1973 in Soviet football

41st season of competitive football in the Soviet Union

Football in the Soviet UnionSeason| 1973

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Men's football
Top League| Ararat Yerevan
First League| Chernomorets Odessa
Second League| Uralmash Sverdlovsk
Soviet Cup| Ararat Yerevan
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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.

## Honours

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Competition | Winner | Runner-up

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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

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Main article: 1973 Soviet Top League

### Top League

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  |  Ararat Yerevan (C) | 30  | 18  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 52  | 26  | +26  | 39  | Qualification for European Cup first round
2  |  Dynamo Kyiv | 30  | 16  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 44  | 23  | +21  | 36  | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3  |  Dynamo Moscow | 30  | 13  | 7  | 3  | 7  | 43  | 30  | +13  | 33  | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4  |  Spartak Moscow | 30  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 8  | 37  | 28  | +9  | 31
5  |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 30  | 13  | 5  | 2  | 10  | 42  | 33  | +9  | 31  |
6  |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 30  | 14  | 3  | 4  | 9  | 32  | 26  | +6  | 31
7  |  Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 30  | 14  | 1  | 5  | 10  | 38  | 26  | +12  | 29
8  |  Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30  | 9  | 8  | 1  | 12  | 36  | 40  | −4  | 26
9  |  Kairat Alma-Ata | 30  | 8  | 10  | 1  | 11  | 25  | 37  | −12  | 26
10  |  CSKA Moscow | 30  | 10  | 5  | 4  | 11  | 33  | 36  | −3  | 25
11  |  Zenit Leningrad | 30  | 9  | 3  | 9  | 9  | 33  | 35  | −2  | 21
12  |  Pakhtakor Tashkent | 30  | 9  | 2  | 4  | 15  | 37  | 44  | −7  | 20
13  |  Torpedo Moscow | 30  | 9  | 1  | 7  | 13  | 28  | 37  | −9  | 19
14  |  Karpaty Lviv | 30  | 8  | 3  | 3  | 16  | 28  | 48  | −20  | 19
15  |  Dinamo Minsk (R) | 30  | 7  | 3  | 6  | 14  | 21  | 36  | −15  | 17  | Relegation to First League
16  |  SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 30  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 18  | 19  | 43  | −24  | 11

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

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Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | UKR  | Chernomorets Odessa  | 38  | 24  | 4  | 2  | 8  | 83  | 38  | +45  | 52  | Promoted
2  | MDA  | Nistru Kishinev  | 38  | 25  | 2  | 5  | 6  | 71  | 35  | +36  | 52
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3  | RUS  | Lokomotiv Moskva  | 38  | 20  | 6  | 2  | 10  | 47  | 32  | +15  | 46[a] |
4  | AZE  | Neftchi Baku  | 38  | 17  | 5  | 3  | 13  | 58  | 43  | +15  | 39[a]
5  | RUS  | Metallurg Lipetsk  | 38  | 14  | 7  | 5  | 12  | 42  | 38  | +4  | 35[b]
6  | UKR  | Metallurg Zaporozhye  | 38  | 14  | 6  | 5  | 13  | 62  | 53  | +9  | 34
7  | RUS  | Shinnik Yaroslavl  | 38  | 16  | 2  | 6  | 14  | 48  | 41  | +7  | 34
8  | RUS  | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev  | 38  | 15  | 4  | 3  | 16  | 46  | 51  | −5  | 34
9  | GEO  | Torpedo Kutaisi  | 38  | 16  | 2  | 2  | 18  | 40  | 46  | −6  | 34
10  | UKR  | Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk  | 38  | 14  | 5  | 2  | 17  | 40  | 54  | −14  | 33[b]
11  | RUS  | Zvezda Perm  | 38  | 14  | 4  | 5  | 15  | 50  | 52  | −2  | 32
12  | RUS  | Textilshchik Ivanovo  | 38  | 14  | 4  | 4  | 16  | 41  | 46  | −5  | 32
13  | TKM  | Stroitel Ashkhabad  | 38  | 14  | 4  | 3  | 17  | 46  | 58  | −12  | 32
14  | TJK  | Pamir Dushanbe  | 38  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 16  | 50  | 44  | +6  | 31
15  | RUS  | Kuzbass Kemerovo  | 38  | 14  | 2  | 7  | 15  | 42  | 46  | −4  | 30[b]
16  | RUS  | Spartak Nalchik[c] | 38  | 12  | 6  | 2  | 18  | 46  | 61  | −15  | 30
17  | RUS  | Spartak Orjonikidze  | 38  | 13  | 4  | 3  | 18  | 29  | 44  | −15  | 30
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18  | KAZ  | Shakhtyor Karaganda  | 38  | 12  | 4  | 5  | 17  | 42  | 60  | −18  | 28  | Relegated
19  | UKR  | Metallist Kharkov  | 38  | 11  | 5  | 4  | 18  | 34  | 50  | −16  | 27
20  | KGZ  | Alga Frunze  | 38  | 6  | 2  | 8  | 22  | 49  | 54  | −5  | 14

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ a b -
2. ^ a b c +
3. ^ Spartak Nalchik was called Avtomobilist.

### Second League (finals)

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Further information: 1973 Soviet Second League

[Nov 4-20, Sochi]

Pos | Rep | Team  | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion

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1  | RUS  | UralMash Sverdlovsk  | 6  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 14  | 7  | +7  | 9[a] | Promoted
2  | UKR  | Tavria Simferopol  | 6  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 13  | 5  | +8  | 8
3  | RUS  | Kuban Krasnodar  | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 11  | 4  | +7  | 7
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4  | RUS  | Iskra Smolensk  | 6  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 12  | 11  | +1  | 6  |
5  | RUS  | Spartak Kostroma  | 6  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 14  | −5  | 6
6  | RUS  | Sibiryak Bratsk  | 6  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 2  | 12  | −10  | 1
7  | KAZ  | Traktor Pavlodar  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 4  | 12  | −8  | 0[b]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ -
2. ^ +

### Top goalscorers

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Top League

* Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) – 18 goals

First League

* Anatoliy Shepel (Chernomorets Odessa) – 38 goals

## References

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## External links

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* 1973 Soviet football championship. RSSSF

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