# 1966 in Soviet football

The 1966 Soviet football championship was the 34th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 28th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A 1. Group | Dinamo Kiev (2) | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| Class A 2. Group | Zaria Lugansk (2) | Zhalgiris Vilnius |
| Class B | Lokomotiv Kaluga (Russia) | Spartak Ordzhonikidze (Russia) |
| Class B | Avangard Zheltye Vody (Ukraine) | Dinamo Khmelnitskiy (Ukraine) |
| Class B | Meshakhte Tkibuli (Union republics) | Polad Sumgait (Union republics) |
| Class B | Pamir Leninabad (Central Asia) | Metallurg Chimkent (Central Asia) |
| Soviet Cup | Dinamo Kiev (3) | Torpedo Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Class A First Group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 17 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 47 | |
| 3 | Neftyanik Baku | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 45 | |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 42 | |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 41 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 40 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Moscow | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 38 | |
| 9 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 36 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Minsk | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 35 | |
| 13 | Ararat Yerevan | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 34 | |
| 14 | Chornomorets Odessa | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 33 | |
| 15 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 28 | |
| 16 | Zenit Leningrad | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 28 | |
| 17 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 27 | |
| 18 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 36 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 25 | |
| 19 | SKA Odessa (R) | 36 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 56 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |

### Class A Second Group finals
#### For places 1-3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | UKR | Zarya Lugansk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | UZB | Politotdel Tashkent Region | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

#### For places 4-6

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| 6 | UKR | SKA Kiev | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |

### Final group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Spartak Orjonikidze | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Metallurg Tula | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Cement Novorossiysk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |

#### Union republics finals

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Meshakhte Tkibuli | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | AZE | Polad Sumgait | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 3 | BLR | Neman Grodno | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | ARM | Lernagorts Kafan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |

#### Central Asia and Kazakhstan

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | TJK | Pamir Leninabad | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 53 |
| 2 | KAZ | Metallurg Chimkent | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 51 |
| 3 | KAZ | Dinamo Tselinograd | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 57 | 26 | +31 | 49 |
| 4 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 46 |
| 5 | KAZ | Metallurg Temirtau | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 45 |
| 6 | UZB | Khimik Chirchik | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 44 |
| 7 | UZB | Sverdlovets Tashkent Region | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 43 |
| 8 | KAZ | ADK Alma-Ata | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 42 |
| 9 | UZB | Spartak Andizhan | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 41 |
| 10 | KAZ | Metallist Jambul | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 40 |
| 11 | KGZ | Shakhtyor Osh | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 37 |
| 12 | UZB | Pahtaaral Gulistan | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 34 |
| 13 | UZB | Dimitrovets Tashkent Region | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 29 |
| 14 | UZB | Spartak Samarkand | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 28 |
| 15 | TKM | Zahmet Charjou | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 25 |
| 16 | TJK | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 23 |
| 17 | UZB | Metallurg Almalyk | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 22 |
| 18 | TJK | Vakhsh Nurek | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 73 | −54 | 18 |
| 19 | UZB | Buhoro Buhara | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 79 | −51 | 14 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 +

### Top goalscorers

Class A First Group
* Ilia Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 20 goals