1971 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1971
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Kiev
First League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Second League	Zvezda Perm
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow
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Season1971

Top LeagueDinamo Kiev

First LeagueDnepr Dnepropetrovsk

Second LeagueZvezda Perm

The 1971 Soviet football championship was the 39th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 33rd among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time.

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Top League	Dinamo Kiev (5)	Ararat Yerevan
First League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1)	Lokomotiv Moscow
Second League	Zvezda Perm	Avtomobilist Nalchik
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow (9*)	SKA Rostov-na-Donu

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	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
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	Relegation to First League

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	42	27	9	6	83	30	+53	63	Promoted
2	RUS	Lokomotiv Moskva	42	25	12	5	81	33	+48	62	Promoted

3	UKR	Chernomorets Odessa	42	21	11	10	56	33	+23	53^[a]
4	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	42	16	14	12	51	39	+12	46^[b]
5	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	42	19	7	16	52	57	−5	45^[a]
6	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	42	17	9	16	54	41	+13	43
7	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	42	14	15	13	45	43	+2	43
8	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	42	18	7	17	50	49	+1	43
9	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	42	14	13	15	46	47	−1	41
10	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	42	14	12	16	35	40	−5	40
11	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	42	12	15	15	47	53	−6	39^[a]
12	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	42	13	13	16	34	40	−6	39
13	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	42	16	7	19	53	62	−9	39
14	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	16	7	19	42	52	−10	39^[b]
15	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	7	19	42	54	−12	39
16	KGZ	Alga Frunze	42	13	12	17	45	52	−7	38
17	MDA	Moldova Kishinev	42	12	14	16	35	42	−7	38

18	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	42	14	10	18	49	57	−8	38^[b]	Relegated
19	LVA	Daugava Riga	42	10	16	16	23	34	−11	36
20	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	42	9	17	16	30	45	−15	35
21	RUS	Volgar Astrakhan	42	8	18	16	34	58	−24	34
22	RUS	Rubin Kazan	42	9	13	20	31	57	−26	31

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Zvezda Perm	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Promoted

2	RUS	Avtomobilist Nalchik	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	5	Promoted

3	RUS	Iskra Smolensk	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	4	Additional Play-Off
4	RUS	Metallurg Lipetsk	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
5	KAZ	Spartak Semipalatinsk	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

1971 in Soviet football

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

First League

Second League (finals)

Top goalscorers

References

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