1971 Soviet Top League

The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi.

Soviet Top League
Season1971
← 1970
1972 →

Final league table
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

Results
Home \ Away ARA CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2
CSKA Moscow 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 6–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–3 4–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 8–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–4 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1
Karpaty Lviv 2–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Neftçi Baku 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–1 1–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0
Spartak Moscow 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1
Zarya Voroshilovgrad 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Zenit Leningrad 3–3 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
16 goals
14 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

References
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