1961 Soviet Top League

23rd season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Football league season

Soviet Top League
Season	1961
← 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
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
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
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:

^ 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:

^ Admiralteets Leningrad were disbanded after the season and they were replaced by Dynamo Leningrad.
^ 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
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

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

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

Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

References

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Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Seasons

Gruppa "A" (Group A)	1936 (spring, autumn) 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 (unfinished)
Pervaya Gruppa (First Group)	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Klass "A" (Class A)	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Vysshaya Liga (Top League)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 (spring, autumn) 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 (canceled)

Winners

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Domestic cups	Albania '60 '61 Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 '61 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '61 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '60–'61 '61–'63

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