See also: 1973 Soviet Second League.
| Season: | 1973 |
| League Topscorer: | 28 – Mykola Rusyn (Hoverla Uzhhorod) |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The 1973 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 43rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 1. The season started on 31 March 1973.
The 1974 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SC Tavriya Simferopol.
At the end of the season all six teams from Eastern Ukraine withdrew from competitions.
The following were the top goalscorers.
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mykola Rusyn | align=center | 28 | Hoverla Uzhhorod |
| 2 | Yuri Adzhem | align=center | 17 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 3 | Viktor Kashchei | 16 | Zirka Kirovohrad | |
| Valentyn Dzioba | 16 | SC Chernihiv | ||
| 5 | Volodymyr Chyrva | 15 | Avtomobilist Zhytomyr | |
| Volodymyr Dzyuba | 15 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | ||
| 7 | Aleksandr Kotov | 14 | Zirka Kirovohrad | |
| Volodymyr Voronyuk | 14 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | ||
| 9 | Ruslan Suanov | 13 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | |
| Viktor Klochko | 13 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi |