1968 Soviet Top League

The 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa was the 30th season of the first-tier football competition in the Soviet Union. Twenty teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.

In the previous season Zenit Leningrad finished last but was spared from relegation due to the 50th Anniversary of the "Great October" being the cradle of the Bolshevik coup-d'etat. The league composition was increased from 19 to 20 keeping the Leningrad team at the top.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

22 goals

• Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
• Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi)

21 goals

• Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

14 goals

• Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)
• Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)

13 goals

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

12 goals

• Mikhail Gershkovich (Torpedo Moscow)

11 goals

• Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
• Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

References

• 1968 (Championship) Class A - First Group (First Level)