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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)

Managers

ClubHead coach
Ararat YerevanNikita Simonyan
Dynamo KyivValeriy Lobanovskyi
Dynamo MoscowGavriil Kachalin
Spartak MoscowNikolay Gulyayev
Dinamo TbilisiGivi Chokheli (until August)
Mikhail Yakushin (from August)
Shakhter DonetskYuriy Zakharov (until August)
Vladimir Salkov (from August)
Zaria VoroshilovgradVsevolod Blinkov (until July)
Yevhen Pestov (from July)
Dnepr DnepropetrovskViktor Kanevsky
Kairat Alma-AtaArtem Falyan
CSKA MoscowVladimir Agapov
Zenit LeningradGerman Zonin
Pakhtakor TashkentVyacheslav Solovyov
Torpedo MoscowValentin Ivanov
Karpaty LvovValentin Babukin (until September)
Ernest Yust (from September)
Chernomorets OdessaAkhmed Aleskerov
Nistru KishenevViktor Korolkov

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C)30141244924+2540Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Spartak Moscow3015964123+1839Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Chornomorets Odessa30121173531+435
4 Torpedo Moscow30137103528+733
5 Ararat Yerevan30111093728+932Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Dynamo Moscow30101194233+931
7 Zenit Leningrad3081573641−531
8 Pakhtakor Tashkent301010104544+130
9 Dinamo Tbilisi3081482934−530
10 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk30911103139−829
11 Karpaty Lviv30812103333028
12 Shakhtar Donetsk30812103135−428
13 CSKA Moscow30712112833−526
14 Zarya Voroshilovgrad30810123241−926
15 Kairat Alma-Ata (R)30810123747−1026Relegation to First League
16 Nistru Kishinev (R)3048183259−2716
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayARACHOCSKDNIDYKDYNDTBKAIKARNISPAKSHASPATORZARZEN
Ararat Yerevan2–03–21–10–02–22–21–01–12–13–12–02–00–14–24–0
Chornomorets Odessa2–11–02–23–30–02–23–32–05–11–01–01–01–02–12–0
CSKA Moscow0–11–02–11–11–10–10–02–01–11–11–11–21–01–30–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1–01–11–00–03–10–01–03–12–02–01–01–40–00–21–1
Dynamo Kyiv2–02–02–03–12–02–02–01–14–21–11–01–02–05–05–0
Dynamo Moscow2–31–11–23–11–20–01–22–11–04–03–01–10–15–03–1
Dinamo Tbilisi1–02–01–30–00–00–01–10–04–21–11–00–10–03–21–1
Kairat Alma-Ata0–00–00–01–02–12–15–00–22–04–30–00–41–12–12–2
Karpaty Lviv1–11–11–14–30–04–10–02–23–02–01–11–11–00–03–2
Nistru Kishinev2–21–23–31–21–00–11–34–21–00–12–21–00–30–01–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent0–00–14–15–03–30–02–14–11–03–03–10–32–24–21–1
Shakhtar Donetsk1–02–10–02–12–20–01–15–22–12–12–00–00–20–02–2
Spartak Moscow1–03–02–10–02–00–01–01–02–12–14–11–30–02–21–1
Torpedo Moscow1–00–00–23–01–10–24–13–10–14–30–12–13–12–12–1
Zarya Voroshilovgrad1–00–00–01–11–11–22–11–02–01–11–12–00–13–00–1
Zenit Leningrad0–02–00–01–12–03–31–23–21–01–12–21–11–11–02–0
Source: [citation needed]
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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