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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	36	23	10	3	66	17	+49	56	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	SKA Rostov-on-Don	36	20	7	9	54	44	+10	47
3	Neftyanik Baku	36	18	9	9	56	28	+28	45
4	Spartak Moscow	36	15	12	9	45	41	+4	42
5	CSKA Moscow	36	16	9	11	60	45	+15	41
6	Torpedo Moscow	36	15	10	11	55	39	+16	40	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Dinamo Tbilisi	36	13	14	9	47	34	+13	40
8	Dynamo Moscow	36	12	14	10	43	34	+9	38
9	Pakhtakor Tashkent	36	10	18	8	36	32	+4	38
10	Shakhtar Donetsk	36	15	7	14	32	35	−3	37
11	Dinamo Minsk	36	11	13	12	36	39	−3	35
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	36	12	11	13	30	39	−9	35
13	Ararat Yerevan	36	12	10	14	30	45	−15	34
14	Chornomorets Odessa	36	10	13	13	29	36	−7	33
15	Torpedo Kutaisi	36	9	10	17	44	59	−15	28
16	Zenit Leningrad	36	10	8	18	35	54	−19	28
17	Lokomotiv Moscow	36	11	5	20	34	49	−15	27
18	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	36	4	17	15	18	40	−22	25
19	SKA Odessa (R)	36	1	13	22	16	56	−40	15	Relegation to Class A Second Group

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[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)