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1964 Soviet Top League

26th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

26th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

FieldValue
competitionClass A First Group
season1964
dates27 March–8 November
18 November–22 November (playoffs)
winnersDinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
relegatedVolga Gorky
Kairat Alma-Ata
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Moldova Chisinau
continentalcup1European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiersnone
continentalcup2Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersDynamo Kyiv
matches274
total goals544
best playerValery Voronin (Torpedo M)
league topscorerVladimir Fedotov (CSKA)
best goalkeeperViktor Bannikov (Dynamo Kv)
prevseason1963
nextseason1965

18 November–22 November (playoffs) Kairat Alma-Ata Shinnik Yaroslavl Moldova Chisinau The 1964 Class A First Group was the 26th season of the Soviet football championship at top division and the 15th for Class A. The season started on 27 March 1964 and finished on 8 November 1964. Upon conclusion of the regular season, at the end of November in warmer Tashkent took place additional play-offs for the first place and the 13th place.

  • 17 teams took part in the league with FC Dinamo Tbilisi winning the championship.
  • Volga Gorky and Shinnik Yaroslavl were the newly promoted clubs.
  • According to the rules, if two teams had the equal number of points the winner was decided by the final match between them. The game between Dinamo and Torpedo took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan SSR with FC Dinamo Tbilisi winning 4-1 after extra time.
  • FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for CWC 1965–66 by beating Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 1–0 in the national cup this year becoming the first Soviet football club in European competitions.
  • The defending champions Dynamo Moscow placed seventh.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;16 goals

  • Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA)

;15 goals

  • Viktor Kanevskyi (Dinamo Kiev)

;14 goals

  • Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)

;13 goals

  • Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

;12 goals

  • Slava Metreveli (Dinamo Tbilisi)

;10 goals

  • Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
  • Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
  • Viktor Ponedelnik (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
  • Oleg Sergeyev (Torpedo Moscow)

;9 goals

  • Yuri Ananchenko (Shakhtyor)
  • Vladimir Barkaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
  • Igor Chislenko (Dynamo Moscow)
  • Valeryan Chkhartishvili (Torpedo Kutaisi)
  • Boris Kazakov (CSKA)

References

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