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1974 Soviet Top League

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The 1974 Soviet Top League was the 36th season of the Soviet top tier football competitions. It also was the 4th season since the establishing of Vysshaya Liga (Soviet Top League) in place of the Soviet Class A competition.

Season1974
Dates12 April – 21 November 1974
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
6th top-tier title
RelegatedKairat Alma-Ata
Nistru Kishinev
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Vysshaya Liga
Season1974
Dates12 April – 21 November 1974
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
6th top-tier title
RelegatedKairat Alma-Ata
Nistru Kishinev
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupArarat Yerevan
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Chernomorets Odessa
Top goalscorerOleg Blokhin (20)
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The league's title was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship which was their sixth title. The last season's champions Ararat placed fifth trailing 8 points. The newly promoted Chernomorets placed third qualifying for the continental competitions for the first time.

Teams

Pre-season promotion

Teams promoted from the 1973 Soviet First League:

Pre-season relegation

Teams relegated to the 1974 Soviet First League:

  • Dinamo Minsk – the 15th place (ending their 14 seasons stay in the top-flight)
  • SKA Rostov-na-Donu – the 16th place (ending their 15 seasons stay in the top-flight)

Managers

More information Club, Head coach ...
ClubHead coach
Ararat YerevanNikita Simonyan
Dynamo KyivValeriy Lobanovskyi
Dynamo MoscowGavriil Kachalin
Spartak MoscowNikolay Gulyayev
Dinamo TbilisiGivi Chokheli (until August)
Mikhail Yakushin (from August)
Shakhter DonetskYuriy Zakharov (until August)
Vladimir Salkov (from August)
Zaria VoroshilovgradVsevolod Blinkov (until July)
Yevhen Pestov (from July)
Dnepr DnepropetrovskViktor Kanevsky
Kairat Alma-AtaArtem Falyan
CSKA MoscowVladimir Agapov
Zenit LeningradGerman Zonin
Pakhtakor TashkentVyacheslav Solovyov
Torpedo MoscowValentin Ivanov
Karpaty LvovValentin Babukin (until September)
Ernest Yust (from September)
Chornomorets OdesaAkhmed Aleskerov
Nistru KishenevViktor Korolkov
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League standings

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

Results

More information Home \ Away, ARA ...
Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DYN DTB KAI KAR NIS PAK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 4–0
Chornomorets Odesa 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
CSKA Moscow 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–2 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 5–0
Dynamo Moscow 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 3–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 2–2
Karpaty Lviv 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2
Nistru Kishinev 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–0 0–1 4–1 5–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–2 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2
Spartak Moscow 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 4–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1
Zarya Voroshilovgrad 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1
Zenit Leningrad 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

20 goals
16 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Attendances

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No.ClubAverage
1Dynamo Kyiv42,267
2Ararat37,513
3Zenit36,533
4Chornomorets29,600
5Paxtakor28,933
6Shakhtar Donetsk25,733
7Dynamo Moscow24,333
8Spartak Moscow24,033
9Karpaty21,533
10Kairat21,433
11Dinamo Tbilisi20,600
12Nistru20,000
13Torpedo Moscow18,467
14PFC CSKA18,467
15Dnipro16,467
16Zorya15,533
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