1971 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1971
1970
1972

The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 17 10 3 41 17 +24 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ararat Yerevan 30 13 11 6 37 28 +9 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 14 8 8 33 33 0 36
4 Zarya Voroshilovgrad 30 11 11 8 29 23 +6 33
5 Dynamo Moscow 30 9 13 8 35 22 +13 31
6 Spartak Moscow 30 9 13 8 35 31 +4 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Torpedo Moscow 30 4 20 6 27 27 0 28
8 Kairat Alma-Ata 30 9 10 11 36 40 −4 28
9 Neftchi Baku 30 9 10 11 30 34 −4 28
10 Karpaty Lviv 30 5 18 7 30 35 −5 28
11 Dinamo Minsk 30 8 12 10 36 43 −7 28
12 CSKA Moscow 30 7 12 11 34 36 −2 26
13 Zenit Leningrad 30 8 10 12 29 32 −3 26
14 SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 9 8 13 35 43 −8 26
15 Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) 30 8 10 12 29 46 −17 26 Relegation to First League
16 Shakhtar Donetsk (R) 30 10 4 16 31 37 −6 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARA CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2
CSKA Moscow 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–3 4–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 8–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–4 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1
Karpaty Lviv 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Neftçi Baku 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–1 1–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0
Spartak Moscow 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1
Zarya Voroshilovgrad 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Zenit Leningrad 3–3 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
14 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

Attendances

Rank Team Home games Average attendance[1]
1 Dynamo Kyiv 15 60,667
2 Ararat 15 47,533
3 Karpaty Lviv 15 37,667
4 FC Zenit 15 34,000
5 Zorya 15 31,333
6 FC Dinamo Minsk 15 28,933
7 FC Dynamo Moscow 15 28,833
8 Shakhtar Donetsk 15 28,800
9 Neftçi PFK 15 28,733
10 FC Spartak Moscow 15 28,333
11 PFC CSKA 15 27,200
12 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 15 25,800
13 FC Kairat 15 22,067
14 Paxtakor 15 19,533
15 SKA Rostov-on-Don 15 19,200
16 Torpedo Moscow 15 13,133

References