1966 in Soviet football

The 1966 Soviet football championship was the 34th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 28th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo Kiev won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

For places 1-3
[Oct 25 – Nov 16]

For places 4-6
[Oct 29 – Nov 14]

Final group
[Nov 5–13, Orjonikidze]

For places 1-2
Dinamo Khmelnitskiy         0-0 1-1 Avangard Zholtyye Vody [Nov 25, Kiev] Avangard Zholtyye Vody      2-1  Dinamo Khmelnitskiy
 * Replay

Union republics finals
[Oct 23–30, Tkibuli]

Top goalscorers
Class A First Group
 * Ilia Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 20 goals