The 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa was the 30th season of the first-tier football competition in the Soviet Union. Twenty teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.
In the previous season Zenit Leningrad finished last but was spared from relegation due to the 50th Anniversary of the "Great October" being the cradle of the Bolshevik coup-d'etat.Команда эпохи застоя. fc-zenit.ru The league composition was increased from 19 to 20 keeping the Leningrad team at the top.
League standings
Results
Top scorers 22 goals Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor) Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
21 goals Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
14 goals Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow) Vladimir Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow)
13 goals Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
12 goals Mikhail Gershkovich (Torpedo Moscow)
11 goals Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk) Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo Kyiv) Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi)
Medal squads (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) 1. FC Dynamo KyivПеремога у чемпіонаті СРСР-1968. fcdynamo.comGoalkeepers: Viktor Bannikov (19), Yevhen Rudakov (19). Defenders: Vasyl Turyanchyk (36 / 3), Volodymyr Levchenko (34 / 1), Vadym Sosnikhin (34), Serhiy Krulykovskyi (26 / 1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Muntyan (36 / 5), Fedir Medvid (33 / 3), Yozhef Sabo (29 / 6). Forwards: Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi (37 / 10), Viktor Serebryanikov (34 / 7), Anatoliy Puzach (32 / 11), Anatoliy Pylypchuk (20 / 2), Valeriy Porkuyan (20 / 2), Anatoliy Byshovets (15 / 4).
Manager: Viktor Maslov, Assistants: Mykhailo Koman, Viktor Terentyev.
Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Vankevych (DF, 11), Serhiy Shklyar (MF, 8), Viktor Nazarov (MF, 6/1), Leonid Ostrovskyi (DF, 6), Viktor Kashchey (FW, 4/1), Volodymyr Veremeyev (FW, 3), Anatoliy Bohovyk (MF, 2), Vyacheslav Semenov (MF, 2), Oleksandr Shpakov (DF, 1), Viktor Horoza (MF, 1).
References
1968 (Championship) Class A - First Group (First Level)