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{{Infobox football league season
  | season             = 1963
  | competition        = [[Soviet First League|Soviet Class A Second Group]]
  | prevseason = [[1962 Soviet Class B|1962]]
  | nextseason = [[1964 Soviet Class A Second Group|1964]]
}}

The '''1963 Soviet Class A Second Group''' was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the [[1962 Soviet Class B]] season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition. 

The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs. 

==Qualified teams==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team
!colspan="2"|Class B zones and position in 1962
|-
|width=150|[[FC Daugava Riga|Daugava Riga]]
|Class A (relegation)
|width=50|21
|-
|[[FC Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|Class A (relegation)
|22
|-
|[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|I Zone (Russia)
|1
|-
|[[FC Trud Voronezh|Trud Voronezh]]
|II Zone (Russia)
|1
|-
|[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|III Zone (Russia)
|1
|-
|[[FC Traktor Volgograd|Traktor Volgograd]]
|III Zone (Russia)
|2
|-
|[[FC UralMash Sverdlovsk|UralMash Sverdlovsk]]
|IV Zone (Russia)
|1
|-
|[[FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk|Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk]]
|IV Zone (Russia)
|2
|-
|[[FC SKA Novosibirsk|SKA Novosibirsk]]
|V Zone (Russia)
|1
|-
|[[FC Chernomorets Odessa|Chernomorets Odessa]]
|I Zone (Ukraine)
|1
|-
|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya|Metallurg Zaporozhye]]
|II Zone (Ukraine)
|2
|-
|[[FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk|Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk]]
|III Zone (Ukraine)
|1
|-
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]]
|III Zone (Ukraine)
|6
|-
|[[FC Gomel|Lokomotiv Gomel]]
|I Zone (Union rep)
|1
|-
|[[FC Shakhtyor Karaganda|Shakhtyor Karaganda]]
|II Zone (Union rep)
|1
|-
|[[FC Alga Frunze|Alga Frunze]]
|II Zone (Union rep)
|2
|-
|[[FC Volga Gorkiy|Volga Gorkiy]]
|colspan=2|new
|-
|[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lvov]]
|colspan=2|new
|}

'''''Notes:'''''
* [[FC Kuban Krasnodar]] was previously called as Spartak.
* [[FC Volga Gorkiy]] was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy.
* [[FC Karpaty Lvov]] replaced [[SKA Lvov]].

==Final standings==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_groups=y
|group_header=Republic
|sortable_table=y
|winpoints=2

