1966 Soviet Top League

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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	36	23	10	3	66	17	56
2.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	36	20	7	9	54	44	47
3.	Neftyanik Baku	36	18	9	9	56	28	45
4.	FC Spartak Moscow	36	15	12	9	45	41	42
5.	PFC CSKA Moscow	36	16	9	11	60	45	41
6.	FC Torpedo Moscow	36	15	10	11	55	39	40
7.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	36	13	14	9	47	34	40
8.	FC Dynamo Moscow	36	12	14	10	43	34	38
9.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	36	10	18	8	36	32	38
10.	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	36	15	7	14	32	35	37
11.	FC Dinamo Minsk	36	11	13	12	36	39	35
12.	Kairat Almaty	36	12	11	13	30	39	35
13.	FC Ararat Yerevan	36	12	10	14	30	45	34
14.	FC Chornomorets Odessa	36	10	13	13	29	36	33
15.	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	36	9	10	17	44	59	28
16.	Zenit Leningrad	36	10	8	18	35	54	28
17.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	36	11	5	20	34	49	27
18.	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	36	4	17	15	18	40	25
19.	SK Odessa	36	1	13	22	16	56	15

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

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)

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