1963 Soviet Class A Second Group
The 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group was the inaugural season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was reorganized based on the best teams of the 1962 Soviet Class B season. It was also the 23rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
The league was consolidated into a single group of 18 clubs.
Qualified teams
Notes:- FC Kuban Krasnodar was previously called as Spartak.
- FC Volga Gorkiy was added after merger of Torpedo Gorkiy and Raketa Gorkiy.
- FC Karpaty Lvov replaced SKA Lvov.
Top scorers
;13 goals- Anatoli Isayev
- Viktor Korolkov
- Valentyn Hrishyn
- Albert Liber
- Vitaliy Kovalenko