Overview 19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship. FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for Champions Cup 1967–68 and FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for CWC 1967–68 as runners-up of the Soviet Cup 1965–66. The top 3 team with the most wins qualified for the World Cup.
League standings
Results
Top scorers 20 goals Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
19 goals Anatoliy Byshovets (Dynamo Kyiv)
15 goals Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow) Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow)
14 goals Kazbek Tuaev (Neftyanik Baku) Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) Vladimir Kozlov (Lokomotiv Moscow) Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
12 goals Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik Baku) Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku) Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)