1974 in Soviet football

The 1974 Soviet football championship was the 42nd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 36th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the sixth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1974
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueLokomotiv Moscow
Second LeagueAlga Frunze
Soviet CupDinamo Kiev
Soviet Union

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev (6)Spartak Moscow
First LeagueLokomotiv Moscow (3)SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Second LeagueAlga FrunzeRubin Kazan
Soviet Cup Dinamo Kiev (4) Zaria Voroshilovgrad

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

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1974 Soviet Top League

Top League
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 Odessa 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
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RUS Lokomotiv Moskva 38 23 7 8 73 33 +40 53 Promoted
2 RUS SKA Rostov-na-Donu 38 21 9 8 64 35 +29 51[lower-alpha 1]
3 BLR Dinamo Minsk 38 21 9 8 60 38 +22 51[lower-alpha 1]
4 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 20 8 10 65 41 +24 48
5 AZE Neftchi Baku 38 18 10 10 54 32 +22 46
6 UKR Tavria Simferopol 38 18 6 14 74 55 +19 42[lower-alpha 2]
7 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 19 4 15 48 50 −2 42
8 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 14 10 14 37 42 −5 38
9 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 13 11 14 48 48 0 37
10 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 13 11 14 54 59 −5 37
11 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 11 14 13 50 53 −3 36
12 UKR Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 38 9 16 13 37 39 −2 34
13 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 11 12 15 42 50 −8 34
14 RUS Spartak Nalchik 38 10 14 14 37 47 −10 34
15 RUS Kuban Krasnodar 38 12 10 16 54 67 −13 34[lower-alpha 2]
16 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 38 13 8 17 38 54 −16 34[lower-alpha 2]
17 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 15 4 19 45 67 −22 34
18 TKM Stroitel Ashkhabad 38 11 11 16 50 52 −2 33 Relegated
19 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 38 8 9 21 30 58 −28 25
20 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 38 5 7 26 33 73 −40 17
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -
  2. +

Second League (finals)
Further information: 1974 Soviet Second League
[Nov 20-30, Sochi]
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 KGZ Alga Frunze 5 2 3 0 3 1 +2 7[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS Rubin Kazan 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 6 Promoted
3 UKR Metallist Kharkov 5 2 2 1 7 5 +2 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 RUS Terek Grozny 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 5
5 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 3
6 UZB Yangiyer 5 0 3 2 4 10 −6 3
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References
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