Final Ranking | pts | won | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m | | 1. | Karpaty Lvov | UKR | 63 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 70: | 22 | +48 | 42 | prom | 2. | Kairat Alma-Ata | KAZ | 61 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 71: | 29 | +42 | 42 | prom | 3. | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | UKR | 61 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 58: | 25 | +33 | 42 | | 4. | Lokomotiv Moskva | RUS | 50 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 53: | 39 | +14 | 42 | | 5. | Metallist Kharkov | UKR | 49 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 43: | 26 | +17 | 42 | | 6. | Dynamo Leningrad | RUS | 47 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 62: | 49 | +13 | 42 | | 7. | Krylya Sovetov Kuybishev | RUS | 47 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 43: | 32 | +11 | 42 | | 8. | Rubin Kazan | RUS | 46 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 36: | 42 | -6 | 42 | | 9. | Shahtyor Karaganda | KAZ | 45 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 49: | 43 | +6 | 42 | | 10. | Zhalgiris Vilnius | LTU | 41 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 46: | 40 | +6 | 42 | | 11. | Moldova Chisinau | MDA | 41 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 40: | 34 | +6 | 42 | | 12. | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | RUS | 40 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 36: | 51 | -15 | 42 | | 13. | Volgar Astrahan | RUS | 39 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 38: | 45 | -7 | 42 | | 14. | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | RUS | 38 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 37: | 49 | -12 | 42 | | 15. | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | GEO | 37 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 36: | 43 | -7 | 42 | rel | 16. | Kuban Krasnodar | RUS | 37 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 27: | 45 | -18 | 42 | rel | 17. | Daugava Riga | LAT | 33 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 36: | 50 | -14 | 42 | | 18. | Pamir Dushanbe | TJK | 33 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 41: | 62 | -21 | 42 | | 19. | SKA Kiev | UKR | 32 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 39: | 50 | -11 | 42 | rel | 20. | Alga Frunze | KGZ | 32 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 34: | 45 | -11 | 42 | | 21. | SKA Khabarovsk | RUS | 32 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 22: | 41 | -19 | 42 | rel | 22. | Stroitel Ashkhabad | TKM | 20 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 22: | 77 | -55 | 42 | |
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_ 1969 --- 1971 | Karpaty Lvov and Kairat Alma-Ata were promoted to Visshaya Liga 1971. | Lokomotiv Tbilisi, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Kiev, SKA Khabarovsk were relegated. | Daugava Riga, Pamir Dushanbe, Alga Frunze and Stroitel Ashkhabad could not be relegated after beeing only teams from their republics in First 2 Levels. | Russia 9 teams, Ukraine 4 teams, Kazakhstan 2 teams, Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia (3rd), Latvia, Tajikistan, Kyrgistan and Turkmenistan. | No team from Estonia. |
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