1970 Soviet Top League Explained

Season:	1970
Nextseason:	1971

17 teams took part in the league with PFC CSKA Moscow winning the championship.

League standings

• Note: On 5 January 1970 the city of Luhansk was officially renamed again as Voroshilovgrad, therefore Zorya Luhansk became known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad.^[1]

Championship play-off

On December 5 and 6 in Tashkent (RSSSF)

• CSKA Moscow – Dynamo Moscow 0:0 and 4:3

Top scorers

17 goals

• Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

15 goals

• Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
• Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)

14 goals

• Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow)

12 goals

• Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

• Valeriy Porkujan (Chornomorets)
• Gennadi Unanov (Zenit)

9 goals

• Yuri Avrutskiy (Dynamo Moscow)
• Eduard Kozinkevich (Shakhtar)
• Anatoli Vasilyev (Dinamo Minsk)

References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Notes and References

1. https://www.litres.ru/evgeniy-nikolaevich-/istoriya-chempionata-sssr-po-futbolu-2-y-tom-1970-199/chitat-onlayn/ История чемпионата СССР по футболу. 2-й том (1970—1991 год)