1965 Soviet Top League

• 17 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship.
• FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for Champions Cup 1966–67 and FC Spartak Moscow qualified for CWC 1966–67.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Moscow (C)	32	22	7	3	55	21	+34	51	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	6	4	58	22	+36	50
3	CSKA Moscow	32	14	10	8	38	24	+14	38
4	Dinamo Minsk	32	14	9	9	37	27	+10	37
5	Dynamo Moscow	32	11	14	7	38	24	+14	36
6	Dinamo Tbilisi	32	12	12	8	37	30	+7	36
7	SKA Rostov-on-Don	32	10	14	8	42	35	+7	34
8	Spartak Moscow	32	10	12	10	28	26	+2	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Zenit Leningrad	32	10	12	10	32	32	0	32
10	Pakhtakor Tashkent	32	10	12	10	34	40	−6	32
11	Neftyanik Baku	32	11	8	13	32	33	−1	30
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	32	7	14	11	29	34	−5	28
13	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	32	9	9	14	34	44	−10	27
14	Chornomorets Odessa	32	9	8	15	35	43	−8	26
15	Lokomotiv Moscow	32	8	8	16	37	48	−11	24
16	Torpedo Kutaisi	32	8	3	21	29	69	−40	19
17	SKA Odessa	32	3	6	23	22	65	−43	12

Top scorers[]

18 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

17 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

15 goals

• Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)

13 goals

• (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)

12 goals

• Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk)
• Viktor Serebryanikov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 goals

• Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv)
• (Torpedo Kutaisi)
• Vitaly Khmelnitsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Valeri Lobanovsky (Chornomorets)
• Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik)
• Ishtvan Sekech (SKA Odessa)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)