Before the season of 1974 "Rubin" has practically lost no players of a senior squad. It has even strengthened: experienced Alexey Semenov and Vladimir Sergeev came from Dnepropetrovsk, from Baku Renat Kamaletdinov has returned. The start turned out to be sick, "Rubin" was 11th after the first half. In June a change of a "steersman" has happened. Instead of Vladlen Reshitko ex-forward of "Iskra" Yuri Markov took the post of a senior coach. In the final table "Rubin" was the 2nd. In a stubborn struggle kazanners could stand up for this position in a semi-final pellet in Frunze and in a final in Sochi. As a result – an overall 2nd place in the Second League and a pass to the First League.