|team1=SHY|group_SHY={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_SHY=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]
|team2=VGO|group_VGO={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_VGO=[[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod|Volga Gorkiy]]
|team3=VOR|group_VOR={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_VOR=[[FC Fakel Voronezh|Trud Voronezh]]
|team4=MZP|group_MZP={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}|name_MZP=[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metallurg Zaporozhie]]
|team5=TRL|group_TRL={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}|name_TRL=[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Trudovye rezervy Lugansk]]
|team6=CHO|group_CHO={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}|name_CHO=[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chernomorets Odessa]]
|team7=KLV|group_KLV={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}|name_KLV=[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lvov]]
|team8=DNI|group_DNI={{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}|name_DNI=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]]
|team9=DAU|group_DAU={{flag|Latvian SSR}}|name_DAU=[[FC Daugava Riga|Daugava Riga]]
|team10=KKR|group_KKR={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_KKR=[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|team11=USV|group_USV={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_USV=[[FC Ural Yekaterinburg|Uralmash Sverdlovsk]]
|team12=SHK|group_SHK={{flag|Kazakh SSR}}|name_SHK=[[FC Shakhter Karaganda|Shakhter Karaganda]]
|team13=LCH|group_LCH={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_LCH=[[FC Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk|Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk]]
|team14=ZVL|group_ZVL={{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}|name_ZVL=[[FC Zalgiris Vilnius|Zalgiris Vilnius]]
|team15=ALG|group_ALG={{flag|Kyrgyz SSR}}|name_ALG=[[FC Alga Bishkek|Alga Frunze]]
|team16=VOL|group_VOL={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_VOL=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Traktor Volgograd]]
|team17=NOV|group_NOV={{flag|Russian SFSR}}|name_NOV=[[SKA Novosibirsk]]
|team18=GOM|group_GOM={{nowrap|{{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}}}|name_GOM=[[FC Gomel|Lokomotiv Gomel]]
|win_SHY=16|draw_SHY=13|loss_SHY=5|gf_SHY=42|ga_SHY=19
|win_VGO=–|draw_VGO=–|loss_VGO=–|gf_VGO=–|ga_VGO=–
|win_VOR=15|draw_VOR=12|loss_VOR=7|gf_VOR=43|ga_VOR=26
|win_MZP=12|draw_MZP=17|loss_MZP=5|gf_MZP=36|ga_MZP=17
|win_TRL=15|draw_TRL=11|loss_TRL=8|gf_TRL=41|ga_TRL=26
|win_CHO=13|draw_CHO=13|loss_CHO=8|gf_CHO=39|ga_CHO=31
|win_KLV=14|draw_KLV=11|loss_KLV=9|gf_KLV=28|ga_KLV=22
|win_DNI=13|draw_DNI=10|loss_DNI=11|gf_DNI=36|ga_DNI=34
|win_DAU=13|draw_DAU=9|loss_DAU=12|gf_DAU=38|ga_DAU=40
|win_KKR=8|draw_KKR=18|loss_KKR=8|gf_KKR=26|ga_KKR=21
|win_USV=12|draw_USV=8|loss_USV=14|gf_USV=31|ga_USV=40
|win_SHK=9|draw_SHK=12|loss_SHK=13|gf_SHK=37|ga_SHK=46
|win_LCH=7|draw_LCH=15|loss_LCH=12|gf_LCH=23|ga_LCH=36
|win_ZVL=9|draw_ZVL=10|loss_ZVL=15|gf_ZVL=36|ga_ZVL=42
|win_ALG=8|draw_ALG=12|loss_ALG=14|gf_ALG=28|ga_ALG=40
|win_VOL=9|draw_VOL=9|loss_VOL=16|gf_VOL=25|ga_VOL=40
|win_NOV=2|draw_NOV=16|loss_NOV=16|gf_NOV=15|ga_NOV=37
|win_GOM=4|draw_GOM=12|loss_GOM=18|gf_GOM=13|ga_GOM=46

|adjust_points_GOM=-6|hth_GOM=6 points deducted?
|col_A=green1|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

==Top scorers==
;13 goals
* [[Anatoli Isayev]] (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
* [[Viktor Korolkov]] (Shakhter Karaganda)

;12 goals
* [[Valentyn Hrishyn]] (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk)
* [[Albert Liber]] (Trud Voronezh)

;11 goals
* [[Vitaliy Kovalenko]] (Metallurg Zaporozhie)

== Number of teams by republics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Number 
! [[Union republics]]
! Team(s)
|-
|rowspan="1"|8
|align="left"|{{flag|Russian SFSR}}||[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl]], [[FC Trud Voronezh]], [[FC Kuban Krasnodar]], [[FC Traktor Volgograd]], [[FC UralMash Sverdlovsk]], [[FC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk]], [[SKA Novosibirsk]], [[FC Volga Gorkiy]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|5
|align="left"|{{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}||[[FC Chernomorets Odessa]], [[FC Metallurg Zaporozhye]], [[FC Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk]], [[FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]], [[FC Karpaty Lvov]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Latvian SSR}}||[[FC Daugava Riga]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}||[[FK Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Belarusian SSR}}||[[FC Gomel|FC Lokomotiv Gomel]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Kazakh SSR}}||[[FC Shakhter Karaganda]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Kyrgyz SSR}}||[[FC Alga Frunze]]
|}

==See also==
* [[1963 Soviet Top League]]
* [[1963 Soviet Class B]]

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su63.html 1963 season]. [[RSSSF]]

{{Soviet First League seasons}}
{{1963 in Soviet football}}

[[Category:Soviet First League seasons|1963]]
[[Category:1963 in Soviet football leagues|2]]
[[Category:1962–63 in European second-tier association football leagues|Soviet]]
[[Category:1963–64 in European second-tier association football leagues|Soviet]]