1972 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1972 season.

Overview

Sixteen (16) teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C) 30 15 10 5 52 30 +22 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 12 11 7 52 38 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 11 7 41 34 +7 35
4 Ararat Yerevan 30 12 10 8 38 29 +9 34
5 CSKA Moscow 30 15 4 11 37 33 +4 34
6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 12 10 8 37 37 0 34
7 Zenit Leningrad 30 11 11 8 44 30 +14 33
8 Dinamo Minsk 30 10 11 9 27 28 −1 31
9 Torpedo Moscow 30 11 9 10 31 33 −2 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 30
11 Spartak Moscow 30 8 10 12 29 30 −1 26
12 SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 8 10 12 31 35 −4 26
13 Kairat Alma-Ata 30 6 14 10 23 27 −4 26
14 Karpaty Lviv 30 8 8 14 27 43 −16 24
15 Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 6 9 15 29 48 −19 21 Relegation to First League
16 Neftchi Baku (R) 30 6 8 16 28 55 −27 20
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARA CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR LOK NEF SKA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 4–2
CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–3 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–3
Dynamo Kyiv 2–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 6–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 3–3 1–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–4 0–1 1–4
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Karpaty Lviv 1–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–6
Neftçi Baku 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–0 2–5 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0
Spartak Moscow 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Torpedo Moscow 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–4 0–0
Zarya Voroshilovgrad 4–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
Zenit Leningrad 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
  • Gennadi Khromchenkov (Zenit)
  • Yuri Smirnov (Torpedo Moscow)
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

References
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