1966 in Soviet football

The 1966 Soviet football championship was the 34th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 28th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1966
Men's football
Class A 1. Group	Dinamo Kiev
Class A 2. Group	Zaria Lugansk
Class B	Lokomotiv Kaluga (Russia) Avangard Zheltye Vody (Ukraine) Meshakhte Tkibuli (Union republics) Pamir Leninabad (Central Asia)
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Class A 1. Group	Dinamo Kiev (2)	SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Class A 2. Group	Zaria Lugansk (2)	Zhalgiris Vilnius
Class B	Lokomotiv Kaluga (Russia)	Spartak Ordzhonikidze (Russia)
	Avangard Zheltye Vody (Ukraine)	Dinamo Khmelnitskiy (Ukraine)
	Meshakhte Tkibuli (Union republics)	Polad Sumgait (Union republics)
	Pamir Leninabad (Central Asia)	Metallurg Chimkent (Central Asia)
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev (3)	Torpedo Moscow

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1966 Soviet Top League

Class A First Group

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

Class A Second Group finals

For places 1-3

[Oct 25 – Nov 16]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	UKR	Zarya Lugansk	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	6	Promoted
2	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	5
3	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	4	0	1	3	1	4	−3	1

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For places 4-6

[Oct 29 – Nov 14]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5
5	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	4	1	2	1	1	4	−3	4
6	UKR	SKA Kiev	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	3

Source: rsssf.com
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Class B

Further information: 1966 Soviet Class B

Final group

[Nov 5–13, Orjonikidze]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lokomotiv Kaluga	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Spartak Orjonikidze	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
3	Metallurg Tula	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
4	Cement Novorossiysk	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Ukraine (playoffs)

Further information: 1966 Ukrainian Class B

For places 1-2

Dinamo Khmelnitskiy          0-0 1-1 Avangard Zholtyye Vody

Replay

[Nov 25, Kiev] 
Avangard Zholtyye Vody       2-1  Dinamo Khmelnitskiy

Union republics finals

[Oct 23–30, Tkibuli]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	GEO	Meshakhte Tkibuli	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
2	AZE	Polad Sumgait	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	BLR	Neman Grodno	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	ARM	Lernagorts Kafan	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Source: rsssf.com

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	TJK	Pamir Leninabad	36	23	7	6	61	25	+36	53
2	KAZ	Metallurg Chimkent	36	19	13	4	60	30	+30	51
3	KAZ	Dinamo Tselinograd	36	19	11	6	57	26	+31	49
4	UZB	Zarafshan Navoi	36	19	8	9	75	40	+35	46
5	KAZ	Metallurg Temirtau	36	18	9	9	39	23	+16	45
6	UZB	Khimik Chirchik	36	18	8	10	51	32	+19	44
7	UZB	Sverdlovets Tashkent Region	36	17	9	10	58	38	+20	43
8	KAZ	ADK Alma-Ata	36	16	10	10	50	37	+13	42
9	UZB	Spartak Andizhan	36	16	9	11	43	32	+11	41
10	KAZ	Metallist Jambul	36	12	16	8	54	40	+14	40
11	KGZ	Shakhtyor Osh	36	13	11	12	28	37	−9	37
12	UZB	Pahtaaral Gulistan	36	12	10	14	37	49	−12	34
13	UZB	Dimitrovets Tashkent Region	36	9	11	16	32	43	−11	29
14	UZB	Spartak Samarkand	36	9	10	17	25	32	−7	28
15	TKM	Zahmet Charjou	36	7	11	18	41	71	−30	25
16	TJK	Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube	36	7	9	20	30	63	−33	23
17	UZB	Metallurg Almalyk	36	6	10	20	29	57	−28	22
18	TJK	Vakhsh Nurek	36	6	6	24	19	73	−54	18
19	UZB	Buhoro Buhara	36	5	4	27	28	79	−51	14

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Top goalscorers

Class A First Group

• Ilia Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 20 goals

External links

• 1966 Soviet football championship. RSSSF