# 1964 Soviet Top League

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 46 | League champions |
| 2 | Torpedo Moscow | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 46 | |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 43 | |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 38 | |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Donetsk | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 37 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Kiev | 32 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Dinamo Moscow | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Spartak Moscow | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 31 | |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 28 | |
| 11 | Zenit Leningrad | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 27 | |
| 12 | Neftyanik Baku | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 27 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 27 | |
| 14 | Volga Gorky (R) | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 27 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
| 15 | Kairat Alma-Ata (R) | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 26 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
| 16 | Shinnik Yaroslavl (R) | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 21 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
| 17 | Moldova Chișinău (R) | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 44 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KRY | MOL | NEF | TOR | SHA | SHI | SKA | SPA | TKU | VOL | ZEN |
| CSKA Moscow | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 10–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Kiev | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Moscow | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Moldova Chisinau | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Donetsk | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Volga Gorky | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |

## 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)