1974 Soviet Top League

The 1974 Soviet Top League was the 36th season of the Soviet top tier football competitions. It also was the 4th season since the establishing of Vysshaya Liga (Soviet Top League) in place of the Soviet Class A competition.

Vysshaya Liga
Season1974
Dates12 April – 21 November 1974
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
6th top-tier title
RelegatedKairat Alma-Ata
Nistru Kishinev
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupArarat Yerevan
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Chernomorets Odessa
Top goalscorerOleg Blokhin (20)
← 1973
1975 →

The league's title was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship which was their sixth title. The last season's champions Ararat placed fifth trailing 8 points. The newly promoted Chernomorets placed third qualifying for the continental competitions for the first time.

Teams

Pre-season promotion

Teams promoted from the 1973 Soviet First League:

Pre-season relegation

Teams relegated to the 1974 Soviet First League:

  • Dinamo Minsk – the 15th place (ending their 14 seasons stay in the top-flight)
  • SKA Rostov-na-Donu – the 16th place (ending their 15 seasons stay in the top-flight)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 14 12 4 49 24 +25 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Spartak Moscow 30 15 9 6 41 23 +18 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Chornomorets Odessa 30 12 11 7 35 31 +4 35
4 Torpedo Moscow 30 13 7 10 35 28 +7 33
5 Ararat Yerevan 30 11 10 9 37 28 +9 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Dynamo Moscow 30 10 11 9 42 33 +9 31
7 Zenit Leningrad 30 8 15 7 36 41 −5 31
8 Pakhtakor Tashkent 30 10 10 10 45 44 +1 30
9 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 8 14 8 29 34 −5 30
10 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 9 11 10 31 39 −8 29
11 Karpaty Lviv 30 8 12 10 33 33 0 28
12 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 8 12 10 31 35 −4 28
13 CSKA Moscow 30 7 12 11 28 33 −5 26
14 Zarya Voroshilovgrad 30 8 10 12 32 41 −9 26
15 Kairat Alma-Ata (R) 30 8 10 12 37 47 −10 26 Relegation to First League
16 Nistru Kishinev (R) 30 4 8 18 32 59 −27 16
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DYN DTB KAI KAR NIS PAK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 4–0
Chornomorets Odessa 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
CSKA Moscow 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 5–0
Dynamo Moscow 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 3–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–2
Karpaty Lviv 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Nistru Kishinev 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–0 0–1 4–1 5–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–2 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2
Spartak Moscow 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
Zarya Voroshilovgrad 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1
Zenit Leningrad 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
20 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

References
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