The 1971 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 41st season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 1.
The 1971 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
The division became a part of big football reform that took place in the Soviet Union and stretched over two years 1970–1971.
Clubs from other union republics (Belorussian SSR) were weeded out into other Zone.
The lower tier Class B competition were completely disbanded with only eight teams allowed to advance to the Second League, thus replacing those club of other union republics.