1971 Soviet Top League

34th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union April 2026 1971 Soviet Top League 1970 1972 thumb | right | alt=Dynamo Kyiv fantasy flag | Dynamo Kyiv fantasy flag 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. Final league table main WDL QR 2 DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi ZAR Ukrainian SSR Zarya Voroshilovgrad DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku KAR Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lviv DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don PAK Tajik SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk 17 10 3 41 17 C 13 11 6 37 28 14 8 8 33 33 11 11 8 29 23 9 13 8 35 22 9 13 8 35 31 4 20 6 27 27 9 10 11 36 40 9 10 11 30 34 5 18 7 30 35 8 12 10 36 43 7 12 11 34 36 8 10 12 29 32 9 8 13 35 43 8 10 12 29 46 R 10 4 16 31 37 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARA CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 4–3 Ararat Yerevan 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 Zarya Voroshilovgrad 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 Dynamo Moscow 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 8–0 1–0 Spartak Moscow 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 Kairat Alma-Ata 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 Neftçi Baku 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 5–3 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 Karpaty Lviv 3–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 Dinamo Minsk 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 CSKA Moscow 0–1 0–1 6–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 Zenit Leningrad 0–0 3–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–3 complete Top scorers 16 goals Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) 14 goals Eduard Markarov (Ararat) 10 goals Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi) Viktor Kolotov (Dynamo Kyiv) Vitaliy Shevchenko (Neftchi) 9 goals Valery Yaremchenko (Shakhtar) Aleksei Yeskov (SKA Rostov-on-Don) 8 goals Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor) Anzor Chikhladze (SKA Rostov-on-Don) Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow) Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar) Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv) Pavel Sadyrin (Zenit) Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !Rank!!Team!!Home games!!Average attendanceHistorical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov71.htm - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Dynamo Kyiv 15 60,667 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ararat 15 47,533 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Karpaty Lviv 15 37,667 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Zenit 15 34,000 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Zorya 15 31,333 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Dinamo Minsk 15 28,933 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Dynamo Moscow 15 28,833 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shakhtar Donetsk 15 28,800 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Neftçi PFK 15 28,733 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Spartak Moscow 15 28,333 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count PFC CSKA 15 27,200 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Dinamo Tbilisi 15 25,800 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count FC Kairat 15 22,067 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Paxtakor 15 19,533 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count SKA Rostov-on-Don 15 19,200 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Torpedo Moscow 15 13,133 - } References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1969 1 Soviet