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| 20.10.1972 | Spartak Moskva | - | FK Kairat | 0:0 | ||
| 21.10.1972 | Dinamo Kiev | - | Neftçi PFK | 6:1 | ||
| Torpedo Moskva | - | Lokomotiv Moskva | 0:1 | |||
| Karpati Lvov | - | FK SKA Rostov | 1:0 | |||
| Dinamo Minsk | - | Dinamo Moskva | 0:3 | |||
| CSKA Moskva | - | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3:2 | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | - | FC Ararat | 2:0 | |||
| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | - | Zorya Voroshilovgrad | 1:2 |
| # | Mannschaft | Sp. | S. | U. | N. | Tore | Dif. | Pk. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Zorya Voroshilovgrad | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 51:28 | 23 | 39:17 |
| 2 |
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Dinamo Kiev | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 50:36 | 14 | 33:23 |
| 3 |
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CSKA Moskva | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 36:31 | 5 | 33:23 |
| 4 |
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FC Ararat | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36:27 | 9 | 32:24 |
| 5 |
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Dinamo Tbilisi | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38:33 | 5 | 32:24 |
| 6 |
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Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 35:34 | 1 | 32:24 |
| 7 |
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Torpedo Moskva | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30:31 | -1 | 30:26 |
| 8 |
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Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 38:31 | 7 | 29:27 |
| 9 |
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Zenit Leningrad | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 34:28 | 6 | 29:27 |
| 10 |
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Dinamo Minsk | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26:28 | -2 | 28:28 |
| 11 |
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Spartak Moskva | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28:27 | 1 | 25:31 |
| 12 |
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FK SKA Rostov | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30:35 | -5 | 23:33 |
| 13 |
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FK Kairat | 28 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 20:26 | -6 | 23:33 |
| 14 |
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Karpati Lvov | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 25:40 | -15 | 23:33 |
| 15 |
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Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26:41 | -15 | 19:37 |
| 16 |
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Neftçi PFK | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25:52 | -27 | 18:38 |
