The 1975 Soviet First League was the fifth season of the Soviet First League and the 35th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RUS	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	22	9	7	78	36	+42	53	Promoted
2	BLR	Dinamo Minsk	38	21	8	9	52	31	+21	50
3	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	18	13	7	55	31	+24	49
4	KAZ	Kairat Alma-Ata	38	20	7	11	58	34	+24	47[a]
5	AZE	Neftçi Baku	38	17	12	9	58	35	+23	46
6	MDA	Nistru Chișinău	38	17	9	12	44	43	+1	43[a]
7	UKR	Tavriya Simferopol	38	17	8	13	58	46	+12	42
8	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	12	15	11	48	42	+6	39
9	RUS	Spartak Orzhonikidze	38	15	7	16	41	43	−2	37
10	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	38	12	13	13	45	51	−6	37
11	RUS	Rubin Kazan	38	12	13	13	37	51	−14	37[b]
12	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	38	14	7	17	50	48	+2	35
13	UKR	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	38	11	13	14	47	45	+2	35
14	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	38	11	13	14	33	42	−9	35
15	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	38	13	8	17	36	47	−11	34
16	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	38	12	9	17	38	47	−9	33
17	RUS	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	38	13	6	19	44	56	−12	32	Relegation Play-Off
18	RUS	Zvezda Perm	38	12	8	18	35	50	−15	32
19	UKR	Metallist Kharkiv	38	10	11	17	30	49	−19	31[b]	Relegated
20	KGZ	Alga Frunze	38	4	5	29	28	88	−60	13[b]

Relegation play-off

[Tashkent]

• Zvezda Perm 2-1 UralMash Sverdlovsk

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Rubin Kazan, Elbrus Nalchik, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Kuban Krasnodar, Zvezda Perm, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2	Ukrainian SSR	4	Tavria Simferopol, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Metallist Kharkov
3	Belarusian SSR	1	Dinamo Minsk
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Kazakh SSR		Kairat Alma-Ata
	Azerbaijan SSR		Neftchi Baku
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze