1947 Vtoraya Gruppa
The 1947 Vtoraya Gruppa of the Soviet football championship was the 8th season in the 2nd tier football competitions in the Soviet Union.
The number of participating teams almost tripled compared to the last season and increased again from 26 to 67 which were split into six groups. There were created three groups for the Russian SFSR, one for the Ukrainian SSR, one group of Transcaucasian union republics and one group for the Central Asian union republics. The smaller republics of Baltics along with Belarus competed in of the groups designated for the Russian SFSR, known as the Central Group, while the Moldavian representative took part along with Ukrainian teams. In this championship participated at least one team from almost all of the union republics of the Soviet Union except for the Karelo-Finnish SSR. The Karelo-Finish teams struggled and placed last in the preceding republican qualification tournament.
Six group winners qualified for the Final Group which determined the season's winner.
Lokomotiv Moscow won the championship in the Vtoraya Gruppa.
Teams
Relegated teams
- none
Promoted teams
Many teams were promoted to the league that took part in republican competitions of the 1946 season. With asterisk identified teams that did not take part in the 1946 season last year.Returning teams
- FC Dinamo Sverdlovsk – Third placed in the 1946 Football Championship of the Russian SFSR '
- FC Dzerzhinets Leningrad – '
- FC Dinamo Kazan – '
- FC Dinamo Baku – '
- FC Spartak Yerevan – ''''