1965 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

Season	1965
← 1964 1966 →

• 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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

18 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

17 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

15 goals

• Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)

13 goals

• Lev Gorshkov (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)
• Dzhumber Khazhaliya (Torpedo Kutaisi)
• Vitaly Khmelnitsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Valeri Lobanovsky (Chornomorets)
• Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik)
• Ishtvan Sekech (SKA Odessa)