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Football league
Soviet First League in football
Founded
1936
Folded
1991 after 52[1] seasons
Country
Soviet Union
Level on pyramid
2
Promotion to
Soviet Top League
Relegation to
Soviet Second League
League cup(s)
First League Cup Podsnezhnik tournament
Last champions
FC Rotor Volgograd (1)
Most championships
FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (5)
The Soviet First League in football (Russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,[1] below the Soviet Top League.
While the second tier competitions in football among "teams of masters" (an official term for the Soviet professional clubs) existed since 1936,[1] the First League has been officially formed in 1971 out of the Class A First Group.[1] It followed the transitional 1970 season when the Class A was expanded to three groups (Vysshaya Gruppa, Pervaya Gruppa, Vtoraya Gruppa) and discontinuation of the Class B competitions for the 1971 season.
The league existed until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.
^ abcdEvgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу) Archived 2023-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019
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