19 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship.
FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for Champions Cup 1967-68 and FC Torpedo Moscow qualified for CWC 1967-68 as runners-up of the Soviet Cup 1965-66.
The top 3 team with the most wins qualified for the World Cup.
League standings
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
20 goals
Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
19 goals
Anatoliy Byshovets (Dynamo Kyiv)
15 goals
Boris Kazakov (CSKA Moscow)
Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow)
14 goals
Kazbek Tuaev (Neftyanik Baku)
Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
Vladimir Kozlov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
12 goals
Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftyanik Baku)
Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku)
Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow)
