1966 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

Season	1966
← 1965 1967 →

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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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

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

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)