1974 in Soviet football
# 1974 in Soviet football

The 1974 Soviet football championship was the 42nd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 36th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - |
| Top League | Dinamo Kiev (6) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | Lokomotiv Moscow (3) | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| Second League | Alga Frunze | Rubin Kazan |
| Soviet Cup | Dinamo Kiev (4) | Zaria Voroshilovgrad |

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship

### Top League

| 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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to First League |

### First League

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RUS | Lokomotiv Moskva | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 53 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 51 | Promoted |
| 3 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 51 | |
| 4 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 48 | |
| 5 | AZE | Neftchi Baku | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 46 | |
| 6 | UKR | Tavria Simferopol | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 42 | |
| 7 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 38 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | GEO | Torpedo Kutaisi | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | |
| 9 | TJK | Pamir Dushanbe | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 37 | |
| 10 | RUS | Zvezda Perm | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 36 | |
| 12 | UKR | Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 34 | |
| 13 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 34 | |
| 14 | RUS | Spartak Nalchik | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 | |
| 15 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 34 | |
| 16 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 34 | |
| 17 | RUS | Spartak Orjonikidze | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 34 | |
| 18 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 33 | Relegated |
| 19 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 25 | Relegated |
| 20 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 73 | −40 | 17 | Relegated |

* 1 2 -
* 1 2 3 +

### Second League (finals)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 3 | UKR | Metallist Kharkov | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Promoted |
| 4 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | |
| 5 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | UZB | Yangiyer | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |

* 1 2 -

### Top goalscorers

Top League

* Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) – 20 goals

First League

* Nikolay Klimov (Tavriya Simferopol), Aleksandr Markin (Zvezda Perm) – 25 goals
