1965 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1965
Men's football
Class A 1. Group	Torpedo Moscow
Class A 2. Group	Ararat Yerevan
Class B	Spartak Nalchik (Russia) SKA Lvov (Ukraine) Dinamo Kirovobad (Union republics)
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow

The 1965 Soviet football championship was the 33rd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 27th among teams of sports societies and factories. Torpedo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Class A 1. Group	Torpedo Moscow (2)	Dinamo Kiev
Class A 2. Group	Ararat Yerevan (1)	Kairat Alma-Ata
Class B	Spartak Nalchik (Russia)	Rubin Kazan (Russia)
	SKA Lvov (Ukraine)	SKA Kiev (Ukraine)
	Dinamo Kirovobad (Union republics)	Dinamo Baku (Union republics)
Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow (8*)	Dinamo Minsk

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1965 Soviet Top League

Class A First Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Torpedo Moscow (C)	32	22	7	3	55	21	+34	51	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	6	4	58	22	+36	50
3	CSKA Moscow	32	14	10	8	38	24	+14	38
4	Dinamo Minsk	32	14	9	9	37	27	+10	37
5	Dynamo Moscow	32	11	14	7	38	24	+14	36
6	Dinamo Tbilisi	32	12	12	8	37	30	+7	36
7	SKA Rostov-on-Don	32	10	14	8	42	35	+7	34
8	Spartak Moscow	32	10	12	10	28	26	+2	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
9	Zenit Leningrad	32	10	12	10	32	32	0	32
10	Pakhtakor Tashkent	32	10	12	10	34	40	−6	32
11	Neftyanik Baku	32	11	8	13	32	33	−1	30
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	32	7	14	11	29	34	−5	28
13	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	32	9	9	14	34	44	−10	27
14	Chornomorets Odessa	32	9	8	15	35	43	−8	26
15	Lokomotiv Moscow	32	8	8	16	37	48	−11	24
16	Torpedo Kutaisi	32	8	3	21	29	69	−40	19
17	SKA Odessa	32	3	6	23	22	65	−43	12

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Class A Second Group

For places 1-16

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	ARM	Ararat Yerevan	30	16	6	8	46	34	+12	38	Promoted
2	KAZ	Kayrat Alma-Ata	30	13	12	5	37	17	+20	38
3	UKR	Avangard Kharkov	30	15	6	9	36	34	+2	36
4	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	30	13	9	8	40	27	+13	35
5	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	30	14	7	9	36	23	+13	35
6	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	35
7	UKR	Zarya Lugansk	30	12	9	9	33	29	+4	33
8	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	30	11	9	10	28	27	+1	31
9	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	30	10	10	10	29	25	+4	30
10	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	10	8	12	33	33	0	28
11	RUS	Volga Gorkiy	30	12	4	14	28	39	−11	28
12	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	30	9	9	12	25	26	−1	27
13	RUS	Terek Grozny	30	10	5	15	33	45	−12	25
14	MDA	Moldova Kishinev	30	7	9	14	16	29	−13	23
15	LVA	Daugava Riga	30	6	8	16	26	47	−21	20
16	RUS	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	30	4	10	16	21	43	−22	18

Source:
Notes:

Match for 1st place

[Nov 25, Grozny]

• Ararat Yerevan 2-1 Kayrat Alma-Ata

For places 17-32

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	KGZ	Alga Frunze	46	19	13	14	49	39	+10	51
18	RUS	Traktor Volgograd	46	14	19	13	45	44	+1	47
19	RUS	SKA Novosibirsk	46	16	15	15	51	53	−2	47
20	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	46	16	14	16	69	60	+9	46
21	UKR	Lokomotiv Vinnitsa	46	13	20	13	41	37	+4	46
22	RUS	Trud Voronezh	46	12	22	12	41	38	+3	46
23	UZB	Politotdel Tashkent Region	46	15	16	15	35	37	−2	46
24	BLR	Spartak Gomel	46	14	17	15	35	42	−7	45
25	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	46	14	15	17	38	41	−3	43
26	GEO	Lokomotiv Tbilisi	46	14	12	20	60	63	−3	40
27	TKM	Stroitel Ashkhabad	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	39
28	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	46	11	15	20	44	60	−16	37
29	TJK	Energetik Dushanbe	46	10	15	21	39	55	−16	35
30	RUS	Volga Kalinin	46	12	11	23	33	57	−24	35
31	EST	Dinamo Tallinn	46	6	16	24	34	69	−35	28
32	RUS	RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	46	9	9	28	37	76	−39	27

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Class B

Further information: 1965 Soviet Class B

Final group

[Nov 13–20, Nalchik]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spartak Nalchik	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
2	Rubin Kazan	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sokol Saratov	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	2
4	Stroitel Ufa	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source:

Ukraine (second stage)

Further information: 1965 Ukrainian Class B

For places 1-6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SKA Lvov	10	7	2	1	24	9	+15	16
2	SKA Kiev	10	7	1	2	23	16	+7	15
3	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	10	4	3	3	14	9	+5	11
4	Tavria Simferopol	10	3	4	3	10	11	−1	10
5	Avangard Ternopol	10	1	4	5	6	14	−8	6
6	Shakhtyor Kadiyevka	10	0	2	8	4	22	−18	2

Source:

For places 7-12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Zvezda Kirovograd	10	6	3	1	14	9	+5	15
8	Kommunarets Kommunarsk	10	6	1	3	12	10	+2	13
9	Shakhtyor Alexandria	10	4	2	4	12	9	+3	10
10	Dinamo Khmelnitskiy	10	3	2	5	13	15	−2	8
11	SKF Sevastopol	10	2	4	4	8	10	−2	8
12	Kolos Poltava	10	2	2	6	7	13	−6	6

Source: rsssf.com

Union republics finals

[Nov 19–24, Baku]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AZE	Dinamo Kirovabad	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5
1	AZE	Dinamo Baku	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
3	TJK	Pamir Leninabad	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	2
4	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: rsssf.com

Additional final

Dinamo Kirovabad  0-0 Dinamo Baku  
[Dinamo Kirovabad won by draw of lots]

Top goalscorers

Class A First Group

• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-na-Donu) – 18 goals

External links

• 1965 Soviet football championship. RSSSF