1971 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season	1971
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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.

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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

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

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

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