title: 1966 Soviet Top League
text: # 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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 17 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 47 | |
  | 3 | Neftyanik Baku | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 45 | |
  | 4 | Spartak Moscow | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 42 | |
  | 5 | CSKA Moscow | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 41 | |
  | 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 7 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 40 | |
  | 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 38 | |
  | 9 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 36 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
  | 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | |
  | 11 | Dinamo Minsk | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 35 | |
  | 12 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 35 | |
  | 13 | Ararat Yerevan | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 34 | |
  | 14 | Chornomorets Odessa | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 33 | |
  | 15 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 28 | |
  | 16 | Zenit Leningrad | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 28 | |
  | 17 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 27 | |
  | 18 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 36 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 25 | |
  | 19 | SKA Odessa (R) | 36 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 56 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KRY | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SKO | SPA | TKU | TOR | ZEN |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ararat Yerevan | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
  | Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
  | CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
  | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
  | Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Dynamo Moscow | 7–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
  | Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
  | Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
  | Neftyanik Baku | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
  | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
  | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
  | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
  | SKA Odessa | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
  | Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
  | Torpedo Kutaisi | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 1–0 |
  | Torpedo Moscow | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 |
  | Zenit Leningrad | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
  
  ## 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)
  