1974 in Soviet football

The 1974 Soviet football championship was the 42nd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 36th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1974
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Kiev
First League	Lokomotiv Moscow
Second League	Alga Frunze
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Top League	Dinamo Kiev (6)	Spartak Moscow
First League	Lokomotiv Moscow (3)	SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Second League	Alga Frunze	Rubin Kazan
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev (4)	Zaria Voroshilovgrad

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1974 Soviet Top League

Top League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	14	12	4	49	24	+25	40	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	30	15	9	6	41	23	+18	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Chornomorets Odessa	30	12	11	7	35	31	+4	35
4	Torpedo Moscow	30	13	7	10	35	28	+7	33
5	Ararat Yerevan	30	11	10	9	37	28	+9	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Dynamo Moscow	30	10	11	9	42	33	+9	31
7	Zenit Leningrad	30	8	15	7	36	41	−5	31
8	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	10	10	10	45	44	+1	30
9	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	8	14	8	29	34	−5	30
10	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	9	11	10	31	39	−8	29
11	Karpaty Lviv	30	8	12	10	33	33	0	28
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	8	12	10	31	35	−4	28
13	CSKA Moscow	30	7	12	11	28	33	−5	26
14	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	30	8	10	12	32	41	−9	26
15	Kairat Alma-Ata (R)	30	8	10	12	37	47	−10	26	Relegation to First League
16	Nistru Kishinev (R)	30	4	8	18	32	59	−27	16

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RUS	Lokomotiv Moskva	38	23	7	8	73	33	+40	53	Promoted
2	RUS	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	38	21	9	8	64	35	+29	51
3	BLR	Dinamo Minsk	38	21	9	8	60	38	+22	51
4	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	20	8	10	65	41	+24	48
5	AZE	Neftchi Baku	38	18	10	10	54	32	+22	46
6	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	38	18	6	14	74	55	+19	42
7	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	38	19	4	15	48	50	−2	42
8	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	14	10	14	37	42	−5	38
9	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	38	13	11	14	48	48	0	37
10	RUS	Zvezda Perm	38	13	11	14	54	59	−5	37
11	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	11	14	13	50	53	−3	36
12	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk	38	9	16	13	37	39	−2	34
13	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	38	11	12	15	42	50	−8	34
14	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	38	10	14	14	37	47	−10	34
15	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	38	12	10	16	54	67	−13	34
16	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	38	13	8	17	38	54	−16	34
17	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	38	15	4	19	45	67	−22	34
18	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	38	11	11	16	50	52	−2	33	Relegated
19	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	38	8	9	21	30	58	−28	25
20	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	38	5	7	26	33	73	−40	17

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Second League (finals)

Further information: 1974 Soviet Second League

[Nov 20-30, Sochi]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	KGZ	Alga Frunze	5	2	3	0	3	1	+2	7	Promoted
2	RUS	Rubin Kazan	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	6	Promoted
3	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	6
4	RUS	Terek Grozny	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	5
5	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	3
6	UZB	Yangiyer	5	0	3	2	4	10	−6	3

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Top League

• Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) – 20 goals

First League

• Nikolay Klimov (Tavriya Simferopol), Aleksandr Markin (Zvezda Perm) – 25 goals

External links

• 1974 Soviet football championship. RSSSF