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Soviet Top League
Season1961
1960
1962

22 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship (the first Soviet champion from outside Moscow).

Round 1

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Group A

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 20 16 1 3 48 20 +28 33 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 20 9 8 3 35 23 +12 26
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkov 20 10 6 4 22 15 +7 26
4 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 20 10 5 5 36 22 +14 25
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 20 9 4 7 39 22 +17 22
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhter Stalino 20 7 5 8 22 23 −1 19 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 20 4 8 8 20 34 −14 16
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Trud Voronezh 20 5 5 10 24 31 −7 15
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteet Leningrad 20 5 5 10 22 30 −8 15
10 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Rīga 20 3 6 11 21 41 −20 12
11 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Vilnius 20 3 5 12 18 46 −28 11
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Home \ Away ADM AVA DAU DTB LOK NEF SHA SKA SVL TOR TRU
Admiralteet Leningrad 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1
Avangard Kharkov 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–0
Daugava Rīga 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–5 2–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 6–4 1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 2–1 3–2 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 5–2 0–1 5–1
Neftyanik Baku 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–7 1–0
Shakhter Stalino 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 4–0 0–3 1–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–0 0–1 6–1 3–1 0–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 4–1
Spartak Vilnius 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–2
Torpedo Moscow 6–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1
Trud Voronezh 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 20 13 3 4 55 28 +27 29 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 20 12 5 3 41 19 +22 29
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 20 10 5 5 38 21 +17 25
4 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Yerevan 20 8 7 5 27 26 +1 23
5 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 20 9 5 6 30 33 −3 23
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 20 8 5 7 33 29 +4 21 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 20 6 5 9 23 32 −9 17
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 20 6 5 9 25 35 −10 17
9 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Chișinău 20 6 4 10 30 36 −6 16
10 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 20 4 5 11 17 31 −14 13
11 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn 20 0 7 13 14 43 −29 7
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Home \ Away BEL CSK DYK DYN KAI KAL MOL PAK SPA SYE ZEN
Belarus Minsk 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0
CSKA Moscow 3–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 6–4 6–2 1–2 4–1 3–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–1 3–1 5–1 6–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Moscow 4–1 1–3 5–0 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–0
Kairat Almaty 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–5 0–1 2–0
Kalev Tallinn 1–2 0–4 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–1
Moldova Chișinău 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 5–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–1
Spartak Moscow 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
Spartak Yerevan 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–4 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 3–2
Zenit Leningrad 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–6 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 2

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Places 1–10

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 18 9 3 58 28 +30 45
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 19 3 8 68 35 +33 41
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 16 8 6 57 34 +23 40
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 16 6 8 61 43 +18 38
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 12 5 58 42 +16 38
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkov 30 12 10 8 30 25 +5 34
7 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 13 7 10 50 30 +20 33
8 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Yerevan 30 11 10 9 37 41 −4 32
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 11 8 11 54 36 +18 30
10 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 30 11 8 11 44 61 −17 30
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away AVA CSK DYK DTB LOK PAK SKA SPA SYE TOR
Avangard Kharkov 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0
CSKA Moscow 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3
Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 0–1 4–0 0–0 –:+[a]
Lokomotiv Moscow 4–0 3–4 2–1 3–1 1–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 3–1 1–4 4–4 1–1 1–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–0 2–4 2–2 1–2 3–0
Spartak Moscow 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–1 4–3
Spartak Yerevan 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–5 1–0
Torpedo Moscow 4–2 1–1 6–0 2–3 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Victory awarded 3–0 to Spartak Yerevan; on the field he finished 3–1.

Places 11–22

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 32 17 7 8 57 39 +18 41
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhter Stalino 32 12 10 10 45 37 +8 34
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 32 12 8 12 50 52 −2 32
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteets Leningrad[a] 32 12 7 13 49 47 +2 31
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Trud Voronezh[b] (R) 32 11 8 13 39 38 +1 30 Relegation to Class B
16 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Chișinău 32 12 6 14 46 54 −8 30
17 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 32 10 8 14 31 48 −17 28
18 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 32 7 13 12 36 52 −16 27
19 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 32 7 10 15 29 44 −15 24
20 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Vilnius 32 7 5 20 33 64 −31 19
21 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Rīga 32 5 7 20 30 63 −33 17
22 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn (R) 32 1 8 23 25 74 −49 10 Qualification for relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Admiralteets Leningrad were disbanded after the season and they were replaced by Dynamo Leningrad.
  2. ^ Trud Voronezh were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.

Results

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Home \ Away ADM BEL DAU DYN KAI KAL MOL NEF SHA SVL TRU ZEN
Admiralteets Leningrad 2–1 1–2 2–1 6–2 5–2 2–1
Belarus Minsk 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Daugava Rīga 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2
Dynamo Moscow 4–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Kalev Tallinn 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–5 0–2
Moldova Chișinău 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0
Neftyanik Baku 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–2
Shakhter Stalino 4–2 0–0 6–0 3–2 2–1 5–3
Spartak Vilnius 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 4–1 0–1
Trud Voronezh 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
Zenit Leningrad 2–2 4–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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22 goals
20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals

Promotion/relegation Tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Promotion to Class A
2 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn (R) 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2 4 Relegation to Class B
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Tbilisi 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

References

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