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

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

Home \ Away	ADM	AVA	DAU	DTB	LOK	NEF	SHA	SKA	SVL	TOR	TRU
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

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

Home \ Away	BEL	CSK	DYK	DYN	KAI	KAL	MOL	PAK	SPA	SYE	ZEN
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

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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AVA	CSK	DYK	DTB	LOK	PAK	SKA	SPA	SYE	TOR
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

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

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

Home \ Away	ADM	BEL	DAU	DYN	KAI	KAL	MOL	NEF	SHA	SVL	TRU	ZEN
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

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	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

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)

Soviet Top League

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)

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