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1968 Soviet Top League

31st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Field	Value
season	1968
competition	Class A – Pervaya Gruppa
prevseason	1967
nextseason	1969

The 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa was the 30th season of the first-tier football competition in the Soviet Union. Twenty teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.

In the previous season Zenit Leningrad finished last but was spared from relegation due to the 50th Anniversary of the "Great October" being the cradle of the Bolshevik coup-d'etat. The league composition was increased from 19 to 20 keeping the Leningrad team at the top.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;22 goals

Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi)

;21 goals

Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

;14 goals

Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)
Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)

;13 goals

Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

;12 goals

Mikhail Gershkovich (Torpedo Moscow)

;11 goals

Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv)
Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

References

1968 (Championship) Class A - First Group (First Level)

References

[https://fc-zenit.ru/club/zenit_history/historu_10/ Команда эпохи застоя]. fc-zenit.ru
[https://fcdynamo.com/history/peremoga-u-chempionati-srsr-1968 Перемога у чемпіонаті СРСР-1968]. fcdynamo.com

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