1974 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1974 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	14	12	4	49	24	+25	40	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	23	+18	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Chornomorets Odessa	30	12	11	7	35	31	+4	35
4	Torpedo Moscow	30	13	7	10	35	28	+7	33
5	Ararat Yerevan	30	11	10	9	37	28	+9	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Dynamo Moscow	30	10	11	9	42	33	+9	31
7	Zenit Leningrad	30	8	15	7	36	41	−5	31
8	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	10	10	10	45	44	+1	30
9	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	8	14	8	29	34	−5	30
10	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	9	11	10	31	39	−8	29
11	Karpaty Lviv	30	8	12	10	33	33	0	28
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	8	12	10	31	35	−4	28
13	CSKA Moscow	30	7	12	11	28	33	−5	26
14	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	30	8	10	12	32	41	−9	26
15	Kairat Alma-Ata (R)	30	8	10	12	37	47	−10	26	Relegation to First League
16	Nistru Kishinev (R)	30	4	8	18	32	59	−27	16

Top scorers[]

20 goals

• Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

16 goals

• (Kairat)
• Vadim Pavlenko (Dynamo Moscow)

13 goals

• Vladimir Makarov (Chornomorets Odessa)

12 goals

• Vadim Nikonov (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Mikhail An (Pakhtakor)
• Anatoly Baidachny (Dynamo Moscow)
• Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

10 goals

• (Karpaty)
• Aleksandr Piskaryov (Spartak Moscow)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)