1970 Soviet Class A First Group

The 1970 Soviet Class A First Group was a transitional season of the future Soviet First League. It was also the 30th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

The league was reduced to a single group in comparison with the previous season.

• FC Kairat Alma-Ata – placing 17th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 4 seasons)
• FC Lokomotiv Moscow – placing 18th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 5 seasons)
• FC Krylia Sovetov Kiubyshev – placing 19th in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after 8 seasons)
• FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk – placing 20th (last) in 1969 Class A First Group, (Returning after a season)

• Energetik Dushanbe was renamed as Pamir Dushanbe.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	UKR	Karpaty Lviv	42	26	11	5	70	22	+48	63	Promoted to Top League
2	KAZ	Kayrat Alma-Ata	42	25	11	6	71	29	+42	61
3	UKR	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	42	26	9	7	58	25	+33	61
4	RUS	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	20	10	12	53	39	+14	50
5	UKR	Metallist Kharkiv	42	15	19	8	43	26	+17	49
6	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	42	19	9	14	62	49	+13	47
7	RUS	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev	42	17	13	12	43	32	+11	47
8	RUS	Rubin Kazan	42	18	10	14	36	42	−6	46
9	KAZ	Shakhter Karagandy	42	15	15	12	49	43	+6	45
10	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	42	15	11	16	46	40	+6	41
11	MDA	Moldova Chișinău	42	13	15	14	40	34	+6	41
12	RUS	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	42	13	14	15	36	51	−15	40
13	RUS	Volgar Astrakhan	42	14	11	17	38	45	−7	39
14	RUS	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	42	13	12	17	37	49	−12	38
15	GEO	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	42	14	9	19	36	43	−7	37	Relegated to Second League
16	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	42	11	15	16	27	45	−18	37
17	LVA	Daugava Riga	42	11	11	20	36	50	−14	33
18	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	42	12	9	21	41	62	−21	33
19	UKR	SKA Kyiv	42	11	10	21	39	50	−11	32	Relegated to Second League
20	KGZ	Alga Frunze	42	10	12	20	34	45	−11	32
21	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	42	8	16	18	22	41	−19	32	Relegated to Second League
22	TKM	Stroitel Ashgabat	42	6	8	28	22	77	−55	20

24 goals

• János Gabovda (Karpaty Lvov)

19 goals

• Yury Sevidov (Kairat Alma-Ata)

18 goals

• Eugen Piunovschi (Shakhter Karaganda)

17 goals

• Viktor Abgoltz (Kairat Alma-Ata)

16 goals

• Boris Govorunov (Dinamo Leningrad)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Rubin Kazan, Tekstilschik Ivanovo, Volgar Astrakhan, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk
2	Ukrainian SSR	4	Karpaty Lvov, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, SKA Kiev
3	Kazakh SSR	2	Kairat Alma-Ata, Shakhter Karaganda
4	Lithuanian SSR	1	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Moldova Kishinev
	Georgian SSR		Lokomotivi Tbilisi
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze
	Turkmen SSR		Stroitel Ashkhabat

• Soviet First League

• 1970 season. RSSSF