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 (Shinnik Yaroslavl)
 * Viktor Korolkov (Shakhter Karaganda)


 * 12 goals
 * Valentyn Hrishyn (Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk)
 * Albert Liber (Trud Voronezh)


 * 11 goals
 * Vitaliy Kovalenko (Metallurg Zaporozhie)