1961 Soviet Top League

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

Soviet Top League
Season1961
1960
1962

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   Torpedo Moscow 20 16 1 3 48 20 +28 33 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2   Lokomotiv Moscow 20 9 8 3 35 23 +12 26
3   Avangard Kharkov 20 10 6 4 22 15 +7 26
4   Dinamo Tbilisi 20 10 5 5 36 22 +14 25
5   SKA Rostov-on-Don 20 9 4 7 39 22 +17 22
6   Shakhter Stalino 20 7 5 8 22 23 −1 19 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7   Neftyanik Baku 20 4 8 8 20 34 −14 16
8   Trud Voronezh 20 5 5 10 24 31 −7 15
9   Admiralteet Leningrad 20 5 5 10 22 30 −8 15
10   Daugava Rīga 20 3 6 11 21 41 −20 12
11   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   CSKA Moscow 20 13 3 4 55 28 +27 29 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2   Dynamo Kyiv 20 12 5 3 41 19 +22 29
3   Spartak Moscow 20 10 5 5 38 21 +17 25
4   Spartak Yerevan 20 8 7 5 27 26 +1 23
5   Pakhtakor Tashkent 20 9 5 6 30 33 −3 23
6   Dynamo Moscow 20 8 5 7 33 29 +4 21 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7   Kairat Almaty 20 6 5 9 23 32 −9 17
8   Zenit Leningrad 20 6 5 9 25 35 −10 17
9   Moldova Chișinău 20 6 4 10 30 36 −6 16
10   Belarus Minsk 20 4 5 11 17 31 −14 13
11   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   Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 18 9 3 58 28 +30 45
2   Torpedo Moscow 30 19 3 8 68 35 +33 41
3   Spartak Moscow 30 16 8 6 57 34 +23 40
4   CSKA Moscow 30 16 6 8 61 43 +18 38
5   Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 12 5 58 42 +16 38
6   Avangard Kharkov 30 12 10 8 30 25 +5 34
7   Dinamo Tbilisi 30 13 7 10 50 30 +20 33
8   Spartak Yerevan 30 11 10 9 37 41 −4 32
9   SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 11 8 11 54 36 +18 30
10   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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
11   Dynamo Moscow 32 17 7 8 57 39 +18 41
12   Shakhter Stalino 32 12 10 10 45 37 +8 34
13   Zenit Leningrad 32 12 8 12 50 52 −2 32
14   Admiralteets Leningrad[a] 32 12 7 13 49 47 +2 31
15   Trud Voronezh[b] (R) 32 11 8 13 39 38 +1 30 Relegation to Class B
16   Moldova Chișinău 32 12 6 14 46 54 −8 30
17   Kairat Alma-Ata 32 10 8 14 31 48 −17 28
18   Neftyanik Baku 32 7 13 12 36 52 −16 27
19   Belarus Minsk 32 7 10 15 29 44 −15 24
20   Spartak Vilnius 32 7 5 20 33 64 −31 19
21   Daugava Rīga 32 5 7 20 30 63 −33 17
22   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   Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Promotion to Class A
2   Kalev Tallinn (R) 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2 4 Relegation to Class B
3   Lokomotiv Tbilisi 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

References

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