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

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Results

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)

References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)