1961 Soviet Top League

23rd season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union 1961 Soviet Top League 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 Group A Table main WDL Q 2 TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow AVA Ukrainian SSR Avangard Kharkov DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don STA Ukrainian SSR Shakhter Stalino NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftyanik Baku VOR RSFSR Trud Voronezh ADM RSFSR Admiralteet Leningrad DAU Latvian SSR Daugava Rīga VIL Lithuanian SSR Spartak Vilnius 16 1 3 48 20 9 8 3 35 23 10 6 4 22 15 10 5 5 36 22 9 4 7 39 22 7 5 8 22 23 4 8 8 20 34 5 5 10 24 31 5 5 10 22 30 3 6 11 21 41 3 5 12 18 46 green2 Qualification for Places 1–10 group A A A A A red2 Qualification for Places 11–22 group B B B B B B complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ADM AVA DAU DTB LOK NEF SHA SKA SVL TOR TRU Torpedo Moscow 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 6–3 3–1 3–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 0–2 3–2 5–2 Avangard Kharkov 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 Dinamo Tbilisi 6–4 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 2–0 6–1 5–1 Shakhter Stalino 0–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 Neftyanik Baku 1–7 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 Trud Voronezh 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 4–2 6–0 Admiralteet Leningrad 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 Daugava Rīga 0–5 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 Spartak Vilnius 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–5 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 complete Group B Table main WDL Q 2 CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow YER Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Almaty ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad MOL Moldavian SSR Moldova Chișinău DMI Belarusian SSR Belarus Minsk TAL Estonian SSR Kalev Tallinn 13 3 4 55 28 12 5 3 41 19 10 5 5 38 21 8 7 5 27 26 9 5 6 30 33 8 5 7 33 29 6 5 9 23 32 6 5 9 25 35 6 4 10 30 36 4 5 11 17 31 0 7 13 14 43 green2 Qualification for Places 1–10 group A A A A A red2 Qualification for Places 11–22 group B B B B B B complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BEL CSK DYK DYN KAI KAL MOL PAK SPA SYE ZEN CSKA Moscow 1–1 1–2 4–1 6–2 5–1 4–1 3–1 6–4 3–0 1–0 Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 Spartak Moscow 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 5–1 Spartak Yerevan 2–4 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–4 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 Pakhtakor Tashkent 3–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 Dynamo Moscow 1–3 5–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 5–2 4–1 1–0 Kairat Almaty 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 Zenit Leningrad 1–2 1–1 2–6 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 Moldova Chișinău 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 Belarus Minsk 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 Kalev Tallinn 0–4 0–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 complete Round 2 Places 1–10 Table main WDL Q 2 DK RSFSR Dynamo Kyiv TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow AVA Ukrainian SSR Avangard Kharkov DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi YER Armenian SSR Spartak Yerevan SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent 18 9 3 58 28 C 19 3 8 68 35 16 8 6 57 34 16 6 8 61 43 13 12 5 58 42 12 10 8 30 25 13 7 10 50 30 11 10 9 37 41 11 8 11 54 36 11 8 11 44 61 Gold C complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey AVA CSK DYK DTB LOK PAK SKA SPA SYE TOR Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 null null 2–2 0–0 1–0 null 1–0 null Torpedo Moscow 1–1 2–3 4–2 null null null 1–1 null 6–0 Spartak Moscow null 4–3 null 4–1 0–0 3–2 null 1–1 null CSKA Moscow null 0–3 null 1–1 1–0 1–0 null 1–0 null Lokomotiv Moscow 3–4 null 3–1 4–0 null null 1–0 null 2–1 Avangard Kharkov 1–1 null 0–1 0–0 null null 2–0 null 4–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–1 null 0–0 3–0 null null –:+ null 4–0 Spartak Yerevan null 1–0 null null 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–5 null SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–4 null 1–2 0–0 null null null 3–0 2–2 Pakhtakor Tashkent null 1–0 null null 4–4 3–1 1–4 null 1–1 Victory awarded 3–0 to Spartak Yerevan; on the field he finished 3–1. complete Places 11–22 Table main WDL R 2 11 DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow STA Ukrainian SSR Shakhter Stalino ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad ADM RSFSR Admiralteets Leningrad Admiralteets Leningrad were disbanded after the season and they were replaced by Dynamo Leningrad. VOR RSFSR Trud Voronezh Trud Voronezh were relegated because they were a worst ranked team from Russia. MOL Moldavian SSR Moldova Chișinău KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftyanik Baku DMI Belarusian SSR Belarus Minsk VIL Lithuanian SSR Spartak Vilnius DAU Latvian SSR Daugava Rīga TAL Estonian SSR Kalev Tallinn 17 7 8 57 39 12 10 10 45 37 12 8 12 50 52 12 7 13 49 47 11 8 13 39 38 R 12 6 14 46 54 10 8 14 31 48 7 13 12 36 52 7 10 15 29 44 7 5 20 33 64 5 7 20 30 63 1 8 23 25 74 R red1 Relegation to Class B R red2 Qualification for relegation play-off RP complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ADM BEL DAU DYN KAI KAL MOL NEF SHA SVL TRU ZEN Dynamo Moscow 3–1 null 4–1 2–0 null null 3–1 null 3–0 2–1 null Shakhter Stalino 0–0 5–3 null null 2–1 6–0 null 4–2 null null 3–2 Zenit Leningrad null 1–1 2–2 2–1 null null 4–1 null 3–0 4–1 null Admiralteets Leningrad 1–2 null 2–1 null 5–2 2–1 null 2–1 null null 6–2 Trud Voronezh 2–0 null 2–0 null 3–0 1–0 null 2–0 null null 1–1 Moldova Chișinău null 0–0 null 2–1 1–0 null 1–0 null 3–1 1–0 null Kairat Alma-Ata null 0–0 null 0–3 0–0 null 2–0 null 1–0 2–1 null Neftyanik Baku 2–2 null 2–2 null null 2–2 2–0 1–1 null null 3–0 Belarus Minsk null 1–1 null 0–0 1–1 null null 0–0 0–1 2–0 null Spartak Vilnius 1–2 null 0–1 null null 4–1 0–1 null 0–1 null 3–1 Daugava Rīga 0–1 null 0–2 null null 0–2 1–1 null 1–3 null 1–0 Kalev Tallinn null 1–0 null 0–2 0–2 null null 1–2 null 1–5 2–3 complete 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 main WDL PR 2 TKU Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi KTA Estonian SSR Kalev Tallinn LTB Georgian SSR Lokomotiv Tbilisi 3 0 1 7 4 R 2 0 2 4 2 R 1 0 3 3 8 green1 Promotion to Class A P red1 Relegation to Class B R complete rsssf.com References Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) Category:Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet