Football in the Soviet Union
Season1972
Men's football
Top LeagueZaria Voroshilovgrad
First LeaguePakhtakor Tashkent
Second LeagueKuzbass Kemerovo
Soviet CupTorpedo Moscow
Soviet Union

The 1972 Soviet football championship was the 40th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 34th among teams of sports societies and factories. Zaria Voroshilovgrad won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueZaria Voroshilovgrad (1)Dinamo Kiev
First LeaguePakhtakor Tashkent (1)Shakhter Donetsk
Second LeagueKuzbass KemerovoMetallurg Lipetsk
Soviet Cup Torpedo Moscow (5) Spartak Moscow

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 Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C) 30 15 10 5 52 30 +22 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 30 12 11 7 52 38 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 11 7 41 34 +7 35
4 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 12 10 8 38 29 +9 34
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 15 4 11 37 33 +4 34
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 12 10 8 37 37 0 34
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 11 11 8 44 30 +14 33
8 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 10 11 9 27 28 −1 31
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 11 9 10 31 33 −2 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 30
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 8 10 12 29 30 −1 26
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 8 10 12 31 35 −4 26
13 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 6 14 10 23 27 −4 26
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 30 8 8 14 27 43 −16 24
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 6 9 15 29 48 −19 21 Relegation to First League
16 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku (R) 30 6 8 16 28 55 −27 20
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 24 7 7 74 36 +38 55[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 UKR Shakhtyor Donetsk 38 19 13 6 57 21 +36 51[lower-alpha 1]
3 UKR Chernomorets Odessa 38 20 8 10 67 36 +31 48
4 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 14 17 7 50 35 +15 45
5 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 19 6 13 49 32 +17 44
6 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 14 16 8 41 35 +6 44[lower-alpha 2]
7 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 15 10 13 39 44 −5 40
8 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 13 13 12 52 51 +1 39
9 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 14 10 14 49 50 −1 38
10 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 38 11 13 14 37 48 −11 35
11 KGZ Alga Frunze 38 10 14 14 42 44 −2 34
12 MDA Nistru Kishinev[lower-alpha 3] 38 11 12 15 39 49 −10 34
13 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 38 11 12 15 37 52 −15 34
14 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 13 7 18 45 49 −4 33
15 RUS Avtomobilist Nalchik 38 8 17 13 28 43 −15 33[lower-alpha 2]
16 UKR Metallist Kharkov 38 10 12 16 33 42 −9 32
17 TKM Stroitel Ashkhabad 38 11 10 17 36 55 −19 32
18 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 38 11 9 18 38 58 −20 31 Relegated
19 UKR Krivbass Krivoi Rog 38 10 10 18 50 62 −12 30[lower-alpha 2]
20 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 14 17 32 53 −21 28
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. 1 2 -
  2. 1 2 3 +
  3. ↑ Nistru Kishinev was called Moldova.

Second League (finals)

[Nov 4-18, Sochi]
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 8[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 5 2 3 0 5 3 +2 7
3 LVA Daugava Riga 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4 6[lower-alpha 2] Additional Play-Off
4 RUS Amur Blagoveshchensk 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 3
5 RUS Sokol Saratov 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 3
6 RUS Terek Grozny 5 1 1 3 6 10 −4 3
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
Additional Play-Off
[Nov 22, 25]
SPARTAK Ivano-Frankovsk  0-1 3-1  Daugava Riga

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.