| Season | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 April – 21 November 1974 |
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 6th top-tier title |
| Relegated | Kairat Alma-Ata Nistru Kishinev |
| European Cup | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Ararat Yerevan |
| UEFA Cup | Spartak Moscow Chernomorets Odessa |
| Top goalscorer | Oleg Blokhin (20) |
←1973 1975 → | |
The1974Soviet Top League was the 36th season of the Soviet top tier football competitions. It also was the 4th season since the establishing of Vysshaya Liga (Soviet Top League) in place of the Soviet Class A competition.
The league's title was contested by 16 teams, andDynamo Kyiv won the championship which was their sixth title. The last season's championsArarat placed fifth trailing 8 points. The newly promoted Chernomorets placed third qualifying for the continental competitions for the first time.
Teams promoted from the1973 Soviet First League:
Teams relegated to the1974 Soviet First League:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 40 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round | |
| 2 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 39 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round | |
| 3 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 35 | ||
| 4 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | ||
| 5 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 32 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round | |
| 6 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 31 | ||
| 8 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 29 | ||
| 11 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 26 | ||
| 14 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 26 | ||
| 15 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 26 | Relegation toFirst League | |
| 16 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DNI | DYK | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | NIS | PAK | SHA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Nistru Kishinev | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |