{{Short description|26th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = Class A First Group | logo = | image = | pixels = | alt = | caption = | season = 1964 | dates = 27 March–8 November<br>18 November–22 November {{small|(playoffs)}} | winners = [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] (1st title) | premiers = | promoted = | relegated = [[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod|Volga Gorky]]<br>[[FC Kairat|Kairat Alma-Ata]]<br>[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]<br>[[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Moldova Chisinau]] | continentalcup1 = [[1965–66 European Cup|European Cup]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = none | continentalcup2 = [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]] | continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] | continentalcup3 = | continentalcup3qualifiers = | continentalcup4 = | continentalcup4qualifiers = | matches = 274 | matches footnote = | total goals = 544 | total goals footnote = | average goals = | best player = [[Valery Voronin]] (Torpedo M) | league topscorer = [[Vladimir Fedotov]] (CSKA) | best goalkeeper = [[Viktor Bannikov]] (Dynamo Kv) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest winless = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = [[1963 Soviet Top League|1963]] | nextseason = [[1965 Soviet Top League|1965]] | updated = }} The '''1964 Class A First Group''' was the 26th season of the Soviet football championship at top division and the 15th for Class A. The season started on 27 March 1964 and finished on 8 November 1964. Upon conclusion of the regular season, at the end of November in warmer [[Tashkent]] took place additional play-offs for the first place and the 13th place.
* 17 teams took part in the league with [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]] winning the championship. * Volga Gorky and Shinnik Yaroslavl were the newly promoted clubs. * According to the rules, if two teams had the equal number of points the winner was decided by the final match between them. The game between Dinamo and Torpedo took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan SSR with [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]] winning 4-1 after [[Overtime (sports)|extra time]]. * [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] qualified for [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|CWC 1965–66]] by beating Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 1–0 in the [[Soviet Cup|national cup]] this year becoming the first Soviet football club in European competitions. * The defending champions Dynamo Moscow placed seventh.
== League standings == {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |winpoints=2
|team1=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] |team2=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] |team3=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] |team4=SKA|name_SKA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC SKVO Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]] |team5=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtyor Donetsk]] |team6=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]] |team7=DYN|name_DYN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]] |team8=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] |team9=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] |team10=KRY|name_KRY={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]] |team11=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] |team12=NEF|name_NEF={{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[Neftchi Baku PFK|Neftyanik Baku]] |team13=KUT|name_KUT={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] |team14=VOL|name_VOL={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod|Volga Gorky]] |team15=KAI|name_KAI={{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} [[FC Kairat|Kairat Alma-Ata]] |team16=SHI|name_SHI={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]] |team17=CHI|name_CHI={{flagicon|Moldavian SSR}} [[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Moldova Chișinău]] |win_DTB=18|draw_DTB=10|loss_DTB=4|gf_DTB=48|ga_DTB=30|status_DTB=C |win_TOR=19|draw_TOR=8|loss_TOR=5|gf_TOR=52|ga_TOR=19 |win_CSK=16|draw_CSK=11|loss_CSK=5|gf_CSK=49|ga_CSK=23 |win_SKA=16|draw_SKA=6|loss_SKA=10|gf_SKA=40|ga_SKA=28 |win_SHK=13|draw_SHK=11|loss_SHK=8|gf_SHK=35|ga_SHK=26 |win_DK =10|draw_DK =16|loss_DK =6|gf_DK =42|ga_DK =29 |win_DYN=12|draw_DYN=10|loss_DYN=10|gf_DYN=33|ga_DYN=31 |win_SPA=12|draw_SPA=8|loss_SPA=12|gf_SPA=34|ga_SPA=32 |win_DMI=7|draw_DMI=17|loss_DMI=8|gf_DMI=24|ga_DMI=21 |win_KRY=7|draw_KRY=14|loss_KRY=11|gf_KRY=24|ga_KRY=35 |win_ZEN=9|draw_ZEN=9|loss_ZEN=14|gf_ZEN=30|ga_ZEN=35 |win_NEF=8|draw_NEF=11|loss_NEF=13|gf_NEF=25|ga_NEF=30 |win_KUT=10|draw_KUT=7|loss_KUT=15|gf_KUT=20|ga_KUT=37 |win_VOL=7|draw_VOL=13|loss_VOL=12|gf_VOL=19|ga_VOL=38|status_VOL=R |win_KAI=8|draw_KAI=10|loss_KAI=14|gf_KAI=23|ga_KAI=27|status_KAI=R |win_SHI=6|draw_SHI=9|loss_SHI=17|gf_SHI=20|ga_SHI=48|status_SHI=R |win_CHI=6|draw_CHI=6|loss_CHI=20|gf_CHI=15|ga_CHI=44|status_CHI=R
|col_C=Gold|text_C=League champions |result1=C |col_CWC=yellow1|text_CWC=Qualification for [[1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|Cup Winners' Cup first round]] |result6=CWC |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[1965 Soviet Class A Second Group|Class A Second Group]] |result14=R|result15=R|result16=R|result17=R |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html rsssf.com] }}
==Results== {{#invoke:sports results|main |matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey |team1=CSK|team2=DYK|team3=DMN|team4=DYN|team5=DTB |team6=KAI|team7=KRY|team8=MOL|team9=NEF|team10=TOR |team11=SHA|team12=SHI|team13=SKA|team14=SPA|team15=TKU |team16=VOL|team17=ZEN
|name_DTB=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] |match_DTB_TOR=3–1 |match_DTB_CSK=3–0 |match_DTB_SKA=2–1 |match_DTB_SHA=2–1 |match_DTB_DYK=2–1 |match_DTB_DYN=2–1 |match_DTB_SPA=1–0 |match_DTB_DMN=3–1 |match_DTB_KRY=1–1 |match_DTB_ZEN=2–0 |match_DTB_NEF=4–3 |match_DTB_TKU=1–0 |match_DTB_VOL=2–0 |match_DTB_KAI=2–2 |match_DTB_SHI=3–1 |match_DTB_MOL=1–0
|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] |match_TOR_DTB=1–1 |match_TOR_CSK=1–0 |match_TOR_SKA=0–0 |match_TOR_SHA=0–0 |match_TOR_DYK=1–1 |match_TOR_DYN=0–0 |match_TOR_SPA=5–0 |match_TOR_DMN=1–0 |match_TOR_KRY=2–0 |match_TOR_ZEN=2–0 |match_TOR_NEF=1–0 |match_TOR_TKU=1–1 |match_TOR_VOL=1–0 |match_TOR_KAI=1–0 |match_TOR_SHI=3–1 |match_TOR_MOL=3–0
|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] |match_CSK_DTB=4–1 |match_CSK_TOR=2–1 |match_CSK_SKA=1–0 |match_CSK_SHA=0–2 |match_CSK_DYK=1–2 |match_CSK_DYN=1–1 |match_CSK_SPA=2–0 |match_CSK_DMN=0–0 |match_CSK_KRY=4–2 |match_CSK_ZEN=0–0 |match_CSK_NEF=0–0 |match_CSK_TKU=4–0 |match_CSK_VOL=5–2 |match_CSK_KAI=2–0 |match_CSK_SHI=10–2 |match_CSK_MOL=1–0
|name_SKA=[[FC SKVO Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]] |match_SKA_DTB=1–2 |match_SKA_TOR=0–2 |match_SKA_CSK=1–0 |match_SKA_SHA=1–0 |match_SKA_DYK=2–2 |match_SKA_DYN=2–1 |match_SKA_SPA=0–1 |match_SKA_DMN=1–1 |match_SKA_KRY=2–0 |match_SKA_ZEN=2–1 |match_SKA_NEF=1–1 |match_SKA_TKU=7–0 |match_SKA_VOL=0–1 |match_SKA_KAI=1–0 |match_SKA_SHI=2–0 |match_SKA_MOL=1–0
|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtyor Donetsk]] |match_SHA_DTB=2–1 |match_SHA_TOR=0–0 |match_SHA_CSK=0–0 |match_SHA_SKA=1–2 |match_SHA_DYK=0–0 |match_SHA_DYN=1–2 |match_SHA_SPA=3–0 |match_SHA_DMN=0–5 |match_SHA_KRY=3–0 |match_SHA_ZEN=2–1 |match_SHA_NEF=1–0 |match_SHA_TKU=3–0 |match_SHA_VOL=2–0 |match_SHA_KAI=1–1 |match_SHA_SHI=2–0 |match_SHA_MOL=1–0
|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]] |match_DYK_DTB=1–1 |match_DYK_TOR=1–2 |match_DYK_CSK=1–1 |match_DYK_SKA=0–1 |match_DYK_SHA=1–1 |match_DYK_DYN=2–1 |match_DYK_SPA=2–2 |match_DYK_DMN=1–0 |match_DYK_KRY=0–0 |match_DYK_ZEN=1–0 |match_DYK_NEF=1–1 |match_DYK_TKU=3–0 |match_DYK_VOL=1–1 |match_DYK_KAI=3–1 |match_DYK_SHI=2–0 |match_DYK_MOL=4–1
|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]] |match_DYN_DTB=3–1 |match_DYN_TOR=2–1 |match_DYN_CSK=1–2 |match_DYN_SKA=3–2 |match_DYN_SHA=2–0 |match_DYN_DYK=1–1 |match_DYN_SPA=2–1 |match_DYN_DMN=2–1 |match_DYN_KRY=1–0 |match_DYN_ZEN=0–1 |match_DYN_NEF=1–1 |match_DYN_TKU=0–2 |match_DYN_VOL=0–1 |match_DYN_KAI=0–0 |match_DYN_SHI=1–0 |match_DYN_MOL=2–1
|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] |match_SPA_DTB=0–1 |match_SPA_TOR=0–1 |match_SPA_CSK=0–1 |match_SPA_SKA=0–1 |match_SPA_SHA=1–1 |match_SPA_DYK=1–1 |match_SPA_DYN=1–0 |match_SPA_DMN=0–0 |match_SPA_KRY=2–1 |match_SPA_ZEN=2–1 |match_SPA_NEF=2–2 |match_SPA_TKU=0–0 |match_SPA_VOL=0–0 |match_SPA_KAI=0–2 |match_SPA_SHI=1–0 |match_SPA_MOL=2–1
|name_DMN=[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] |match_DMN_DTB=0–0 |match_DMN_TOR=0–3 |match_DMN_CSK=0–0 |match_DMN_SKA=2–0 |match_DMN_SHA=0–0 |match_DMN_DYK=1–1 |match_DMN_DYN=0–0 |match_DMN_SPA=1–0 |match_DMN_KRY=0–0 |match_DMN_ZEN=1–1 |match_DMN_NEF=0–2 |match_DMN_TKU=0–0 |match_DMN_VOL=0–1 |match_DMN_KAI=1–0 |match_DMN_SHI=1–1 |match_DMN_MOL=4–0
|name_KRY=[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]] |match_KRY_DTB=3–3 |match_KRY_TOR=0–4 |match_KRY_CSK=0–0 |match_KRY_SKA=0–1 |match_KRY_SHA=0–0 |match_KRY_DYK=1–1 |match_KRY_DYN=4–0 |match_KRY_SPA=1–0 |match_KRY_DMN=0–0 |match_KRY_ZEN=2–1 |match_KRY_NEF=0–0 |match_KRY_TKU=0–0 |match_KRY_VOL=1–1 |match_KRY_KAI=0–2 |match_KRY_SHI=1–0 |match_KRY_MOL=3–1
|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] |match_ZEN_DTB=0–0 |match_ZEN_TOR=0–4 |match_ZEN_CSK=0–2 |match_ZEN_SKA=2–0 |match_ZEN_SHA=1–1 |match_ZEN_DYK=1–0 |match_ZEN_DYN=0–0 |match_ZEN_SPA=0–4 |match_ZEN_DMN=1–1 |match_ZEN_KRY=4–1 |match_ZEN_NEF=1–0 |match_ZEN_TKU=0–1 |match_ZEN_VOL=0–0 |match_ZEN_KAI=1–0 |match_ZEN_SHI=4–0 |match_ZEN_MOL=3–0
|name_NEF=[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftyanik Baku]] |match_NEF_DTB=0–1 |match_NEF_TOR=3–1 |match_NEF_CSK=1–1 |match_NEF_SKA=0–1 |match_NEF_SHA=3–1 |match_NEF_DYK=1–0 |match_NEF_DYN=0–1 |match_NEF_SPA=0–4 |match_NEF_DMN=0–2 |match_NEF_KRY=0–0 |match_NEF_ZEN=2–1 |match_NEF_TKU=2–0 |match_NEF_VOL=1–0 |match_NEF_KAI=0–0 |match_NEF_SHI=0–0 |match_NEF_MOL=2–0
|name_TKU=[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] |match_TKU_DTB=1–1 |match_TKU_TOR=1–0 |match_TKU_CSK=0–1 |match_TKU_SKA=4–1 |match_TKU_SHA=0–1 |match_TKU_DYK=0–0 |match_TKU_DYN=1–0 |match_TKU_SPA=0–3 |match_TKU_DMN=0–1 |match_TKU_KRY=0–0 |match_TKU_ZEN=0–2 |match_TKU_NEF=1–0 |match_TKU_VOL=3–0 |match_TKU_KAI=2–0 |match_TKU_SHI=0–2 |match_TKU_MOL=2–0
|name_VOL=[[FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod|Volga Gorky]] |match_VOL_DTB=0–0 |match_VOL_TOR=1–1 |match_VOL_CSK=0–1 |match_VOL_SKA=0–4 |match_VOL_SHA=0–1 |match_VOL_DYK=0–3 |match_VOL_DYN=2–2 |match_VOL_SPA=1–4 |match_VOL_DMN=1–1 |match_VOL_KRY=1–1 |match_VOL_ZEN=0–0 |match_VOL_NEF=0–0 |match_VOL_TKU=1–0 |match_VOL_KAI=1–0 |match_VOL_SHI=3–2 |match_VOL_MOL=1–0
|name_KAI=[[FC Kairat|Kairat Alma-Ata]] |match_KAI_DTB=0–0 |match_KAI_TOR=1–2 |match_KAI_CSK=1–1 |match_KAI_SKA=0–0 |match_KAI_SHA=2–2 |match_KAI_DYK=1–0 |match_KAI_DYN=0–0 |match_KAI_SPA=0–1 |match_KAI_DMN=2–0 |match_KAI_KRY=0–1 |match_KAI_ZEN=2–2 |match_KAI_NEF=1–0 |match_KAI_TKU=2–0 |match_KAI_VOL=2–0 |match_KAI_SHI=1–0 |match_KAI_MOL=0–1
|name_SHI=[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]] |match_SHI_DTB=0–1 |match_SHI_TOR=1–4 |match_SHI_CSK=1–2 |match_SHI_SKA=1–1 |match_SHI_SHA=0–2 |match_SHI_DYK=2–2 |match_SHI_DYN=0–0 |match_SHI_SPA=0–1 |match_SHI_DMN=0–0 |match_SHI_KRY=0–1 |match_SHI_ZEN=1–0 |match_SHI_NEF=1–0 |match_SHI_TKU=1–0 |match_SHI_VOL=0–0 |match_SHI_KAI=1–0 |match_SHI_MOL=1–1
|name_MOL=[[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Moldova Chisinau]] |match_MOL_DTB=1–0 |match_MOL_TOR=0–2 |match_MOL_CSK=0–0 |match_MOL_SKA=0–1 |match_MOL_SHA=1–0 |match_MOL_DYK=1–3 |match_MOL_DYN=0–3 |match_MOL_SPA=1–1 |match_MOL_DMN=0–0 |match_MOL_KRY=1–0 |match_MOL_ZEN=2–1 |match_MOL_NEF=2–0 |match_MOL_TKU=0–1 |match_MOL_VOL=0–0 |match_MOL_KAI=1–0 |match_MOL_SHI=0–0
|update=complete|source= }}
== Top scorers == ;16 goals * [[Vladimir Fedotov]] (CSKA)
;15 goals * [[Viktor Kanevskyi]] (Dinamo Kiev)
;14 goals * [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]] (Torpedo Moscow)
;13 goals * [[Ilya Datunashvili]] (Dinamo Tbilisi)
;12 goals * [[Slava Metreveli]] (Dinamo Tbilisi)
;10 goals * [[Oleg Kopayev]] (SKA Rostov-on-Don) * [[Eduard Malofeyev]] (Dinamo Minsk) * [[Viktor Ponedelnik]] (SKA Rostov-on-Don) * [[Oleg Sergeyev (footballer born 1940)|Oleg Sergeyev]] (Torpedo Moscow)
;9 goals * [[Yuri Ananchenko]] (Shakhtyor) * [[Vladimir Barkaya]] (Dinamo Tbilisi) * [[Igor Chislenko]] (Dynamo Moscow) * [[Valeryan Chkhartishvili]] (Torpedo Kutaisi) * [[Boris Kazakov]] (CSKA)
== References == {{reflist}} * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)]
{{Soviet Top League seasons}} {{1964 in Soviet football}} {{1963–64 in European football (UEFA)}} {{1964–65 in European football (UEFA)}}
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