1973 Soviet Top League
| Season | 1973 |
|---|---|
← 1972 1974 → | |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1973 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Ararat Yerevan won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 39 | Qualification for European Cup first round | |
| 2 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round | |
| 3 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round | |
| 4 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 31 | ||
| 5 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | ||
| 6 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 29 | ||
| 8 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 21 | ||
| 12 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 20 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 19 | ||
| 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 19 | ||
| 15 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 17 | Relegation to First League | |
| 16 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 11 |
Source:
Rules for classification: Drawn matches decided by penalties, the winners obtaining 1 point, the losers 0.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: Drawn matches decided by penalties, the winners obtaining 1 point, the losers 0.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Results
Results in brackets indicate the results from penalty shoot-outs whenever games were drawn.
Top scorers
- 18 goals
- Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 16 goals
- Anatoli Kozhemyakin (Dynamo Moscow)
- 13 goals
- Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat)
- 12 goals
- Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor)
- Aleksandr Piskaryov (Spartak Moscow)
- 11 goals
- Mikhail Bulgakov (Spartak Moscow)
- Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 10 goals
- Eduard Markarov (Ararat)
- Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)
- 9 goals
- Vladimir Dorofeyev (CSKA)
- Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya)
Attendances
Source:[1]
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ararat | 56,867 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 41,200 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,000 |
| 4 | Zorya | 27,800 |
| 5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 25,467 |
| 6 | Zenit | 25,133 |
| 7 | Karpaty | 24,467 |
| 8 | Paxtakor | 24,333 |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk | 22,200 |
| 10 | Spartak Moscow | 21,407 |
| 11 | Dnipro | 21,067 |
| 12 | Dynamo Moscow | 19,967 |
| 13 | Kairat | 19,467 |
| 14 | Torpedo Moscow | 19,100 |
| 15 | PFC CSKA | 18,533 |
| 16 | Rostov-on-Don | 12,900 |