1971 Soviet Top League
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The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League
saw Dynamo Kyiv
clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan
from the Armenian SSR
took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi
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P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
14 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
saw Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan
FC Ararat Yerevan
FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :...
from the Armenian SSR
Armenian SSR
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet...
took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
.
Final league table
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 44 | |
| 2 | Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 37 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... |
30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 36 |
| 4 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:... |
30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 33 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white... |
30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 31 | |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times... |
30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 31 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009... |
30 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty FC Kairat Almaty is a Kazakh football club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty.Like many clubs in the Soviet Union they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai... |
30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 40 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 9 | Neftchi Baku PFC Neftchi Neftchi Baku PFC , also known simply as Neftchi, is an Azerbaijani football club based in the capital, Baku, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League... |
30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 34 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... |
30 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 35 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 11 | Dinamo Minsk F. C. Dinamo Minsk Football Club Dinamo Minsk is a Belarusian football club playing in the capital city of Minsk. Their home games are played at the Dinamo-Yuni, capable of seating 4,500 spectators.... |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 43 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 12 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 36 | ||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 13 | Zenit Leningrad FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League... |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 32 | ||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 14 | SKA Rostov-on-Don FC SKA Rostov-on-Don FC SKA Rostov-on-Don is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981.-History:... |
30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 43 | ||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 15 | Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor means cotton-grower in English.Playing in the Uzbek League since 1992, the club has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning eight Uzbek League... |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 46 | ||
| 26 | |||||||||
| 16 | Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... |
30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 37 | ||
| 24 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Top scorers
16 goals- Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
14 goals
- Eduard MarkarovEduard MarkarovEduard Artyomovich Markarov is an Armenian football manager and former player. He is Jewish. He managed the Armenia national team in 1992-1994 period. He also played for the USSR national team, earning 3 caps and participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
(Ararat)
10 goals
- Anatoliy BanishevskiyAnatoliy BanishevskiyAnatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy was an Azerbaijani football player of Russian descent. He played for the USSR national football team, winning 51 caps and scoring 19 goals. Banishevskiy played for the Soviet side in the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
(Neftchi) - Viktor KolotovViktor KolotovViktor Mikhailovich Kolotov was the Soviet footballer who spent the most and the best of his years in Ukraine....
(Dynamo Kyiv) - Vitaliy ShevchenkoVitaliy ShevchenkoVitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow....
(Neftchi)
9 goals
- Valery YaremchenkoValery YaremchenkoValeriy Yaremchenko is a Ukrainian coach of Illichivets and a former footballer. He was born in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. As a player he participated in 247 games as a member of FC Shakhtar Donetsk scoring 24 goals...
(Shakhtar) - Aleksei YeskovAleksei YeskovAleksei Alekseyevich Yeskov was a Soviet football player and coach.-International career:Yeskov made his debut for USSR on October 1, 1967 in a friendly against Switzerland....
(SKA Rostov-on-Don)
8 goals
- Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
- Anzor ChikhladzeAnzor ChikhladzeAnzor Irakliyevich Chikhladze is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of July 2009, he works as a director of sports for FC SKA Rostov-on-Don.-External links:*...
(SKA Rostov-on-Don) - Boris KopeikinBoris KopeikinBoris Arkadyevich Kopeikin is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-International career:...
(CSKA Moscow) - Eduard KozinkevichEduard KozinkevichEduard Teodorovych Kozynkevych was a Ukrainian footballer.-International career:He earned 6 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972.-External links:*...
(Shakhtar) - Anatoliy PuzachAnatoliy PuzachAnatoliy Kyrylovych Puzach was a Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach...
(Dynamo Kyiv) - Pavel SadyrinPavel SadyrinPavel Sadyrin was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager.Sadyrin played as a midfielder for Zvezda Perm and Zenit Leningrad....
(Zenit)