22 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship (the first Soviet champion from outside Moscow).
Season | 1961 |
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← 1960 1962 → |
Round 1
Group A
Table
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
Group B
Table
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
Round 2
Places 1–10
Table
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 |
Results
Places 11–22
Table
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 |
Results
Top scorers
- 22 goals
- Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)
- 20 goals
- Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
- Viktor Voroshilov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 18 goals
- Viktor Kanevskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Aleksei Mamykin (CSKA Moscow)
- 15 goals
- Igor Chislenko (Dynamo Moscow)
- Sergey Kvochkin (Kairat Alma-Ata)
- 14 goals
- Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)
- Yuri Zakharov (Shakhtyor Stalino)
Promotion/relegation Tournament
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 |
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