19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.

League standings

Results

Top scorers 19 goals Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk)

17 goals Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

14 goals Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik)

13 goals Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik) Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi) Gennady Yevriuzhikin (Dynamo Moscow)

12 goals Yuri Vshivtsev (Dynamo Moscow)

11 goals Nikolai Kazaryan (Ararat)

10 goals Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor) Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)