# 1970 Soviet Top League

17 teams took part in the league with PFC CSKA Moscow winning the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C) | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 45 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 45 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 36 | |
| 5 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 34 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 33 | |
| 8 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 33 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 32 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 30 | |
| 11 | Neftchi Baku | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 29 | |
| 12 | Ararat Yerevan | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | |
| 13 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 28 | |
| 14 | Zenit Leningrad | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 27 | |
| 15 | Chornomorets Odessa (R) | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Torpedo Kutaisi (R) | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
| 17 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze (R) | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 22 | Relegation to First League |
* Note: On 5 January 1970 the city of Luhansk was officially renamed again as Voroshilovgrad, therefore Zorya Luhansk became known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad.

## Championship play-off

On December 5 and 6 in Tashkent (RSSSF)
* CSKA Moscow – Dynamo Moscow 0:0 and 4:3

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SPA | ORD | TKU | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
| Ararat Yerevan | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Neftçi Baku | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Spartak Ordzhonikidze | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |

## Top scorers
### 17 goals

* Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

### 15 goals

* Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
* Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)

### 14 goals

* Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow)

### 12 goals

* Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)

### 10 goals

* Valeriy Porkujan (Chornomorets)
* Gennadi Unanov (Zenit)

### 9 goals

* Yuri Avrutskiy (Dynamo Moscow)
* Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar)
* Anatoli Vasilyev (Dinamo Minsk)