (1)