| Season | 1972 |
|---|---|
←1971 1973 → | |
Statistics ofSoviet Top League for the 1972 season.
Sixteen (16) teams competed for the championships, andZarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round | |
| 2 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 35 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round | |
| 3 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 35 | ||
| 4 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 34 | ||
| 5 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 33 | ||
| 8 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 31 | ||
| 9 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 31 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round | |
| 10 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 26 | ||
| 14 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 24 | ||
| 15 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 21 | Relegation toFirst League | |
| 16 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 20 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | CSK | DNI | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | LOK | NEF | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | |
| Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | |
| Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |