17 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship. FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for Champions Cup 1966–67 and FC Spartak Moscow qualified for CWC 1966–67.
League standings
Results
Top scorers 18 goals Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
17 goals Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
15 goals Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)
13 goals Lev Gorshkov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)
12 goals Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
11 goals Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk) Viktor Serebryanikov (Dynamo Kyiv)
10 goals Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv) Dzhumber Khazhaliya (Torpedo Kutaisi) Vitaly Khmelnitsky (Dynamo Kyiv) Valeri Lobanovsky (Chornomorets) Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik) Ishtvan Sekech (SKA Odessa)
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)