The 1968 Class A – Pervaya Gruppa was the 30th season of the first-tier football competition in the Soviet Union. 20 teams took part in the league with

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winning the championship. Last season placing dead last Zenit Leningrad was spared from relegation 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 Georgi (Gocha) Grigoryevich Gavasheli (; ka, გიორგი გავაშელი; born 18 February 1947 in Gagra; died 25 December 1997 in Urengoy, Russia in an accident) was a Soviet Georgian football player. Honours * Soviet Top Leag ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;21 goals *

Eduard Streltsov Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov ( rus, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof, a=Ru-Eduard Streltsov-yzavyalo.ogg; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer ...

(Torpedo Moscow) ;14 goals *

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(Spartak Moscow) *

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(Dynamo Moscow) ;13 goals * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;12 goals *

Mikhail Gershkovich Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich (; born 1 April 1948) is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach of Jewish ethnicity. International career Gershkovich played on the USSR national football team. He made his debut on the team ...

(Torpedo Moscow) ;11 goals *

Eduard Malofeyev Eduard Vasilyevich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, ; born 2 June 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin. Despite being born ...

(Dinamo Minsk) *

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(Dynamo Kyiv) * Demuri Vekua (Torpedo Kutaisi)

Medal squads

''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''

References

1968 (Championship) Class A - First Group (First Level)
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