# 1965 Soviet Top League

* 17 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship.
* FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for Champions Cup 1966–67 and FC Spartak Moscow qualified for CWC 1966–67.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C) | 32 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 50 | |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 38 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 37 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 36 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 36 | |
| 7 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 34 | |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Zenit Leningrad | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | |
| 10 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Neftyanik Baku | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 30 | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 27 | |
| 14 | Chornomorets Odessa | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 24 | |
| 16 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 19 | |
| 17 | SKA Odessa | 32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 65 | −43 | 12 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KRY | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SKO | SPA | TKU | TOR | ZEN |
| Chernomorets Odessa | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| SKA Odessa | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |

## Top scorers
### 18 goals

* Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

### 17 goals

* Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

### 15 goals

* Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)

### 13 goals

* Lev Gorshkov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)

### 12 goals

* Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)

### 11 goals

* Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk)
* Viktor Serebryanikov (Dynamo Kyiv)

### 10 goals

* Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Dzhumber Khazhaliya (Torpedo Kutaisi)
* Vitaly Khmelnitsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Valeri Lobanovsky (Chornomorets)
* Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik)
* Ishtvan Sekech (SKA Odessa)