1968 Ukrainian Class B
# 1968 Ukrainian Class B

The 1968 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was the 38th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the eighteenth in the Soviet Class B and the sixth season of the Ukrainian Class B.

The 1968 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was won by FC Avanhard Ternopil.

## Zone 1 (West)

### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Prohres Berdychiv
* FC Karpaty Mukacheve – (the Ukrainian KFK competitions)
* FC Nistrul Bendery – (Champion of the Moldavian KFK competitions)
* FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad
* FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk
* FC Podillia Kamianets-Podilskyi – (the Ukrainian KFK competitions)

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Torpedo Lutsk previously known as FC Volyn Lutsk
* FC Stroiindustriya Beltsy previously known as FC Stroitel Beltsy
* FC Dnestr Tiraspol previously known as FC Energiya Tiraspol

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Avanhard Ternopil (Q) | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 85 | 24 | +61 | 66 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 2 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (Q) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 66 | 26 | +40 | 60 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 3 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi (Q) | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 54 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 4 | FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya (Q) | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 52 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 5 | FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 59 | 29 | +30 | 51 | |
| 6 | FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 46 | |
| 7 | FC Horyn Rivne | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 45 | |
| 8 | FC Stroiindustriya Beltsy | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 45 | |
| 9 | SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 44 | |
| 10 | FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 44 | |
| 11 | FC Kolos Yakymivka | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 42 | |
| 12 | FC Torpedo Lutsk | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 41 | |
| 13 | FC Dnestr Tiraspol | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 40 | |
| 14 | FC Karpaty Mukacheve | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 39 | |
| 15 | FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 38 | |
| 16 | FC Naftovyk Drohobych | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 38 | |
| 17 | FC Nistrul Bendery | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 37 | |
| 18 | FC Trubnyk Nikopol | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 36 | |
| 19 | FC Prohres Berdychiv | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 35 | |
| 20 | FC Podillya Kamianets-Podilskyi | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 32 | |
| 21 | FC Dunayets Izmayil | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 18 | 63 | −45 | 22 | |
| 22 | FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk | 42 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 80 | −61 | 17 | Relegated |

## Zone 2

### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* FC Avanhard Rovenky – (Champion of the Ukrainian KFK competitions)
* FC Ugolyok Krasnoarmiysk
* FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk previously known as FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk
* FC Industriya Yenakieve previously known as FC Shakhtar Yenakieve

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk (Q) | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 59 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 2 | FC Spartak Sumy (Q) | 40 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 56 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 3 | FC Desna Chernihiv (Q) | 40 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 54 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 4 | FC Shakhtar Kadiivka (Q) | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 51 | Qualified for Final stage |
| 5 | FC Komunarets Komunarsk | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 50 | |
| 6 | FC Shakhtar Horlivka | 40 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 49 | |
| 7 | FC Ugolyok Krasnoarmiysk | 40 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 42 | |
| 8 | FC Avanhard Rovenky | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 42 | |
| 9 | FC Sitall Kostyantynivka | 40 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 39 | |
| 10 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 39 | |
| 11 | FC Torpedo Kharkiv | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 39 | |
| 12 | FC Avanhard Makiivka | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 38 | |
| 13 | FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 37 | |
| 14 | FC Torpedo Berdyansk | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 37 | |
| 15 | FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 35 | |
| 16 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 35 | |
| 17 | FC Avanhard Kerch | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 32 | |
| 18 | FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 32 | |
| 19 | FC Start Dzerzhynsk | 40 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 28 | |
| 20 | FC Industriya Yenakieve | 40 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 26 | |
| 21 | FC Shakhtar Torez | 40 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 20 | |

## Final stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Avanhard Ternopil (C, P) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (P) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Promoted |
| 3 | FC Shakhtar Kadiivka (P) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Promoted |
| 4 | FC Desna Chernihiv (P) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | Promoted |
| 5 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi (P) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Promoted |
| 6 | FC Spartak Sumy | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | FC Lokomotyv Donetsk | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 8 | FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 | |
