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1966 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1966
Men's football
Class A 1. GroupDinamo Kiev
Class A 2. GroupZaria Lugansk
Class BLokomotiv Kaluga (Russia)
Avangard Zheltye Vody (Ukraine)
Meshakhte Tkibuli (Union republics)
Pamir Leninabad (Central Asia)
Soviet CupDinamo Kiev
← 1965 Soviet Union 1967 →

The 1966 Soviet football championship was the 34th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 28th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Honours

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Competition Winner Runner-up
Class A 1. Group Dinamo Kiev (2) SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Class A 2. Group Zaria Lugansk (2) Zhalgiris Vilnius
Class B Lokomotiv Kaluga (Russia) Spartak Ordzhonikidze (Russia)
Avangard Zheltye Vody (Ukraine) Dinamo Khmelnitskiy (Ukraine)
Meshakhte Tkibuli (Union republics) Polad Sumgait (Union republics)
Pamir Leninabad (Central Asia) Metallurg Chimkent (Central Asia)
Soviet Cup Dinamo Kiev (3) Torpedo Moscow

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

Soviet Union football championship

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Class A First Group

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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) 36 23 10 3 66 17 +49 56 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 36 20 7 9 54 44 +10 47
3 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 36 18 9 9 56 28 +28 45
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 36 15 12 9 45 41 +4 42
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 36 16 9 11 60 45 +15 41
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 36 15 10 11 55 39 +16 40 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 36 13 14 9 47 34 +13 40
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 36 12 14 10 43 34 +9 38
9 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 36 10 18 8 36 32 +4 38
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 36 15 7 14 32 35 −3 37
11 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 36 11 13 12 36 39 −3 35
12 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 36 12 11 13 30 39 −9 35
13 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 36 12 10 14 30 45 −15 34
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 36 10 13 13 29 36 −7 33
15 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 36 9 10 17 44 59 −15 28
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 36 10 8 18 35 54 −19 28
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 36 11 5 20 34 49 −15 27
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 36 4 17 15 18 40 −22 25
19 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa (R) 36 1 13 22 16 56 −40 15 Relegation to Class A Second Group
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Class A Second Group finals

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For places 1-3

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[Oct 25 – Nov 16]

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 UKR Zarya Lugansk 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Promoted
2 LTU Žalgiris Vilnius 4 2 1 1 2 2 0 5
3 UZB Politotdel Tashkent Region 4 0 1 3 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]

For places 4-6

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[Oct 29 – Nov 14]

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 5
5 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 4 1 2 1 1 4 −3 4
6 UKR SKA Kiev 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2 3[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Class B

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Russian Federation finals

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Final group

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[Nov 5–13, Orjonikidze]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Kaluga 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 6
2 Spartak Orjonikidze 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
3 Metallurg Tula 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
4 Cement Novorossiysk 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]

Ukraine (playoffs)

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For places 1-2
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Dinamo Khmelnitskiy          0-0 1-1 Avangard Zholtyye Vody
Replay
[Nov 25, Kiev] 
Avangard Zholtyye Vody       2-1  Dinamo Khmelnitskiy

Union republics finals

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[Oct 23–30, Tkibuli]

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Meshakhte Tkibuli 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
2 AZE Polad Sumgait 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
3 BLR Neman Grodno 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 ARM Lernagorts Kafan 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source: rsssf.com

Central Asia and Kazakhstan

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 TJK Pamir Leninabad 36 23 7 6 61 25 +36 53
2 KAZ Metallurg Chimkent 36 19 13 4 60 30 +30 51
3 KAZ Dinamo Tselinograd 36 19 11 6 57 26 +31 49
4 UZB Zarafshan Navoi 36 19 8 9 75 40 +35 46
5 KAZ Metallurg Temirtau 36 18 9 9 39 23 +16 45[a]
6 UZB Khimik Chirchik 36 18 8 10 51 32 +19 44
7 UZB Sverdlovets Tashkent Region 36 17 9 10 58 38 +20 43
8 KAZ ADK Alma-Ata 36 16 10 10 50 37 +13 42[a]
9 UZB Spartak Andizhan 36 16 9 11 43 32 +11 41
10 KAZ Metallist Jambul 36 12 16 8 54 40 +14 40
11 KGZ Shakhtyor Osh 36 13 11 12 28 37 −9 37
12 UZB Pahtaaral Gulistan 36 12 10 14 37 49 −12 34[a]
13 UZB Dimitrovets Tashkent Region 36 9 11 16 32 43 −11 29[a]
14 UZB Spartak Samarkand 36 9 10 17 25 32 −7 28
15 TKM Zahmet Charjou 36 7 11 18 41 71 −30 25
16 TJK Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube 36 7 9 20 30 63 −33 23[a]
17 UZB Metallurg Almalyk 36 6 10 20 29 57 −28 22[a]
18 TJK Vakhsh Nurek 36 6 6 24 19 73 −54 18[a]
19 UZB Buhoro Buhara 36 5 4 27 28 79 −51 14[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
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Top goalscorers

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Class A First Group

References

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