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| 05/10/1972 | Torpedo Moskva | - | CSKA Moskva | 2:1 | ||
| 06/10/1972 | FC Ararat | - | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 2:3 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | - | Karpati Lvov | 5:1 | |||
| Zorya Voroshilovgrad | - | FK Kairat | 2:1 | |||
| Spartak Moskva | - | Dinamo Moskva | 1:0 | |||
| Neftçi PFK | - | FK SKA Rostov | 2:1 | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | - | Dinamo Minsk | 0:2 | |||
| 07/10/1972 | Lokomotiv Moskva | - | Dinamo Kiev | 1:0 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Zorya Voroshilovgrad | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 47:25 | 22 | 36:16 |
| 2 |
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Dinamo Tbilisi | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 36:25 | 11 | 32:20 |
| 3 |
|
CSKA Moskva | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 33:28 | 5 | 31:21 |
| 4 |
|
FC Ararat | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 35:25 | 10 | 30:22 |
| 5 |
|
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 33:32 | 1 | 30:22 |
| 6 |
|
Dinamo Kiev | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 43:35 | 8 | 29:23 |
| 7 |
|
Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26:23 | 3 | 28:24 |
| 8 |
|
Torpedo Moskva | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28:30 | -2 | 28:24 |
| 9 |
|
Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 34:30 | 4 | 26:26 |
| 10 |
|
Zenit Leningrad | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 27:28 | -1 | 25:27 |
| 11 |
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Spartak Moskva | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28:27 | 1 | 23:29 |
| 12 |
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FK SKA Rostov | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30:33 | -3 | 23:29 |
| 13 |
|
FK Kairat | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 20:25 | -5 | 22:30 |
| 14 |
|
Karpati Lvov | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22:38 | -16 | 20:32 |
| 15 |
|
Neftçi PFK | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24:46 | -22 | 17:35 |
| 16 |
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Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24:40 | -16 | 16:36 |
