1971 Soviet First League
The 1971 Soviet First League was the inaugural season of the Soviet First League and the 31st season of the Soviet second-tier league competition.
Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
| 1 | Dnipro | 28,552 |
| 2 | Chornomorets | 22,762 |
| 3 | Shinnik | 16,714 |
| 4 | Kuzbass | 15,810 |
| 5 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | 14,571 |
| 6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 13,524 |
| 7 | Tekstilshchik | 13,381 |
| 8 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 12,095 |
| 9 | Alga Frunze | 11,905 |
| 10 | Volgar Astrakhan | 11,857 |
| 11 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 11,762 |
| 12 | CSKA Dushanbe | 11,333 |
| 13 | Metalist Kharkiv | 10,905 |
| 14 | Krylya Sovetov | 10,905 |
| 15 | Moldova Chişinău | 8,024 |
| 16 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 7,762 |
| 17 | Stroitel | 7,748 |
| 18 | Rubin Kazan | 7,405 |
| 19 | Žalgiris | 7,238 |
| 20 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6,862 |
| 21 | Daugava Rīga | 6,443 |
| 22 | Dinamo Leningrad | 2,105 |
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