Soviet Class A First Group

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Soviet Class A First Group

Founded	1950
Folded	1970
Country	Soviet Union
Level on pyramid	Level 1 & 2
Promotion to	none / Class A Top Group
Relegation to	Soviet Class B / Soviet Class A Second Group
Last champions	Spartak Moscow top tier Karpaty Lviv second tier
Most championships	Spartak Moscow (6)

The Soviet Class A First Group (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (Класс А. Первая группа), Soviet football championship (Class A First Group)) was the top and for a season second highest division of Soviet football, below the 1970 Soviet Class A Top Group.^[1] The league was formed in 1950 in place of the First Group of the Soviet football championship and initially was called as Class A of the Soviet football championship.

In 1963 the Class A was expanded into two divisions the Class A First Group and the Class A Second Group, latter becoming the second tier. In 1970 the Soviet Class A was expanded even further adding additional tier to the top and downgrading now the Soviet Class A First Group to the second tier. In 1971 it was replaced with the Soviet First League.^[1]