Football in the Soviet Union
Season1971
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Second LeagueZvezda Perm
Soviet CupSpartak Moscow
Soviet Union

The 1971 Soviet football championship was the 39th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 33rd among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fifth time.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev (5)Ararat Yerevan
First LeagueDnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1)Lokomotiv Moscow
Second LeagueZvezda PermAvtomobilist Nalchik
Soviet Cup Spartak Moscow (9*) SKA Rostov-na-Donu

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

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 17 10 3 41 17 +24 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 13 11 6 37 28 +9 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 14 8 8 33 33 0 36
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad 30 11 11 8 29 23 +6 33
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 9 13 8 35 22 +13 31
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 9 13 8 35 31 +4 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 4 20 6 27 27 0 28
8 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 9 10 11 36 40 −4 28
9 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 30 9 10 11 30 34 −4 28
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 30 5 18 7 30 35 −5 28
11 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 8 12 10 36 43 −7 28
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 7 12 11 34 36 −2 26
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 8 10 12 29 32 −3 26
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 9 8 13 35 43 −8 26
15 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) 30 8 10 12 29 46 −17 26 Relegation to First League
16 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk (R) 30 10 4 16 31 37 −6 24
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UKR Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 42 27 9 6 83 30 +53 63 Promoted
2 RUS Lokomotiv Moskva 42 25 12 5 81 33 +48 62
3 UKR Chernomorets Odessa 42 21 11 10 56 33 +23 53[lower-alpha 1]
4 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 42 16 14 12 51 39 +12 46[lower-alpha 2]
5 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 42 19 7 16 52 57 −5 45[lower-alpha 1]
6 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 42 17 9 16 54 41 +13 43
7 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 42 14 15 13 45 43 +2 43
8 UKR Metallist Kharkov 42 18 7 17 50 49 +1 43
9 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 42 14 13 15 46 47 −1 41
10 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 42 14 12 16 35 40 −5 40
11 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 42 12 15 15 47 53 −6 39[lower-alpha 1]
12 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 42 13 13 16 34 40 −6 39
13 TKM Stroitel Ashkhabad 42 16 7 19 53 62 −9 39
14 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 16 7 19 42 52 −10 39[lower-alpha 2]
15 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 42 16 7 19 42 54 −12 39
16 KGZ Alga Frunze 42 13 12 17 45 52 −7 38
17 MDA Moldova Kishinev 42 12 14 16 35 42 −7 38
18 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 42 14 10 18 49 57 −8 38[lower-alpha 2] Relegated
19 LVA Daugava Riga 42 10 16 16 23 34 −11 36
20 LTU Žalgiris Vilnius 42 9 17 16 30 45 −15 35
21 RUS Volgar Astrakhan 42 8 18 16 34 58 −24 34
22 RUS Rubin Kazan 42 9 13 20 31 57 −26 31
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Second League (finals)

[Oct 31 – Nov 12, Sochi]
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Zvezda Perm 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Promoted
2 RUS Avtomobilist Nalchik 4 1 3 0 2 1 +1 5 Promoted
3 RUS Iskra Smolensk 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 4 Additional Play-Off
4 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
5 KAZ Spartak Semipalatinsk 4 0 1 3 2 5 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com
Additional Play-Off
[Nov 20, 24]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
KRIVBASS Krivoi Rog 5-1 Iskra Smolensk 3-1 2-0

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References

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