1973 in Soviet football

The 1973 Soviet football championship was the 41st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 35th among teams of sports societies and factories. Ararat Yerevan won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1973
Men's football
Top League	Ararat Yerevan
First League	Chernomorets Odessa
Second League	Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Soviet Cup	Ararat Yerevan

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Top League	Ararat Yerevan (1)	Dinamo Kiev
First League	Chernomorets Odessa (2)	Nistru Kishinev
Second League	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	Tavriya Simferopol
Soviet Cup	Ararat Yerevan (1)	Dinamo Kiev

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1973 Soviet Top League

Top League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ararat Yerevan (C)	30	18	3	4	5	52	26	+26	39	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	16	4	4	6	44	23	+21	36	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dynamo Moscow	30	13	7	3	7	43	30	+13	33	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Spartak Moscow	30	14	3	5	8	37	28	+9	31
5	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	13	5	2	10	42	33	+9	31
6	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	14	3	4	9	32	26	+6	31
7	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	30	14	1	5	10	38	26	+12	29
8	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	9	8	1	12	36	40	−4	26
9	Kairat Alma-Ata	30	8	10	1	11	25	37	−12	26
10	CSKA Moscow	30	10	5	4	11	33	36	−3	25
11	Zenit Leningrad	30	9	3	9	9	33	35	−2	21
12	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	9	2	4	15	37	44	−7	20
13	Torpedo Moscow	30	9	1	7	13	28	37	−9	19
14	Karpaty Lviv	30	8	3	3	16	28	48	−20	19
15	Dinamo Minsk (R)	30	7	3	6	14	21	36	−15	17	Relegation to First League
16	SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)	30	3	5	4	18	19	43	−24	11

Source:
Rules for classification: Drawn matches decided by penalties, the winners obtaining 1 point, the losers 0.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

First League

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Chernomorets Odessa	38	24	4	2	8	83	38	+45	52	Promoted
2	MDA	Nistru Kishinev	38	25	2	5	6	71	35	+36	52
3	RUS	Lokomotiv Moskva	38	20	6	2	10	47	32	+15	46
4	AZE	Neftchi Baku	38	17	5	3	13	58	43	+15	39
5	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	38	14	7	5	12	42	38	+4	35
6	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	38	14	6	5	13	62	53	+9	34
7	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	16	2	6	14	48	41	+7	34
8	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	15	4	3	16	46	51	−5	34
9	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	16	2	2	18	40	46	−6	34
10	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk	38	14	5	2	17	40	54	−14	33
11	RUS	Zvezda Perm	38	14	4	5	15	50	52	−2	32
12	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	38	14	4	4	16	41	46	−5	32
13	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	38	14	4	3	17	46	58	−12	32
14	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	38	14	3	5	16	50	44	+6	31
15	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	38	14	2	7	15	42	46	−4	30
16	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	38	12	6	2	18	46	61	−15	30
17	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	38	13	4	3	18	29	44	−15	30
18	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	38	12	4	5	17	42	60	−18	28	Relegated
19	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	38	11	5	4	18	34	50	−16	27
20	KGZ	Alga Frunze	38	6	2	8	22	49	54	−5	14

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Second League (finals)

Further information: 1973 Soviet Second League

[Nov 4-20, Sochi]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	6	4	1	0	1	14	7	+7	9	Promoted
2	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	6	4	0	1	1	13	5	+8	8
3	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	6	2	3	1	0	11	4	+7	7
4	RUS	Iskra Smolensk	6	3	0	1	2	12	11	+1	6
5	RUS	Spartak Kostroma	6	3	0	0	3	9	14	−5	6
6	RUS	Sibiryak Bratsk	6	0	1	0	5	2	12	−10	1
7	KAZ	Traktor Pavlodar	6	0	0	2	4	4	12	−8	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Top League

• Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) – 18 goals

First League

• Anatoliy Shepel (Chernomorets Odessa) – 38 goals

External links

• 1973 Soviet football championship. RSSSF