# 1969 in Soviet football

The 1969 Soviet football championship was the 37th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 31st among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A 1. Group | Spartak Moscow (9) | Dinamo Kiev |
| Class A 2. Group | Spartak Ordzhonikidze (1) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Class B | Druzhba Maykop (Russia) | Saturn Rybinsk (Russia) |
| Class B | Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk (Ukraine) | Shakhter Gorlovka (Ukraine) |
| Class B | Dila Gori (Caucasus) | Guria Lanchkhuti (Caucasus) |
| Class B | Traktor Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) | Tsementnik Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) |
| Class B | Tashavtomash Tashkent (Central Asia) | Samarkand Samarkand Oblast (Central Asia) |
| Soviet Cup | Karpaty Lvov (1) | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
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 (second stage)
#### Places 1–14

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 11 | +29 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 39 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 35 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 31 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 31 | |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 29 | |
| 7 | Neftchi Baku | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 23 | |
| 8 | FC Chornomorets Odessa | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 21 | |
| 9 | Zenit Leningrad | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 20 | |
| 11 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 19 | |
| 12 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 19 | |
| 13 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 19 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 14 | |

#### Places 15–20

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 15 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 37 | |
| 16 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 35 | |
| 17 | Kairat Alma-Ata (R) | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 34 | Relegation to Class A First Group |
| 18 | Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to Class A First Group |
| 19 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 24 | Relegation to Class A First Group |
| 20 | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Class A First Group |

### Class A Second Group finals
#### For places 1-4

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Spartak Orjonikidze | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Promoted |
| 2 | UKR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | LTU | Žalgiris Vilnius | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |

### Class B
#### Russian Federation finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Druzhba Maykop | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 |
| 1 | Saturn Rybinsk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | Iskra Smolensk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Cement Novorossiysk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Kiselyovsk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 6 | Narzan Kislovodsk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |

##### Play-off for 1st place
#### Ukraine finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Gorlovka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Spartak Sumy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Karpaty Mukachevo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | Prometei Dneprodzerzhinsk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| 6 | Shakhtyor Sverdlovsk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |

#### Caucasus

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Dila Gori | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 54 |
| 2 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 49 |
| 3 | ARM | Avtomobilist Yerevan | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 49 |
| 4 | GEO | Mertskhali Makharadze | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 47 |
| 5 | GEO | Metallurg Rustavi | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 46 |
| 6 | AZE | Textilshchik Mingechaur | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 42 |
| 7 | ARM | Lori Kirovakan | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 39 |
| 8 | GEO | Kakheti Telavi | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 38 |
| 9 | ARM | Lernagorts Kafan | 38 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 44 | 67 | −23 | 38 |
| 10 | GEO | Alazani Gurjaani | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 37 |
| 11 | GEO | Shukura Kobuleti | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 35 |
| 12 | AZE | Dashgin Zakatali | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 35 |
| 13 | ARM | Sevan Oktemberyan | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 34 |
| 14 | GEO | Inguri Zugdidi | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 34 |
| 15 | GEO | Kolkhida Poti | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 |
| 16 | GEO | Magaroeli Chiatura | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 33 |
| 17 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 32 |
| 18 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 31 |
| 19 | GEO | Spartak Tskhinvali | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 |
| 20 | AZE | Araz Nahichevan | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 49 | −31 | 25 |
* 1 2 +
* ↑ Nadikvari Telavi changed name to Kakheti.

#### Kazakhstan

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Traktor Pavlodar | 40 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 88 | 19 | +69 | 65 |
| 2 | Cementnik Semipalatinsk | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 24 | +37 | 59 |
| 3 | Yenbek Jezkazgan | 40 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 58 |
| 4 | Energetik Jambul | 40 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 55 |
| 5 | Stroitel Temirtau | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 51 |
| 6 | ADK Alma-Ata | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 50 |
| 7 | Stroitel Rudny | 40 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 45 |
| 8 | Irtysh Glubokoye | 40 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 44 |
| 9 | Dinamo Tselinograd | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 43 |
| 10 | Avtomobilist Kustanay | 40 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 43 |
| 11 | Khimik Stepnogorsk | 40 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 42 |
| 12 | Uralets Uralsk | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 41 |
| 13 | Leninogorets Leninogorsk | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 |
| 14 | Torpedo Kokchetav | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 32 |
| 15 | Metallurg Yermak | 40 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 31 |
| 16 | Avangard Petropavlovsk | 40 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 30 |
| 17 | Avtomobilist Kzil-Orda | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 26 |
| 18 | Ugolshchik Shakhtinsk | 40 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 59 | −38 | 25 |
| 19 | Phosphorite Karatau | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 77 | −48 | 24 |
| 20 | Gornyak Kentau | 40 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 23 |
| 21 | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk (W) | 40 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 17 |
* ↑ Metallurg Temirtau changed name to Stroitel.
* ↑ Aray Stepnogorsk changed name to Khimik.

#### Central Asia

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UZB | TashAvtoMash Tashkent | 46 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 82 | 38 | +44 | 66 |
| 2 | UZB | Samarkand | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 70 | 37 | +33 | 61 |
| 3 | UZB | Yangiyer | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 58 |
| 4 | KGZ | Alay Osh | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 57 |
| 5 | UZB | SKA Tashkent | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 56 |
| 6 | TJK | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 55 |
| 7 | UZB | Ok Oltyn Andizhan Region | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 55 |
| 8 | TKM | Irrigator Charjou | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 53 |
| 9 | UZB | Pahtaaral Gulistan | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 50 |
| 10 | UZB | Chust Namangan | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 50 |
| 11 | UZB | Andizhanets Andizhan | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 48 |
| 12 | UZB | Dimitrovets Tashkent Region | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 46 |
| 13 | TKM | Kara-Kum Mary | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 45 |
| 14 | UZB | Mehnat Kokand | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 43 |
| 15 | TJK | Abremshimchi Leninabad | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 |
| 16 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 42 |
| 17 | UZB | Metallurg Almalyk | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 41 |
| 18 | UZB | Kolkhoz Narimanova Bagat | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 39 |
| 19 | KGZ | Stroitel Jalalabad | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 35 |
| 20 | UZB | Buhara | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 33 |
| 21 | UZB | Khimik Chirchik | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 33 |
| 22 | TJK | Vakhsh Nurek | 46 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 33 |
| 23 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 33 |
| 24 | UZB | Cementchi Bekabad | 46 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 30 |
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Andizhan changed name to Andizhanets.
* ↑ Akkurgan Tashkent Region changed name to Dimitrovets.
* ↑ Chigarachi Termaz changed name to Avtomobilist.
* ↑ Fakel Buhara changed name to Buhara.
* ↑ Bekabad changed name to Cementchi Bekabad.

### Top goalscorers

Class A First Group
* Vladimir Proskurin (SKA Rostov-na-Donu), Nikolay Osianin (Spartak Moscow), Dzhemal Kherhadze (Torpedo Kutaisi) – 16 goals