| Season | 1972 | 
|---|---|
| ← 1971  1973 →  | |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1972 season.
Overview
Sixteen (16) teams competed for the championships, and Zarya Voroshilovgrad won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) Zarya Voroshilovgrad (C) | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | Qualification for European Cup first round | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round | 
| 3 | .svg.png.webp) Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 35 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp) Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 34 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp) CSKA Moscow | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 34 | |
| 6 | .svg.png.webp) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 34 | |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp) Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 33 | |
| 8 | .svg.png.webp) Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 31 | |
| 9 | .svg.png.webp) Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round | 
| 10 | .svg.png.webp) Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 30 | |
| 11 | .svg.png.webp) Spartak Moscow | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | .svg.png.webp) SKA Rostov-on-Don | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 26 | |
| 13 |  Kairat Alma-Ata | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 26 | |
| 14 | .svg.png.webp) Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 24 | |
| 15 | .svg.png.webp) Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 21 | Relegation to First League | 
| 16 | .svg.png.webp) Neftchi Baku (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 20 | 
Source: 
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Top scorers
- 14 goals
- Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 13 goals
- Oganes Zanazanyan (Ararat)
- 12 goals
- Gennadi Khromchenkov (Zenit)
- Yuri Smirnov (Torpedo Moscow)
- 11 goals
- Viktor Kolotov (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 10 goals
- Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
- Vladimir Onischenko (Zorya)
- Aleksei Yeskov (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
- 9 goals
- Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat)
- Vladimir Muntyan (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Pavel Sadyrin (Zenit)
- Anatoli Vasilyev (Dinamo Minsk)
- Yuri Yeliseyev (Zorya)
References
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