1964 Soviet Top League

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Class A First Group
Season1964
Dates27 March–8 November
18 November–22 November (playoffs)
Champions Dinamo Tbilisi (1st title)
Relegated Volga Gorky
Kairat Alma-Ata
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Moldova Chisinau
European Cup none
Cup Winners' Cup Dynamo Kyiv
Matches played274
Goals scored544 (1.99 per match)
Best Player Valery Voronin (Torpedo M)
Top goalscorer Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA)
Best goalkeeper Viktor Bannikov (Dynamo Kv)
← 1963
1965 →

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.

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League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi (C)32181044830+1846League champions
2 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 3219855219+3346
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 32161154923+2643
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don 32166104028+1238
5 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtyor Donetsk 32131183526+937
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Kiev 32101664229+1336Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Moscow 321210103331+234
8 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 32128123432+232
9 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 3271782421+331
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 32714112435−1128
11 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 3299143035−527
12 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftyanik Baku 32811132530−527
13 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Kutaisi 32107152037−1727
14 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Volga Gorky (R)32713121938−1927Relegation to Class A Second Group
15 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata (R)32810142327−426
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Shinnik Yaroslavl (R)3269172048−2821
17 Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg Moldova Chisinau (R)3266201544−2918
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KRY MOL NEF TOR SHA SHI SKA SPA TKU VOL ZEN
CSKA Moscow 1–20–01–14–12–04–21–00–02–10–210–21–02–04–05–20–0
Dinamo Kiev 1–11–02–11–13–10–04–11–11–21–12–00–12–23–01–11–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–01–10–00–01–00–04–00–20–30–01–12–01–00–00–11–1
Dinamo Moscow 1–21–12–13–10–01–02–11–12–12–01–03–22–10–20–10–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–02–13–12–12–21–11–04–33–12–13–12–11–01–02–02–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–11–02–00–00–00–10–11–01–22–21–00–00–12–02–02–2
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 0–01–10–04–03–30–23–10–00–40–01–00–11–00–01–12–1
Moldova Chisinau 0–01–30–00–31–01–01–02–00–21–00–00–11–10–10–02–1
Neftyanik Baku 1–11–00–20–10–10–00–02–03–13–10–00–10–42–01–02–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–01–11–00–01–11–02–03–01–00–03–10–05–01–11–02–0
Shakhtyor Donetsk 0–00–00–51–22–11–13–01–01–00–02–01–23–03–02–02–1
Shinnik Yaroslavl 1–22–20–00–00–11–00–11–11–01–40–21–10–11–00–01–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–02–21–12–11–21–02–01–01–10–21–02–00–17–00–12–1
Spartak Moscow 0–11–10–01–00–10–22–12–12–20–11–11–00–10–00–02–1
Torpedo Kutaisi 0–10–00–11–01–12–00–02–01–01–00–10–24–10–33–00–2
Volga Gorky 0–10–31–12–20–01–01–11–00–01–10–13–20–41–41–00–0
Zenit Leningrad 0–21–01–10–00–01–04–13–01–00–41–14–02–00–40–10–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals

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