1968 Soviet Top League

31st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa 1967 1969 thumb | right | alt=Dynamo Kyiv fantasy flag | Dynamo Kyiv fantasy flag The 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa was the 30th season of the first-tier football competition in the Soviet Union. Twenty teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship. In the previous season Zenit Leningrad finished last but was spared from relegation due to the 50th Anniversary of the "Great October" being the cradle of the Bolshevik coup-d'etat.Команда эпохи застоя. fc-zenit.ru The league composition was increased from 19 to 20 keeping the Leningrad team at the top. League standings main WDL QR 2 DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi CHO Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don ZAR Ukrainian SSR Zarya Voroshilovgrad SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent KRY RSFSR Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev KUT Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi KIR Azerbaijan SSR Dynamo Kirovobad 21 15 2 58 25 C 21 10 7 64 43 18 14 6 60 32 20 10 8 50 30 19 9 10 58 32 17 12 9 52 36 16 13 9 53 29 11 16 11 47 49 13 12 13 42 48 10 17 11 35 39 10 14 14 35 49 11 11 16 44 48 10 13 15 23 41 9 14 15 38 42 12 8 18 33 42 11 9 18 34 46 9 11 18 42 61 9 11 18 24 45 9 10 19 27 48 5 9 24 25 59 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round CWC red1 Relegation to Class A Second Group R complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARA CHO CSK DKB DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KRY LOK NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TKU TOR ZAR ZEN Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 5–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Spartak Moscow 3–3 1–5 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 Torpedo Moscow 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 CSKA Moscow 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 Dynamo Moscow 1–0 2–1 3–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 6–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 6–1 Dinamo Minsk 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–3 2–1 7–2 1–0 2–0 Chornomorets Odessa 2–4 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 Neftçi Baku 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 5–2 0–2 Zenit Leningrad 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–2 5–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 Zarya Voroshilovgrad 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 Kairat Alma-Ata 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 Ararat Yerevan 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 Torpedo Kutaisi 0–2 2–0 3–4 0–4 1–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 Dynamo Kirovobad 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 complete Top scorers 22 goals Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor) Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi) 21 goals Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow) 14 goals Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow) Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow) 13 goals Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) 12 goals Mikhail Gershkovich (Torpedo Moscow) 11 goals Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv) Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi) Medal squads (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) 1. FC Dynamo KyivПеремога у чемпіонаті СРСР-1968. fcdynamo.comGoalkeepers: Viktor Bannikov (19), Yevhen Rudakov (19). Defenders: Vasyl Turyanchyk (36 / 3), Volodymyr Levchenko (34 / 1), Vadym Sosnikhin (34), Serhiy Krulykovskyi (26 / 1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Muntyan (36 / 5), Fedir Medvid (33 / 3), Yozhef Sabo (29 / 6). Forwards: Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi (37 / 10), Viktor Serebryanikov (34 / 7), Anatoliy Puzach (32 / 11), Anatoliy Pylypchuk (20 / 2), Valeriy Porkuyan (20 / 2), Anatoliy Byshovets (15 / 4). Manager: Viktor Maslov, Assistants: Mykhailo Koman, Viktor Terentyev. Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Vankevych (DF, 11), Serhiy Shklyar (MF, 8), Viktor Nazarov (MF, 6/1), Leonid Ostrovskyi (DF, 6), Viktor Kashchey (FW, 4/1), Volodymyr Veremeyev (FW, 3), Anatoliy Bohovyk (MF, 2), Vyacheslav Semenov (MF, 2), Oleksandr Shpakov (DF, 1), Viktor Horoza (MF, 1). References 1968 (Championship) Class A - First Group (First Level) Category:Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet