The 1963 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was the 33rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the thirteenth in the Ukrainian Class B.

The 1963 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was won by SKA Odessa.

There was reorganization of professional football competitions with Class A being expanded by adding extra tier and all Class B competitions including in Ukraine were moved to the third tier. Due to reorganization 35 out of 39 teams were relegated to lower tier by continuing to compete in the Ukrainian Class B competitions.

Format

The Ukrainian Republican competition consisted of two zones of 20 clubs. Upon conclusion of the league format each club qualified for a playoff with another club that placed the same place in the other group. The pair of the first placed clubs was sort of a republican championship playoff. The playoffs consisted of two legs – home and away. Note teams were relegated or withdrawn and only one was promoted to the Subgroup A (the First League).

Location map

1963 Ukrainian Class B is located in Ukraine
Locations of teams in Class B

Zone 1

Relegated teams

  • none

Promoted teams

Relocated and renamed teams

League's standing

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia38251035822+3660
2SKA Lviv3826758235+4759
3FC Zirka Kirovohrad3823697226+4652
4FC Polissya Zhytomyr38217105836+2249
5FC Avanhard Ternopil38141954426+1847
6FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy38198115035+1546
7SKA Kyiv381612105426+2844
8FC Budivelnyk Kherson381413114847+141
9FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi38149154147−637
10FC Arsenal Kyiv381310153839−136
11FC Desna Chernihiv381212143542−736
12FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk38155184448−435
13FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod38139163642−635
14FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv381112153343−1034
15FC Avanhard Chernivtsi38118194066−2630
16FC Shakhtar Oleksandria38712192856−2826
17FC Volyn Lutsk38810202461−3726
18FC Kolhospnyk Rivne3897223757−2025
19FC Naftovyk Drohobych38514193654−1824
20FC Dnipro Kremenchuk3858253282−5018

Zone 2

Relegated teams

  • none

Promoted teams

Relocated and renamed teams

League's standing

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1SKA Odessa38231235911+4858
2FC Azovstal Zhdanov38191185437+1749
3FC Torpedo Kharkiv38199105033+1747
4FC Burevisnyk Melitopol38141683828+1044
5FC Shakhtar Horlivka38141594944+543
6FC Khimik Severodonetsk38141594440+443
7FC Lokomotyv Donetsk381413113537−241
8FC Shakhtar Kadiyevka381216105137+1440
9FC Kolhospnyk Poltava381510134032+840
10FC Dniprovets Dniprodzerhynsk38175165351+239
11FC Metalurh Kommunarsk38159144146−539
12SC Navy Sevastopol38158154832+1638
13FC Trubnik Nikopol381214124235+738
14FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody38157164244−237
15SC Tavriya Simferopol381311143941−237
16FC Avanhard Kramatorsk381111163444−1033
17FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih38810203764−2726
18FC Metalurh Yenakiyeve3898213874−3626
19FC Metalurh Kerch3869232857−2921
20FC Spartak Sumy3869232863−3521

Play-offs

Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated. SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone. They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.

Relegation play-offs

See also

External links

  • . Luhansk football portal
  • (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru