{{Short description|28th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}} {{Infobox football league season | season = 1965 | competition = [[Soviet Top League]] | prevseason = [[1964 Soviet Top League|1964]] | nextseason = [[1966 Soviet Top League|1966]] }}
*17 teams took part in the league with [[FC Torpedo Moscow]] winning the championship. *[[FC Torpedo Moscow]] qualified for [[1966–67 European Cup#First round|Champions Cup 1966–67]] and [[FC Spartak Moscow]] qualified for [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|CWC 1966–67]].
==League standings== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |winpoints=2
|team1=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] |team2=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] |team3=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] |team4=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] |team5=DYN|name_DYN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] |team6=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] |team7=SKA|name_SKA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]] |team8=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] |team9=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] |team10=PAK|name_PAK={{flagicon|Uzbek SSR}} [[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]] |team11=NEF|name_NEF={{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftyanik Baku]] |team12=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] |team13=KRY|name_KRY={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]] |team14=CHO|name_CHO={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]] |team15=LOK|name_LOK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] |team16=KUT|name_KUT={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] |team17=SKO|name_SKO={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[SKA Odessa]] |win_TOR=22|draw_TOR=7|loss_TOR=3|gf_TOR=55|ga_TOR=21|status_TOR=C |win_DK =22|draw_DK =6|loss_DK =4|gf_DK =58|ga_DK =22 |win_CSK=14|draw_CSK=10|loss_CSK=8|gf_CSK=38|ga_CSK=24 |win_DMI=14|draw_DMI=9|loss_DMI=9|gf_DMI=37|ga_DMI=27 |win_DYN=11|draw_DYN=14|loss_DYN=7|gf_DYN=38|ga_DYN=24 |win_DTB=12|draw_DTB=12|loss_DTB=8|gf_DTB=37|ga_DTB=30 |win_SKA=10|draw_SKA=14|loss_SKA=8|gf_SKA=42|ga_SKA=35 |win_SPA=10|draw_SPA=12|loss_SPA=10|gf_SPA=28|ga_SPA=26 |win_ZEN=10|draw_ZEN=12|loss_ZEN=10|gf_ZEN=32|ga_ZEN=32 |win_PAK=10|draw_PAK=12|loss_PAK=10|gf_PAK=34|ga_PAK=40 |win_NEF=11|draw_NEF=8|loss_NEF=13|gf_NEF=32|ga_NEF=33 |win_SHK=7|draw_SHK=14|loss_SHK=11|gf_SHK=29|ga_SHK=34 |win_KRY=9|draw_KRY=9|loss_KRY=14|gf_KRY=34|ga_KRY=44 |win_CHO=9|draw_CHO=8|loss_CHO=15|gf_CHO=35|ga_CHO=43 |win_LOK=8|draw_LOK=8|loss_LOK=16|gf_LOK=37|ga_LOK=48 |win_KUT=8|draw_KUT=3|loss_KUT=21|gf_KUT=29|ga_KUT=69 |win_SKO=3|draw_SKO=6|loss_SKO=23|gf_SKO=22|ga_SKO=65
|col_CC=green1|text_CC=Qualification for [[1966–67 European Cup#First round|European Cup first round]] |result1=CC |col_CWC=yellow1|text_CWC=Qualification for [[1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|Cup Winners' Cup first round]] |result8=CWC |update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html rsssf.com] }}
==Results== {{#invoke:sports results|main |matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey |team1=CHO|team2=CSK|team3=DYK|team4=DMN|team5=DYN |team6=DTB|team7=KRY|team8=LOK|team9=NEF|team10=PAK |team11=SHA|team12=SKA|team13=SKO|team14=SPA|team15=TKU |team16=TOR|team17=ZEN
|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] |match_TOR_DYK=1–0 |match_TOR_CSK=1–0 |match_TOR_DMN=2–1 |match_TOR_DYN=3–1 |match_TOR_DTB=1–1 |match_TOR_SKA=2–0 |match_TOR_SPA=1–0 |match_TOR_ZEN=1–1 |match_TOR_PAK=4–0 |match_TOR_NEF=1–1 |match_TOR_SHA=1–0 |match_TOR_KRY=2–0 |match_TOR_CHO=1–0 |match_TOR_LOK=3–2 |match_TOR_TKU=5–0 |match_TOR_SKO=2–0
|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] |match_DYK_TOR=3–2 |match_DYK_CSK=1–1 |match_DYK_DMN=3–0 |match_DYK_DYN=1–0 |match_DYK_DTB=2–1 |match_DYK_SKA=3–2 |match_DYK_SPA=0–0 |match_DYK_ZEN=2–0 |match_DYK_PAK=3–2 |match_DYK_NEF=3–0 |match_DYK_SHA=3–1 |match_DYK_KRY=2–0 |match_DYK_CHO=1–0 |match_DYK_LOK=1–0 |match_DYK_TKU=4–0 |match_DYK_SKO=3–0
|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] |match_CSK_TOR=0–0 |match_CSK_DYK=2–1 |match_CSK_DMN=3–1 |match_CSK_DYN=1–0 |match_CSK_DTB=1–0 |match_CSK_SKA=2–0 |match_CSK_SPA=1–1 |match_CSK_ZEN=1–1 |match_CSK_PAK=0–0 |match_CSK_NEF=3–1 |match_CSK_SHA=1–0 |match_CSK_KRY=0–0 |match_CSK_CHO=0–1 |match_CSK_LOK=2–0 |match_CSK_TKU=3–0 |match_CSK_SKO=3–2
|name_DMN=[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] |match_DMN_TOR=1–3 |match_DMN_DYK=0–1 |match_DMN_CSK=1–0 |match_DMN_DYN=0–0 |match_DMN_DTB=1–0 |match_DMN_SKA=0–1 |match_DMN_SPA=0–0 |match_DMN_ZEN=0–0 |match_DMN_PAK=3–0 |match_DMN_NEF=2–1 |match_DMN_SHA=0–0 |match_DMN_KRY=1–0 |match_DMN_CHO=2–1 |match_DMN_LOK=0–0 |match_DMN_TKU=4–0 |match_DMN_SKO=2–0
|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] |match_DYN_TOR=3–1 |match_DYN_DYK=0–0 |match_DYN_CSK=1–1 |match_DYN_DMN=0–0 |match_DYN_DTB=0–0 |match_DYN_SKA=1–1 |match_DYN_SPA=0–2 |match_DYN_ZEN=3–0 |match_DYN_PAK=1–2 |match_DYN_NEF=0–0 |match_DYN_SHA=1–0 |match_DYN_KRY=3–0 |match_DYN_CHO=2–0 |match_DYN_LOK=5–1 |match_DYN_TKU=3–0 |match_DYN_SKO=4–1
|name_DTB=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] |match_DTB_TOR=1–1 |match_DTB_DYK=0–2 |match_DTB_CSK=2–1 |match_DTB_DMN=1–1 |match_DTB_DYN=1–2 |match_DTB_SKA=0–2 |match_DTB_SPA=2–1 |match_DTB_ZEN=1–2 |match_DTB_PAK=0–0 |match_DTB_NEF=1–0 |match_DTB_SHA=1–1 |match_DTB_KRY=2–0 |match_DTB_CHO=3–2 |match_DTB_LOK=2–1 |match_DTB_TKU=2–0 |match_DTB_SKO=1–0
|name_SKA=[[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]] |match_SKA_TOR=0–1 |match_SKA_DYK=0–2 |match_SKA_CSK=1–0 |match_SKA_DMN=3–0 |match_SKA_DYN=1–1 |match_SKA_DTB=3–2 |match_SKA_SPA=1–1 |match_SKA_ZEN=1–1 |match_SKA_PAK=1–0 |match_SKA_NEF=0–1 |match_SKA_SHA=1–1 |match_SKA_KRY=4–0 |match_SKA_CHO=1–1 |match_SKA_LOK=1–1 |match_SKA_TKU=3–1 |match_SKA_SKO=2–1
|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] |match_SPA_TOR=0–2 |match_SPA_DYK=0–2 |match_SPA_CSK=1–1 |match_SPA_DMN=1–0 |match_SPA_DYN=0–1 |match_SPA_DTB=1–1 |match_SPA_SKA=1–1 |match_SPA_ZEN=0–1 |match_SPA_PAK=0–0 |match_SPA_NEF=0–2 |match_SPA_SHA=2–2 |match_SPA_KRY=1–0 |match_SPA_CHO=1–0 |match_SPA_LOK=1–0 |match_SPA_TKU=2–0 |match_SPA_SKO=2–2
|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] |match_ZEN_TOR=0–1 |match_ZEN_DYK=0–0 |match_ZEN_CSK=1–1 |match_ZEN_DMN=2–1 |match_ZEN_DYN=1–1 |match_ZEN_DTB=2–2 |match_ZEN_SKA=2–2 |match_ZEN_SPA=1–0 |match_ZEN_PAK=2–3 |match_ZEN_NEF=1–0 |match_ZEN_SHA=0–0 |match_ZEN_KRY=1–1 |match_ZEN_CHO=5–1 |match_ZEN_LOK=0–2 |match_ZEN_TKU=2–0 |match_ZEN_SKO=3–0
|name_PAK=[[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]] |match_PAK_TOR=0–0 |match_PAK_DYK=1–2 |match_PAK_CSK=2–0 |match_PAK_DMN=1–1 |match_PAK_DYN=2–0 |match_PAK_DTB=2–2 |match_PAK_SKA=1–1 |match_PAK_SPA=1–0 |match_PAK_ZEN=0–1 |match_PAK_NEF=2–0 |match_PAK_SHA=0–0 |match_PAK_KRY=2–3 |match_PAK_CHO=1–2 |match_PAK_LOK=2–2 |match_PAK_TKU=2–1 |match_PAK_SKO=1–1
|name_NEF=[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftyanik Baku]] |match_NEF_TOR=3–0 |match_NEF_DYK=2–2 |match_NEF_CSK=0–2 |match_NEF_DMN=0–1 |match_NEF_DYN=0–0 |match_NEF_DTB=0–0 |match_NEF_SKA=1–0 |match_NEF_SPA=0–2 |match_NEF_ZEN=1–0 |match_NEF_PAK=0–1 |match_NEF_SHA=3–1 |match_NEF_KRY=5–0 |match_NEF_CHO=2–0 |match_NEF_LOK=1–1 |match_NEF_TKU=3–0 |match_NEF_SKO=3–2
|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] |match_SHA_TOR=0–3 |match_SHA_DYK=3–2 |match_SHA_CSK=0–0 |match_SHA_DMN=1–1 |match_SHA_DYN=1–1 |match_SHA_DTB=0–0 |match_SHA_SKA=0–0 |match_SHA_SPA=0–0 |match_SHA_ZEN=1–0 |match_SHA_PAK=4–1 |match_SHA_NEF=0–0 |match_SHA_KRY=1–1 |match_SHA_CHO=0–1 |match_SHA_LOK=2–0 |match_SHA_TKU=2–0 |match_SHA_SKO=1–3
|name_KRY=[[Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]] |match_KRY_TOR=0–0 |match_KRY_DYK=0–1 |match_KRY_CSK=0–1 |match_KRY_DMN=1–2 |match_KRY_DYN=0–0 |match_KRY_DTB=0–1 |match_KRY_SKA=1–1 |match_KRY_SPA=1–0 |match_KRY_ZEN=2–1 |match_KRY_PAK=2–2 |match_KRY_NEF=3–1 |match_KRY_SHA=3–1 |match_KRY_CHO=2–1 |match_KRY_LOK=1–0 |match_KRY_TKU=5–0 |match_KRY_SKO=4–0
|name_CHO=[[FC Chernomorets Odessa|Chernomorets Odessa]] |match_CHO_TOR=1–2 |match_CHO_DYK=2–2 |match_CHO_CSK=0–2 |match_CHO_DMN=0–2 |match_CHO_DYN=0–0 |match_CHO_DTB=1–1 |match_CHO_SKA=2–2 |match_CHO_SPA=0–2 |match_CHO_ZEN=0–0 |match_CHO_PAK=0–1 |match_CHO_NEF=4–0 |match_CHO_SHA=2–1 |match_CHO_KRY=3–2 |match_CHO_LOK=3–3 |match_CHO_TKU=4–1 |match_CHO_SKO=2–0
|name_LOK=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] |match_LOK_TOR=1–3 |match_LOK_DYK=1–4 |match_LOK_CSK=1–0 |match_LOK_DMN=1–4 |match_LOK_DYN=3–1 |match_LOK_DTB=0–1 |match_LOK_SKA=1–3 |match_LOK_SPA=2–3 |match_LOK_ZEN=2–0 |match_LOK_PAK=0–2 |match_LOK_NEF=0–0 |match_LOK_SHA=0–1 |match_LOK_KRY=0–0 |match_LOK_CHO=0–0 |match_LOK_TKU=2–0 |match_LOK_SKO=2–0
|name_TKU=[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]] |match_TKU_TOR=1–3 |match_TKU_DYK=1–0 |match_TKU_CSK=4–2 |match_TKU_DMN=0–2 |match_TKU_DYN=0–2 |match_TKU_DTB=0–2 |match_TKU_SKA=2–2 |match_TKU_SPA=1–1 |match_TKU_ZEN=2–0 |match_TKU_PAK=4–0 |match_TKU_NEF=1–0 |match_TKU_SHA=0–2 |match_TKU_KRY=4–1 |match_TKU_CHO=1–0 |match_TKU_LOK=1–5 |match_TKU_SKO=4–1
|name_SKO=[[SKA Odessa]] |match_SKO_TOR=0–2 |match_SKO_DYK=0–2 |match_SKO_CSK=0–3 |match_SKO_DMN=1–3 |match_SKO_DYN=1–1 |match_SKO_DTB=0–3 |match_SKO_SKA=2–1 |match_SKO_SPA=0–2 |match_SKO_ZEN=0–1 |match_SKO_PAK=0–0 |match_SKO_NEF=0–1 |match_SKO_SHA=3–2 |match_SKO_KRY=1–1 |match_SKO_CHO=0–1 |match_SKO_LOK=1–3 |match_SKO_TKU=0–0
|update=complete|source= }}
==Top scorers== ;18 goals * [[Oleg Kopayev]] (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
;17 goals * [[Eduard Malofeyev]] (Dinamo Minsk)
;15 goals * [[Boris Kazakov]] (CSKA Moscow)
;13 goals * [[Lev Gorshkov]] (Lokomotiv Moscow) * [[Gennadi Krasnitsky]] (Pakhtakor)
;12 goals * [[Eduard Streltsov]] (Torpedo Moscow)
;11 goals * [[Mikhail Mustygin]] (Dinamo Minsk) * [[Viktor Serebryanikov]] (Dynamo Kyiv)
;10 goals * [[Andriy Biba]] (Dynamo Kyiv) * [[Dzhumber Khazhaliya]] (Torpedo Kutaisi) * [[Vitaly Khmelnitsky]] (Dynamo Kyiv) * [[Valeri Lobanovsky]] (Chornomorets) * [[Eduard Markarov]] (Neftyanik) * [[Ishtvan Sekech]] (SKA Odessa)
==References== {{reflist}} * [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)] {{Soviet Top League seasons}} {{1965 in Soviet football}} {{1964–65 in European football (UEFA)}} {{1965–66 in European football (UEFA)}}
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