1961 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1961 Class A Dinamo Kiev Class B Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Russia)Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine)Torpedo Kutaisi (Republics playoffs) Soviet Cup Shakhter Stalino 1960 1962 yes The 1961 Soviet football championship was the 29th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 23rd among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upClass ADinamo Kiev (1)Torpedo MoscowClass BKrylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Russia)Terek Groznyi (Russia)Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine)SKA Odessa (Ukraine)Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Republics group 1)Shirak Leninakan (Republics group 1)Torpedo Kutaisi (Republics group 2)Shakhter Karaganda (Republics group 2)Soviet CupShakhter Stalino (1)Torpedo Moscow Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Soviet Union football championship 1961 Soviet Top League Class A (second stage) Places 1–10 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 Places 11–22 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 Chisinau 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 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 Class B 1961 Soviet Class B Russian Federation finals [Oct 24 – Nov 5, Krasnodar] main WDL P 2 y KSK Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev TGR Terek Grozny DKI Dinamo Kirov LCH Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk SKH SKA Khabarovsk VKA Volga Kalinin y 4 0 1 12 5 3 1 1 8 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 0 3 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 1 0 4 4 11 - inherit Promoted P complete Ukraine (playoffs) For places 1-2 Chernomorets Odessa 2-1 0-0 SKA Odessa Union republics finals no finals Torpedo Kutaisi and Lokomotiv Tbilisi qualified for promotion playoffs as two group winners Top goalscorers Class A Gennadiy Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow) – 22 goals References External links 1961 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1961