1968 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1968
Men's football
Class A 1. Group	Dinamo Kiev
Class A 2. Group	Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Class B	Mashuk Piatigorsk (Russia) Avangard Ternopol (Ukraine) Yenbek Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan) Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast (Central Asia)
Soviet Cup	Torpedo Moscow
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The 1968 Soviet football championship was the 36th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 30th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the fourth time and the third in a row becoming the second team to accomplish it.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Class A 1. Group	Dinamo Kiev (4)	Spartak Moscow
Class A 2. Group	Uralmash Sverdlovsk (1)	Karpaty Lvov
Class B	Mashuk Piatigorsk (Russia)	Kalininets Sverdlovsk (Russia)
	Avangard Ternopol (Ukraine)	Bukovina Chernovtsy (Ukraine)
	Yenbek Zhezkazgan (Kazakhstan)	ADK Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan)
	Sverdlovets Tashkent Oblast (Central Asia)	Ok Oltyn Andizhan Oblast (Central Asia)
Soviet Cup	Torpedo Moscow (4)	Pakhtakor Tashkent

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1968 Soviet Top League

Class A First Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	38	21	15	2	58	25	+33	57	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	38	21	10	7	64	43	+21	52
3	Torpedo Moscow	38	18	14	6	60	32	+28	50	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
4	CSKA Moscow	38	20	10	8	50	30	+20	50
5	Dynamo Moscow	38	19	9	10	58	32	+26	47
6	Dinamo Minsk	38	17	12	9	52	36	+16	46
7	Dinamo Tbilisi	38	16	13	9	53	29	+24	45
8	Chornomorets Odessa	38	11	16	11	47	49	−2	38
9	Neftchi Baku	38	13	12	13	42	48	−6	38
10	Lokomotiv Moscow	38	10	17	11	35	39	−4	37
11	Zenit Leningrad	38	10	14	14	35	49	−14	34
12	SKA Rostov-on-Don	38	11	11	16	44	48	−4	33
13	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	38	10	13	15	23	41	−18	33
14	Shakhtar Donetsk	38	9	14	15	38	42	−4	32
15	Kairat Alma-Ata	38	12	8	18	33	42	−9	32
16	Ararat Yerevan	38	11	9	18	34	46	−12	31
17	Pakhtakor Tashkent	38	9	11	18	42	61	−19	29
18	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	38	9	11	18	24	45	−21	29
19	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	9	10	19	27	48	−21	28
20	Dynamo Kirovobad (R)	38	5	9	24	25	59	−34	19	Relegation to Class A Second Group

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Class A Second Group finals

For places 1-4

[Nov 17–24, Sochi]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4	Promoted
2	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	3
3	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3
4	UKR	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Source: rsssf.com

Relegation Tournament for Ukraine

[Nov 12-20]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Krivbass Krivoi Rog	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5	8 [lower-alpha 1]
2	Khimik Severodonetsk	5	4	0	1	8	3	+5	8 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Azovets Zhdanov	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Dnepr Kremenchug	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Relegated
5	Avangard Zholtyye Vody	5	1	1	3	2	6	−4	3
6	SKCF Sevastopol	5	0	0	5	2	9	−7	0 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. +

Class B

Further information: 1968 Soviet Class B

Final group

[Nov 4–17, Pyatigorsk]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mashuk Pyatigorsk	5	3	2	0	8	3	+5	8
2	Kalininets Sverdlovsk	5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	6
3	Spartak Belgorod	5	1	3	1	6	4	+2	5
4	Dinamo Bryansk	5	1	3	1	2	2	0	5
5	Narzan Kislovodsk	5	0	3	2	1	4	−3	3
6	Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Ukraine finals

Further information: 1968 Ukrainian Class B

[Oct 25 – Nov 7, Ternopol, Chernovtsy]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avangard Ternopol	7	4	3	0	10	2	+8	11
2	Bukovina Chernovtsy	7	4	3	0	11	4	+7	11
3	Shakhtyor Kadiyevka	7	2	4	1	5	4	+1	8
4	Desna Chernigov	7	3	2	2	6	6	0	8
5	Dinamo Khmelnitskiy	7	3	1	3	8	7	+1	7
6	Spartak Sumy	7	2	2	3	3	4	−1	6
7	Lokomotiv Donetsk	7	1	2	4	5	8	−3	4
8	Shakhtyor Alexandria	7	0	1	6	3	16	−13	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Match for 1st place

