1961 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1961
Men's football
Class A	Dinamo Kiev
Class B	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Russia); Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine); Torpedo Kutaisi (Republics playoffs)
Soviet Cup	Shakhter Stalino

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

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Class A	Dinamo Kiev (1)	Torpedo Moscow
Class B	Krylia 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 Cup	Shakhter 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

Class A (second stage)

Places 1–10

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

Places 11–22

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 Chisinau	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:

^ 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.

Promotion/relegation Tournament

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

Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Class B

Russian Federation finals

[Oct 24 – Nov 5, Krasnodar]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	8^[a]	Promoted

2	Terek Grozny	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	7
3	Dinamo Kirov	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	5
4	Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk	5	2	0	3	5	5	0	4
5	SKA Khabarovsk	5	2	0	3	4	7	−3	4
6	Volga Kalinin	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ -

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

[table_note_ADM0.40434981622004-1] Admiralteets Leningrad were disbanded after the season and they were replaced by Dynamo Leningrad.

[table_note_VOR0.40434981622004-2] Trud Voronezh were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.

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