Season | 1974 |
---|---|
Dates | 12 April – 21 November 1974 |
Champions |
Dynamo Kyiv 6th top-tier title |
Relegated |
Kairat Alma-Ata Nistru Kishinev |
European Cup | Dynamo Kyiv |
Cup Winners' Cup | Ararat Yerevan |
UEFA Cup |
Spartak Moscow Chernomorets Odessa |
Top goalscorer | Oleg Blokhin (20) |
←
1973
1975 → |
The 1974 Soviet Top League was the 36th season of the Soviet top tier football competitions. It also was the 4th season since the establishing of Vysshaya Liga (Soviet Top League) in place of the Soviet Class A competition.
The league's title was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship which was their sixth title. The last season's champions Ararat placed fifth trailing 8 points. The newly promoted Chernomorets placed third qualifying for the continental competitions for the first time.
Teams promoted from the 1973 Soviet First League:
Teams relegated to the 1974 Soviet First League:
Club | Head coach |
---|---|
Ararat Yerevan | Nikita Simonyan |
Dynamo Kyiv | Valeriy Lobanovskyi |
Dynamo Moscow | Gavriil Kachalin |
Spartak Moscow | Nikolay Gulyayev |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
Givi Chokheli (until August) Mikhail Yakushin (from August) |
Shakhter Donetsk |
Yuriy Zakharov (until August) Vladimir Salkov (from August) |
Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
Vsevolod Blinkov (until July) Yevhen Pestov (from July) |
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | Viktor Kanevsky |
Kairat Alma-Ata | Artem Falyan |
CSKA Moscow | Vladimir Agapov |
Zenit Leningrad | German Zonin |
Pakhtakor Tashkent | Vyacheslav Solovyov |
Torpedo Moscow | Valentin Ivanov |
Karpaty Lvov |
Valentin Babukin (until September) Ernest Yust (from September) |
Chernomorets Odessa | Akhmed Aleskerov |
Nistru Kishenev | Viktor Korolkov |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
![]() |
30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 |
![]() |
30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 |
![]() |
30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 35 | |
4 |
![]() |
30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | |
5 |
![]() |
30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
6 |
![]() |
30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | |
7 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 31 | |
8 |
![]() |
30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 30 | |
9 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 30 | |
10 |
![]() |
30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 29 | |
11 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | |
12 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 28 | |
13 |
![]() |
30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 26 | |
14 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 26 | |
15 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
16 |
![]() |
30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 16 |
Season | 1974 |
---|---|
Dates | 12 April – 21 November 1974 |
Champions |
Dynamo Kyiv 6th top-tier title |
Relegated |
Kairat Alma-Ata Nistru Kishinev |
European Cup | Dynamo Kyiv |
Cup Winners' Cup | Ararat Yerevan |
UEFA Cup |
Spartak Moscow Chernomorets Odessa |
Top goalscorer | Oleg Blokhin (20) |
←
1973
1975 → |
The 1974 Soviet Top League was the 36th season of the Soviet top tier football competitions. It also was the 4th season since the establishing of Vysshaya Liga (Soviet Top League) in place of the Soviet Class A competition.
The league's title was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship which was their sixth title. The last season's champions Ararat placed fifth trailing 8 points. The newly promoted Chernomorets placed third qualifying for the continental competitions for the first time.
Teams promoted from the 1973 Soviet First League:
Teams relegated to the 1974 Soviet First League:
Club | Head coach |
---|---|
Ararat Yerevan | Nikita Simonyan |
Dynamo Kyiv | Valeriy Lobanovskyi |
Dynamo Moscow | Gavriil Kachalin |
Spartak Moscow | Nikolay Gulyayev |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
Givi Chokheli (until August) Mikhail Yakushin (from August) |
Shakhter Donetsk |
Yuriy Zakharov (until August) Vladimir Salkov (from August) |
Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
Vsevolod Blinkov (until July) Yevhen Pestov (from July) |
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | Viktor Kanevsky |
Kairat Alma-Ata | Artem Falyan |
CSKA Moscow | Vladimir Agapov |
Zenit Leningrad | German Zonin |
Pakhtakor Tashkent | Vyacheslav Solovyov |
Torpedo Moscow | Valentin Ivanov |
Karpaty Lvov |
Valentin Babukin (until September) Ernest Yust (from September) |
Chernomorets Odessa | Akhmed Aleskerov |
Nistru Kishenev | Viktor Korolkov |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
![]() |
30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 |
![]() |
30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 |
![]() |
30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 35 | |
4 |
![]() |
30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | |
5 |
![]() |
30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
6 |
![]() |
30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | |
7 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 31 | |
8 |
![]() |
30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 30 | |
9 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 30 | |
10 |
![]() |
30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 29 | |
11 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | |
12 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 28 | |
13 |
![]() |
30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 26 | |
14 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 26 | |
15 |
![]() |
30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
16 |
![]() |
30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 16 |