1966 Soviet Top League
Overview
- 19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.
- FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for Champions Cup 1967-68 and FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for CWC 1967-68 as runners-up of the Soviet Cup 1965-66.
- The top 3 team with the most wins qualified for the World Cup.
League standings
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 17 | 56 |
| 2. | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 44 | 47 |
| 3. | Neftyanik Baku | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 28 | 45 |
| 4. | FC Spartak Moscow | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 42 |
| 5. | PFC CSKA Moscow | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 45 | 41 |
| 6. | FC Torpedo Moscow | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 39 | 40 |
| 7. | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 40 |
| 8. | FC Dynamo Moscow | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 34 | 38 |
| 9. | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | 36 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 38 |
| 10. | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 35 | 37 |
| 11. | FC Dinamo Minsk | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 39 | 35 |
| 12. | Kairat Almaty | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 39 | 35 |
| 13. | FC Ararat Yerevan | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 34 |
| 14. | FC Chornomorets Odessa | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 33 |
| 15. | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 59 | 28 |
| 16. | Zenit Leningrad | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 54 | 28 |
| 17. | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 27 |
| 18. | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 36 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 25 |
| 19. | SK Odessa | 36 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 56 | 15 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Top scorers
- 20 goals
- Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 19 goals
- Anatoliy Byshovets (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 15 goals
- Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)
- Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow)
- 14 goals
- Kazbek Tuaev (Neftyanik Baku)
- Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
- Vladimir Kozlov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
- 12 goals
- Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik Baku)
- Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku)
- Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
References
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