1966 Soviet Top League
# 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 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KRY | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SKO | SPA | TKU | TOR | ZEN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ararat Yerevan | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 7–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| SKA Odessa | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |

## 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)
