title: 1965 in Soviet football
text: # 1965 in Soviet football
  
  The 1965 Soviet football championship was the 33rd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 27th among teams of sports societies and factories. Torpedo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.
  
  ## Honours
  
  | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | Class A 1. Group | Torpedo Moscow (2) | Dinamo Kiev |
  | Class A 2. Group | Ararat Yerevan (1) | Kairat Alma-Ata |
  | Class B | Spartak Nalchik (Russia) | Rubin Kazan (Russia) |
  | Class B | SKA Lvov (Ukraine) | SKA Kiev (Ukraine) |
  | Class B | Dinamo Kirovobad (Union republics) | Dinamo Baku (Union republics) |
  | Soviet Cup | Spartak Moscow (8*) | Dinamo Minsk |
  
  Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
  
  ## Soviet Union football championship
  
  ### Class A First Group
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C) | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 50 | |
  | 3 | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 38 | |
  | 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 37 | |
  | 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 36 | |
  | 6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 36 | |
  | 7 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 34 | |
  | 8 | Spartak Moscow | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 9 | Zenit Leningrad | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | |
  | 10 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 32 | |
  | 11 | Neftyanik Baku | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 30 | |
  | 12 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | |
  | 13 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 27 | |
  | 14 | Chornomorets Odessa | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
  | 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 24 | |
  | 16 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 19 | |
  | 17 | SKA Odessa | 32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 65 | −43 | 12 | |
  
  ### Class A Second Group
  
  **For places 1-16**
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ARM | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 38 | Promoted |
  | 2 | KAZ | Kayrat Alma-Ata | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 38 | Promoted |
  | 3 | UKR | Avangard Kharkov | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 | |
  | 4 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 35 | |
  | 5 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 35 | |
  | 6 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 35 | |
  | 7 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 33 | |
  | 8 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 31 | |
  | 9 | UKR | Karpaty Lvov | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 30 | |
  | 10 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | |
  | 11 | RUS | Volga Gorkiy | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 28 | |
  | 12 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 27 | |
  | 13 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 25 | |
  | 14 | MDA | Moldova Kishinev | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 23 | |
  | 15 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 20 | |
  | 16 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 18 | |
  
  * 1 2 3 4 -
  
  **For places 1-16**
  
  **Match for 1st place**
  
  * Ararat Yerevan 2-1 Kayrat Alma-Ata
  
  **For places 17-32**
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 17 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 51 |
  | 18 | RUS | Traktor Volgograd | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 47 |
  | 19 | RUS | SKA Novosibirsk | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 47 |
  | 20 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 46 |
  | 21 | UKR | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa | 46 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 46 |
  | 22 | RUS | Trud Voronezh | 46 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 46 |
  | 23 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 46 |
  | 24 | BLR | Spartak Gomel | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 45 |
  | 25 | RUS | Kuban Krasnodar | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 43 |
  | 26 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 40 |
  | 27 | TKM | Stroitel Ashkhabad | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 39 |
  | 28 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 37 |
  | 29 | TJK | Energetik Dushanbe | 46 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 35 |
  | 30 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 35 |
  | 31 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 46 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 28 |
  | 32 | RUS | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 27 |
  
  * 1 2 3 +
  
  ### Final group
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spartak Nalchik | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
  | 2 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Sokol Saratov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
  | 4 | Stroitel Ufa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
  
  **Ukraine (second stage)**
  
  **For places 1-6**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | SKA Lvov | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 16 |
  | 2 | SKA Kiev | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 15 |
  | 3 | Avangard Zholtyye Vody | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 |
  | 4 | Tavria Simferopol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 |
  | 5 | Avangard Ternopol | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 6 |
  | 6 | Shakhtyor Kadiyevka | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 2 |
  
  **Ukraine (second stage)**
  
  **For places 7-12**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Zvezda Kirovograd | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 |
  | 8 | Kommunarets Kommunarsk | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 |
  | 9 | Shakhtyor Alexandria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 |
  | 10 | Dinamo Khmelnitskiy | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 |
  | 11 | SKF Sevastopol | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 |
  | 12 | Kolos Poltava | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 |
  
  **Union republics finals**
  
  | Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | AZE | Dinamo Kirovabad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
  | 1 | AZE | Dinamo Baku | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 |
  | 3 | TJK | Pamir Leninabad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
  | 4 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
  
  ### Top goalscorers
  
  Class A First Group
  
  * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-na-Donu) – 18 goals
  