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40th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union
Football in the Soviet Union
Season1972
Men's football
Top LeagueZaria Voroshilovgrad
First LeaguePakhtakor Tashkent
Second LeagueKuzbass Kemerovo
Soviet CupTorpedo Moscow
← 1971 Soviet Union 1973 →

The 1972 Soviet football championship was the 40th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 34th among teams of sports societies and factories. Zaria Voroshilovgrad won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League Zaria Voroshilovgrad (1) Dinamo Kiev
First League Pakhtakor Tashkent (1) Shakhter Donetsk
Second League Kuzbass Kemerovo Metallurg Lipetsk
Soviet Cup Torpedo Moscow (5) Spartak Moscow

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

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1972 Soviet Top League

Top League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C) 30 15 10 5 52 30 +22 40 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 30 12 11 7 52 38 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 11 7 41 34 +7 35
4 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 12 10 8 38 29 +9 34
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 15 4 11 37 33 +4 34
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 12 10 8 37 37 0 34
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 11 11 8 44 30 +14 33
8 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 10 11 9 27 28 −1 31
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 11 9 10 31 33 −2 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 12 6 12 39 35 +4 30
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 8 10 12 29 30 −1 26
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 8 10 12 31 35 −4 26
13 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 6 14 10 23 27 −4 26
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 30 8 8 14 27 43 −16 24
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 6 9 15 29 48 −19 21 Relegation to First League
16 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku (R) 30 6 8 16 28 55 −27 20
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 24 7 7 74 36 +38 55 Promoted
2 UKR Shakhtyor Donetsk 38 19 13 6 57 21 +36 51
3 UKR Chernomorets Odessa 38 20 8 10 67 36 +31 48
4 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 14 17 7 50 35 +15 45
5 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 19 6 13 49 32 +17 44
6 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 14 16 8 41 35 +6 44
7 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 15 10 13 39 44 −5 40
8 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 13 13 12 52 51 +1 39
9 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 14 10 14 49 50 −1 38
10 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 38 11 13 14 37 48 −11 35
11 KGZ Alga Frunze 38 10 14 14 42 44 −2 34
12 MDA Nistru Kishinev 38 11 12 15 39 49 −10 34
13 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 38 11 12 15 37 52 −15 34
14 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 13 7 18 45 49 −4 33
15 RUS Avtomobilist Nalchik 38 8 17 13 28 43 −15 33
16 UKR Metallist Kharkov 38 10 12 16 33 42 −9 32
17 TKM Stroitel Ashkhabad 38 11 10 17 36 55 −19 32
18 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 38 11 9 18 38 58 −20 31 Relegated
19 UKR Krivbass Krivoi Rog 38 10 10 18 50 62 −12 30
20 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 14 17 32 53 −21 28
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ +
  3. Nistru Kishinev was called Moldova.

Second League (finals)

Further information: 1972 Soviet Second League 





Pos

Rep

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Promotion or qualification




1

RUS

Kuzbass Kemerovo

5

3

2

0

7

3

+4

8

Promoted




2

RUS

Metallurg Lipetsk

5

2

3

0

5

3

+2

7




















3

LVA

Daugava Riga

5

2

2

1

6

2

+4

6

Additional Play-Off




















4

RUS

Amur Blagoveshchensk

5

1

1

3

4

6

−2

3






5

RUS

Sokol Saratov

5

1

1

3

6

10

−4

3




6

RUS

Terek Grozny

5

1

1

3

6

10

−4

3

Source: rsssf.com
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Additional Play-Off


SPARTAK Ivano-Frankovsk  0-1 3-1  Daugava Riga



Top goalscorers


Top League




First League




References


External links



Seasons in Soviet football




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