1972 Soviet Top League

35th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
Football league season
Soviet Top League
Season1972
← 1971
1973 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1972 season.

Overview

Sixteen (16) teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C) 30 15 10 5 52 30 +22 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 30 12 11 7 52 38 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 11 7 41 34 +7 35
4 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 12 10 8 38 29 +9 34
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 15 4 11 37 33 +4 34
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 12 10 8 37 37 0 34
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 11 11 8 44 30 +14 33
8 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 10 11 9 27 28 −1 31
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 11 9 10 31 33 −2 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 30
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 8 10 12 29 30 −1 26
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 8 10 12 31 35 −4 26
13 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 6 14 10 23 27 −4 26
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 30 8 8 14 27 43 −16 24
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 6 9 15 29 48 −19 21 Relegation to First League
16 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku (R) 30 6 8 16 28 55 −27 20
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Top scorers

14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
  • Gennadi Khromchenkov (Zenit)
  • Yuri Smirnov (Torpedo Moscow)
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

References

  • Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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