1971 Soviet Top League

The 1971 season of the Soviet Top League saw Dynamo Kyiv clinching their title after three unsuccessful seasons. This season was also unique for successful performances of non-RSFSR clubs: Ararat Yerevan from the Armenian SSR took the second place, while bronze medals were awarded to Dinamo Tbilisi.

Final league table

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals

Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

14 goals

Eduard Markarov (Ararat)

10 goals

Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
Viktor Kolotov (Dynamo Kyiv)
Vitaliy Shevchenko (Neftchi)

9 goals

Valery Yaremchenko (Shakhtar)
Aleksei Yeskov (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

8 goals

Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
Anzor Chikhladze (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar)
Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv)
Pavel Sadyrin (Zenit)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)