1973 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1973
Men's football
Top League Ararat Yerevan
First League Chernomorets Odessa
Second League Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Soviet Cup Ararat Yerevan
  1972 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1974  

The 1973 Soviet football championship was the 41st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 35th among teams of sports societies and factories. Ararat Yerevan won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

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Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top League Ararat Yerevan (1) Dinamo Kiev
First League Chernomorets Odessa (2) Nistru Kishinev
Second League Uralmash Sverdlovsk Tavriya Simferopol
Soviet Cup Ararat Yerevan (1) Dinamo Kiev

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

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan (C)30183455226+2639Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kyiv 30164464423+2136Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 30137374330+1333Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 30143583728+931
5 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 301352104233+931
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Shakhtar Donetsk 30143493226+631
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Zarya Voroshilovgrad 301415103826+1229
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30981123640426
9 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 3081011125371226
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 301054113336325
11 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 3093993335221
12 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 30924153744720
13 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 30917132837919
14 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Karpaty Lviv 308331628482019
15 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk (R)307361421361517Relegation to First League
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)303541819432411
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Drawn matches decided by penalties, the winners obtaining 1 point, the losers 0.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

First League

PosRepTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1UKRChernomorets Odessa38244288338+4552Promoted
2MDANistru Kishinev38252567135+3652
3RUSLokomotiv Moskva382062104732+1546 [a]
4AZENeftchi Baku381753135843+1539 [a]
5RUSMetallurg Lipetsk381475124238+435 [b]
6UKRMetallurg Zaporozhye381465136253+934
7RUSShinnik Yaroslavl381626144841+734
8RUSKrylya Sovetov Kuibyshev381543164651534
9GEOTorpedo Kutaisi381622184046634
10UKRSpartak Ivano-Frankovsk3814521740541433 [b]
11RUSZvezda Perm381445155052232
12RUSTextilshchik Ivanovo381444164146532
13TKMStroitel Ashkhabad3814431746581232
14TJKPamir Dushanbe381435165044+631
15RUSKuzbass Kemerovo381427154246430 [b]
16RUSSpartak Nalchik [c] 3812621846611530
17RUSSpartak Orjonikidze3813431829441530
18KAZShakhtyor Karaganda3812451742601828Relegated
19UKRMetallist Kharkov3811541834501627
20KGZAlga Frunze38628224954514
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. 1 2 -
  2. 1 2 3 +
  3. Spartak Nalchik was called Avtomobilist.

Second League (finals)

[Nov 4-20, Sochi]
PosRepTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1RUSUralMash Sverdlovsk64101147+79 [a] Promoted
2UKRTavria Simferopol64011135+88
3RUSKuban Krasnodar62310114+77
4RUSIskra Smolensk630121211+16
5RUSSpartak Kostroma6300391456
6RUSSibiryak Bratsk60105212101
7KAZTraktor Pavlodar6002441280 [b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References