Avangard Ternopol  2-0  Bukovina Chernovtsy

Kazakhstan

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yenbek Jezkazgan	40	27	10	3	70	24	+46	66 [lower-alpha 1]
2	ADK Alma-Ata	40	27	10	3	83	20	+63	64
3	Metallurg Temirtau	40	27	9	4	69	14	+55	63
4	Cementnik Semipalatinsk	40	28	6	6	79	18	+61	62
5	Traktor Pavlodar [lower-alpha 2]	40	25	6	9	58	21	+37	56
6	Dinamo Tselinograd	40	23	7	10	66	40	+26	53
7	Energetik Jambul [lower-alpha 3]	40	18	14	8	55	32	+23	50
8	Leninogorets Leninogorsk	40	16	8	16	41	61	−20	40 [lower-alpha 4]
9	Avtomobilist Kustanay	40	13	14	13	32	36	−4	40
10	Torpedo Kokchetav	40	12	11	17	45	59	−14	35 [lower-alpha 4]
11	Uralets Uralsk	40	14	7	19	45	54	−9	35 [lower-alpha 4]
12	Irtysh Glubokoye	40	9	17	14	37	53	−16	35 [lower-alpha 4]
13	Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk	40	11	13	16	29	48	−19	35
14	Metallurg Yermak	40	13	7	20	36	43	−7	33 [lower-alpha 4]
15	Gornyak Kentau	40	11	9	20	39	66	−27	31 [lower-alpha 4]
16	Stroitel Rudny	40	8	14	18	26	42	−16	30 [lower-alpha 4]
17	Ugolshchik Shakhtinsk	40	9	11	20	21	37	−16	29 [lower-alpha 4]
18	Avangard Petropavlovsk	40	7	11	22	30	54	−24	25 [lower-alpha 4]
19	Phosphorite Karatau	40	6	13	21	22	64	−42	25 [lower-alpha 4]
20	Aray Stepnogorsk	40	6	10	24	26	56	−30	22 [lower-alpha 4]
21	Avtomobilist Kzil-Orda	40	3	7	30	17	84	−67	13 [lower-alpha 4]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. 2 bonus points awarded?
2. Irtysh Pavlodar changed name to Traktor.
3. Voskhod Jambul changed name to Energetik.
4. +

Match for 1st place

Yenbek Jezkazgan  2-0  ADK Alma-Ata

Central Asia

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	UZB	Sverdlovets Tashkent Region	42	25	12	5	64	24	+40	62
2	UZB	Ok Oltyn Andizhan Region	42	22	11	9	66	37	+29	55
3	UZB	Samarkand [lower-alpha 1]	42	19	16	7	55	38	+17	54
4	TKM	Irrigator Charjou [lower-alpha 2]	42	22	9	11	64	37	+27	53
5	UZB	Yangiyer [lower-alpha 3]	42	17	19	6	47	27	+20	53
6	UZB	TashAvtoMash Tashkent	42	18	15	9	72	44	+28	51 [lower-alpha 4]
7	KGZ	Alay Osh	42	21	9	12	57	37	+20	51
8	UZB	Khimik Chirchik	42	18	13	11	53	44	+9	49
9	UZB	Andizhan [lower-alpha 5]	42	18	10	14	49	36	+13	46
10	TJK	Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube	42	14	16	12	45	38	+7	44
11	UZB	Pahtaaral Gulistan	42	13	16	13	50	45	+5	42
12	UZB	Akkurgan Tashkent Region	42	15	12	15	38	37	+1	42
13	UZB	Metallurg Almalyk	42	12	16	14	38	39	−1	40
14	TJK	Vakhsh Nurek	42	16	8	18	36	51	−15	40
15	UZB	Fakel Buhara	42	13	10	19	40	52	−12	36
16	TJK	Abreshimchi Leninabad	42	11	14	17	31	47	−16	36 [lower-alpha 4]
17	KGZ	Khimik Kalinin District	42	13	7	22	35	42	−7	33 [lower-alpha 4]
18	TKM	Kara-Kum Mary [lower-alpha 6]	42	12	8	22	31	55	−24	32
19	UZB	Mehnat Kokand	42	9	13	20	23	50	−27	31 [lower-alpha 4]
20	UZB	Kolkhoz Narimanova Bagat	42	8	9	25	42	74	−32	25 [lower-alpha 4]
21	UZB	Bekabad	42	8	9	25	34	86	−52	25 [lower-alpha 4]
22	UZB	Chigarachi Termez	42	7	10	25	29	59	−30	24 [lower-alpha 4]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Sogdiana Samarkand changed name to Samarkand.
2. Zahmet Charjou changed name to Irrigator.
3. Tselinnik Yangiyer changed name to Yangiyer.
4. +
5. Spartak Andizhan changed name to Andizhan.
6. Murgab Mary changed name to Kara-Kum.

Top goalscorers

Class A First Group

• Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor Tashkent), Gocha Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 22 goals

External links

• 1968 Soviet football championship. RSSSF